MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 9, 2026

Jon Rahm

Quick Quotes

Q. How do you process a day like today that seems to come against (indiscernible)?

JON RAHM: It's a hard golf course. Some of the players might have been able to manage a respectable round, but when you have no feel with the swing whatsoever, it's just not an easy one. What I manage? Hopefully get some physio, get some dinner, get something positive going in that sense. Tomorrow is a new day.

It's going to be a very much more uphill battle right now, but I'm going to have to come out tomorrow and most likely post something in the 60s to have a chance to make the cut and give myself a chance on the weekend.

Q. The feel for your swing, when is the last time that's happened to you?

JON RAHM: It's been a while.

Q. Talk about 13, the second shot.

JON RAHM: I still don't know what happened, honestly. To get so lucky off the tee, to have an 8-iron in my hand, I don't know, that ball came out 20 -- about 10 yards left, 20 feet higher, and hooking in a way that I didn't expect. To make such a mistake from what could have been a good birdie look, it's a big problem.

It's probably the part I'm the most upset at today. On that hole, you know, I'm 4-over. If I put it on the green, two-putt, 3-over. Still not good, but a little bit more manageable, right? That was very a possible three-shot swing after how lucky I got off the tee.

Q. Are you encouraged by the fact that last year you also kind of came out in the first round with a poor start and was able to bounce back? Do you think you could possibly turn it around and do it again?

JON RAHM: I've done that a few times, yeah. I've done that a few times, but it still sucks to be in this position, to need a Herculean effort the next two days to give myself a chance to maybe sniff having a chance to win. It's just frustrating.