New Delhi, May 15 -- Jon Rahm, a two-time major champion, has issued a heartfelt apology after a moment of frustration during the first round of the 108th PGA Championship turned into an unfortunate incident. The 31-year-old Spaniard, playing at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania, accidentally hit a volunteer with a divot from an angry air swing on the par-4 seventh hole.

Rahm, who is competing as LIV Golf League captain, explained the sequence of events after posting a solid 1-under 69. "I got a flyer on my second shot that went long," he said. "It's not a good spot. Just out of frustration, I tried to make an air swing, just over the grass, and I wasn't looking. [I] took a divot, and unfortunately, I hit a volunteer."

The volunteer w...