AUSTIN, Texas – Most players will point to a long putt or crucial shot when asked to identify a turning point in a match. For Jon Rahm, the turning point on Friday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was a 300-plus-yard venting to clear his head.
Trailing Ryan Palmer by a hole through 13 holes, Rahm pulled his drive at No. 14 into a water hazard. He used the next few minutes to clear his head.
“I told [caddie Adam Hayes], he acted as a therapist there, I'm going to get all my frustrations out from here to the green, all of them out,” Rahm said.