{"id":290515,"date":"2023-09-29T20:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290515"},"modified":"2023-09-29T20:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:34:49","slug":"brooks-koepka-digs-out-jon-rahm-for-acting-like-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/brooks-koepka-digs-out-jon-rahm-for-acting-like-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka digs out Jon Rahm for &apos;acting like a child&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brooks Koepka digs out Jon Rahm for &#8216;acting like a child&#8217; as Europe romp to day one dominance at the Ryder Cup and insists USA can stage a Roman recovery by acting like &#8216;grown-ups&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Jon Rahm starred as Team Europe dominated on the first day of the Ryder Cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Brooks Koepka was on the receiving end of Rahm&#8217;s brilliance on Friday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brooks Koepka accused Jon Rahm of acting like a child after the Spaniard&#8217;s stunning afternoon performance at the Ryder Cup in Rome on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard eagled two of the final three holes at Marco Simone as he and Nicolai Hojgaard came from behind to halve their fourballs match against Koepka and Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm, who chipped in three times in his two matches during the day, celebrated exuberantly as Europe took firm command of the contest, leading 6.5-1.5 after day one.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear, however, what Rahm did in particular to rile the American.<\/p>\n<p>Koepka said in a TV interview: &#8216;I think me and Scottie [Scheffler] birdied 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and then &#8216;lost&#8217; (to) two (eagles).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/19\/75992357-0-image-a-47_1696013966769.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brooks Koepka (right) has slammed Jon Rahm (left) after the conclusion of the first day of the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/20\/75992367-0-image-a-48_1696014009073.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rahm rescued a half point for Team Europe in the afternoon fourball by\u00a0eagling two of the final three holes<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So yes, I mean I want to hit a board and pout just like Jon Rahm did but, you know, it is what it is. Act like a child. But we&#8217;re adults. We move on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Koepka alluded to this subject again when asked what the US needed to do on Saturday to get themselves back into the match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/20\/75992369-0-image-a-49_1696014014892.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rahm and Viktor Hovland (right) produced a stunning fourball performance on day one at the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/20\/75992371-0-image-a-50_1696014100741.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Koepka believes Team USA can fight back against Europe over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Honestly, we&#8217;ll be fine. We&#8217;re all grown-ups, we act like grown-ups. We&#8217;ll be just fine. Just got to play and see where it puts you. &#8216;Just keep fighting. You never know what&#8217;s going to happen. (We have) still got a long day tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I guess it&#8217;s just a matter of momentum, but we&#8217;ve got to go out in the first session and play well, that&#8217;s for sure.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Europe captain Luke Donald was asked about Rahm&#8217;s comments but did not offer an opinion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I certainly didn&#8217;t see any of that,&#8217; Donald said. &#8216;Jon was a big support system for Nicolai today. Jon&#8217;s a passionate person, but I didn&#8217;t see him acting any other way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12576709\/Brooks-Koepka-jon-rahm-ryder-cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooks Koepka digs out Jon Rahm for &#8216;acting like a child&#8217; as Europe romp to day one dominance at the Ryder Cup and insists USA <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/brooks-koepka-digs-out-jon-rahm-for-acting-like-a-child\/\" title=\"Brooks Koepka digs out Jon Rahm for &amp;apos;acting like a child&amp;apos;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brooks Koepka digs out Jon Rahm for &amp;apos;acting like a child&amp;apos; 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