The analyst accused by Jon Rahm of “underestimating” Rory McIlroy has finally broken down 🤐
Rory McIlroy was 6 under par, the same as Bryson DeChambeau after 17 holes, and the Irishman needed a birdie on the 18th hole to win, but when DeChambeau birdied the 18th hole, McIlroy ended his round with a bogey on 72nd hole. , and the 35-year-old athlete was unable to claim the title. Watching this, NBC analyst Smiley Kaufman commented on McIlroy’s shot:
Not outside the hole. It’s a shot to the middle left, but I think I could hit it if I started in the middle,” Kaufman said (via Golf.com). The comment infuriated Spaniard Jon Rahm, who raised his voice while watching McIlroy’s final putt. After hearing Kaufman’s remarks about Macillroy, Lam refused Kaufman’s opinion. “One of the completely burning me, I think it was the hair that was very underestimated by the complexity of the 18 -year -old Patlory,” Lam said Lam. On this week’s GOLF SubPar podcast, Kaufman said the comments and feedback he received was a learning experience and that he may have been more vague than direct. “I’m not perfect. I read hard into what I thought I could find there.
Maybe that will change, but I won’t give any specifics. All I’m saying is there’s something good about it, there’s something about it. To put it a little more vaguely, it’s a learning experience,” the NBC analyst said.
Rory McIlroy lost the US Open title by one shot to Bryson DeChambeau, who won the trophy for the second time in his career.
The Pinehurst match left Rory McIlroy with a hefty paycheck of $2,322,000 as the runner-up. The winner Braison Deshambo received $ 4.3 million from a wallet of 21.5 million dollars.