AUGUSTA, Ga. – So, Jon, how would you describe your day?
“Seriously? How would I describe it? Pretty awful.”
Jon Rahm was in no mood to rehash his third-round 72 at the Masters Tournament, which dropped him from a share of the 36-hole lead to seven shots back entering the finale.
Rahm’s day included a topped shot, a ricochet into an unplayable lie and a double bogey – and that was just one hole.
Rahm had fallen four shots back of red-hot playing competitor Dustin Johnson as their group played the par-5 eighth. Needing to get things going, Rahm couldn’t get his second shot off the ground, courtesy a “great mud ball.