Jon Rahm struck a clump of grass on the golf course and then struck a conciliatory tone during his first-round press conference Thursday at the PGA Championship after that chunk of turf struck a volunteer in the face. The moment was a complete accident after Rahm swung his club in frustration on the seventh hole after he hit an 170-yard approach shot that was headed straight for the pin but went past and off the green at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania. Rahm finished the first day of the tournament 1-under 69. Jon Rahm of Spain plays a shot on the 16th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on May 14, 2026 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Getty Images “I got a flier on my second shot that went long. It’s not a good spot, and just out of frustration I tried to make an air swing just over the grass, and I wasn’t looking,” Rahm said after the round. “Took a divot, and unfortunately, it hit a volunteer. Unfortunately, it hit him in the shoulder and then the face.…