The Phoenix Open officially gets underway with Thursday's opening round. Wednesday, though, offered a more laid-back atmosphere for the pro-am.
On Wednesday at TPC Scottsdale, the hill behind the ninth green was the place to be. Professionals competing in the pro-am traded places at the turn, offering fans a chance to snatch an autograph or two. The amateurs alongside them were more than happy to take the time to engage.
On Wednesday, no face drew more attention than the recently-retired Watt’s. His number 99 — donned in both Cardinals’ red and Texans’ blue — outnumbered jerseys for this weekend’s Super Bowl participants. Chants of “J-J” broke out whenever and wherever. When he sunk a short putt to finish the front nine, the cheers were enough to make an unobservant spectator think he or she had fast-forwarded to Sunday afternoon.
On the ninth hole Wednesday, as Rahm peeled off to exchange places with Seamus Power, that was on full display. The pair shared a short hug on the green before posing with each other’s gameday attire — Rahm with a white Watt Cardinals’ jersey and Watt with a pink golf polo. These moments, Rahm explained later, carry extra meaning to him. To this day, he still has a photo he took with Henrik Stenson as a kid, featuring the six-time PGA Tour winner signing a young Rahm’s t-shirt.
“He needs to work on everything a little bit, obviously,” Rahm said. “But just the fact that he can play golf consistently is gonna take care of that. He actually is a very underrated putter once he gets the speed of the greens. He's a good putter. It's just the mental aspect of things in golf, trial and error, that he needs to improve a little bit.”
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