Jon Rahm says foot an infection ‘a priority’ forward of U.S. Open

PINEHURST, N.C. — Jon Rahm walked into the U.S. Open information convention room Tuesday with a golf shoe on his proper foot, a flip-flop on his left foot, full with a toe separator.

The 2-time main winner stated the foot damage, which he described as an an infection, that prompted him to withdraw from final week’s LIV Golf event in Houston is “a priority” as he prepares for the third main championship of the 12 months.

“Might I’ve dragged myself on the market and posted some sort of a rating? Yeah.” Rahm stated of his withdrawal. “Nevertheless it was getting to some extent the place I wasn’t making the swings I wished to make, and I may have harm different elements of my swing simply due to the ache. As to proper now [playing] this week, I do not know.”

Rahm stated the lesion or reduce he suffered is in between his pinkie toe and the following toe on his left foot and that he’s not sure the way it occurred or the way it led to an an infection. On Saturday in Houston, Rahm acquired a shot earlier than the spherical to numb the ache so he may play by way of it.

“It was imagined to final the entire spherical, and by my second gap I used to be in ache already,” Rahm stated. “The an infection was the worrisome half. The an infection is now managed, however there’s nonetheless swelling and there is nonetheless ache.”

The 2022 U.S. Open winner made a scouting journey to Pinehurst in current weeks and stated is hoping to nonetheless play on this week’s event. It is why he is utilizing the flip-flop, Rahm defined, with a view to maintain the foot dry and let it heal sooner.

“I can solely do what I can do,” Rahm stated. “The human physique can solely work so quick.”

After ending inside the highest 10 and successful the Masters in 2023 earlier than signing with LIV, Rahm is now ranked eighth on the earth. At Augusta this 12 months, he completed tied for forty fifth whereas he missed the reduce on the PGA Championship in Louisville.

Regardless of persistently ending inside the highest 10 at LIV occasions, Rahm’s struggles in majors have shifted him out of the highlight. Rahm, for his half, stated that although he has had a sluggish begin to the 12 months, he’s content material with the place his profession stands in the meanwhile.

“I am in a cheerful place. It is not like I have been taking part in dangerous, although plenty of you make it sound like I am taking part in dangerous,” Rahm stated. “Yeah, it hasn’t been the most effective first half of the 12 months, however there’s been many instances the place I have never had an excellent begin, however that does not imply you may’t have an excellent end.”