Jon Rahm said gambling-related distractions by fans happen 'more often than you think' and that it is 'very easy ... if you want to affect somebody.'
"I love that people can gamble on golf, but that is one thing I'm worried about," Homa said."It's just always something that's on your mind. It's on us to stay focused or whatever, but it's just annoying when it happens. ... Fans are so great about being quiet when we play. I think they are awesome. When anybody ever talks, it's so unintentional. They don't know we're hitting. It just sucks when it's incredibly intentional.
Laura Neal, the PGA Tour's executive vice president of brand communications, told ESPN on Monday that security teams will take"swift and immediate action to protect the integrity of the competition" but added that no new measures have been in place. "This isn't rampant," Neal said Monday."Of course, for our security team, we want to make sure our players have the proper arena to compete in, but [there's been] nothing outside the ordinary since gaming has become legal.""You're hearing the positive," Rahm said."'I got 20 bucks you make birdie here,' things like that. But no, it's more often than you think. It's not caught on TV maybe, but it's something that happens, yeah.
Rahm admitted it would be difficult for the tour to"somehow control 50,000 people scattered around the golf course." "You don't want it to get out of hand, right?" Rahm said."It's very easy -- very, very easy -- in golf if you want to affect somebody. You're so close, you can yell at the wrong time, and it's very easy for that to happen."
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