'Embarrassed' Jon Rahm stays positive after late PGA collapse - ESPN

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After being tied for the PGA Championship lead with only nine holes to play and coming up seven shots short of eventual winner Scottie Scheffler, two-time major winner Jon Rahm said Sunday that he's taking a lot of positives from being in contention at a major again.

«God, it's been a while since I had that much fun on a golf course, 15 holes,» Rahm said. «Pretty fresh wound right now. But there's been a lot of good happening this week and a lot of positive feelings to take for the rest of the year.»

Rahm's chance at securing his first PGA Championship fell apart on the par-3 17th hole as he sent his tee shot left of the pin and could only watch in dismay as it bounced into the water. But the missed opportunities began with the 13th hole, where a makeable birdie putt lipped out.

On the 14th hole, Rahm hit what he thought was the perfect drive with his 5-wood. He called it his best shot of the week, but it bounced right and into a bunker. He couldn't get up and down for birdie and had to settle for a par.

Rahm played the par-5 15th perfectly, giving himself a putt off the green for eagle. Yet, Rahm's stroke was too strong, and he didn't convert his next shot for birdie. As Scheffler made birdies on 14 and 15, Quail Hollow's tough Green Mile stretch did not let Rahm back in it. He bogeyed 16 and carded double bogeys on 17 and 18.

«The last three holes, it's a tough pill to swallow right now,» Rahm said. «If there was ever a time where it felt like it was slipping away to an extent, it was not birdieing 14 and 15; that was definitely the mistake, before, obviously, finishing poorly.»

Rahm, a member of LIV Golf's Legion XII team, has been racking up top-10s on the LIV tour with ease. But until this week, he