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From near gold to missing a medal, Jon Rahm’s late stumble at the Olympics ‘stings’

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Jon Rahm was on top of the world. The two-time major champion was six under par after 10 holes Sunday during the final round of the Olympics at Le Golf National outside Paris and held a four-shot lead. There really were no close pursuers.

Xander Schauffele, co-leader with Rahm at the start of the round, was only one under on the day and not playing particularly well. Tommy Fleetwood was playing well, but seemingly had too much ground to cover. Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy and France’s Victor Perez were there too. But again, not close.

Then it happened. Rahm’s game suddenly collapsed, as he played the next four holes in four over par. He three-putted the 11th hole from 32 feet and failed to get up and down for par on 12. But the real nightmare happened with a double bogey on the par-5 14th hole after he short-sided himself on his third shot, then didn’t get his chip shot onto the green, leaving it short to roll back down the hill. He walked away with a 7.

 

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