‘They’re In My Way’: Jon Rahm Unloads on British Open TV Crews Following Rory McIlroy

Jon Rahm was frustrated with the TV crew’s “disregard” of his presence on the 18th hole of Royal Liverpool.

Jon Rahm came off the 18th green at Royal Liverpool on Thursday evening bursting with emotion. 

Rahm wasn’t upset about his 3-over 74, however. He was irked by the behavior of British Open TV crews. 

The Spaniard, who has a history of outbursts involving cameramen, claimed that he couldn’t walk down the 18th fairway at his own tempo because the crews were too focused on covering crowd favorite Rory McIlroy. 

“I'm trying to walk and there's way too many people in my way and I can't go forward at my pace because they're in my way," Rahm said. “Very simple. Then I'm walking off 18 and I’m trying to deal with the unlucky moment on 18, and there's somebody with a boom mic on my a-- keeping up with Rory's pace, and I can't go at my own pace. That's kind of the disregard that I existed, that's all.”

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According to Rahm, the media wasn’t just overcrowding the fairway on Thursday evening, but they were “disregarding” his presence in favor of his popular playing partner. 

At this year’s PGA Championship, Rahm had a similar outburst involving the placement of TV crews. 

The two-time major champion was caught scolding a cameraman in the middle of his poor round at Oak Hill: “Stop aiming at my face when I’m mad, it’s all you guys do,” he said at the time. 

Rahm, evidently feeling less heated about the media predicament on Friday morning, opened his second round with four consecutive pars and back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5 and 6.