Rahm shares lead at BMW Championship
Didn't take Jon Rahm long to get over his disappointing finish on Monday in the Northern Trust.
It helps to think like a fish. Three days after the world No. 1 staggered home with two bogeys in his last four holes to squander a 2-shot lead with four to play in the Northern Trust, Rahm showed he'll be a force to deal with this week in the BMW Championship, the second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
On the hilly, massive layout at hot and steamy Caves Valley Golf Club, Rahm didn't make a bogey and shot an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday to grab a share of the lead with Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns. Rahm offered no hints that his setback in the Northern Trust would keep him down this week.
“I must say, for all those ‘Ted Lasso' fans out there, be a goldfish,” Rahm said, alluding to the wildly popular sitcom. “Basically the happiest animal in the world is a goldfish. You know why? He's got a 10-second memory."
Rahm, McIlroy and Burns don't have much breathing room as Sergio Garcia came home with a 65, former OU standout Abraham Ancer and Patrick Cantlay each shot 66 and a large group of players at 67 included gold medalist Xander Schauffele, world No. 2 Dustin Johnson and Northern Trust winner, Tony Finau.
EUROPEAN MASTERS: James Morrison shot a course-record 10-under 60 to lead by three strokes after the first round of the European Masters on Thursday in Switzerland.
Starting in the first group at 7:40 a.m. at the scenic Crans-sur-Sierre club, the 36-year-old Englishman set a target no one could match on a sun-bathed day high in the Swiss Alps.
Morrison made nine birdies and an eagle, dropping just one shot at the par-4 18th hole which he played in his outward nine.