Jon Rahm left livid at US Open leaderboard slip as fuming ace speaks out on challenging Oakmount terrain

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Spaniard Rahm says he was sickened at end of his second round showing in Pennsylvania
Fuming Jon Rahm has a head of steam up for the Oakmont weekend after claiming he was too mad and annoyed to think clearly about his slip down the leaderboard.
The feisty Spanish star is still in the mix for the US Open title as he sits just seven shots behind midway leader Sam Burns.
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However, Rahm was unable to put a overall perspective on his position in the tournament when he walked off the course with a second-round 75.
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He admitted: 'Honestly, I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective. Very frustrated.
'Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole, so it's frustrating. I didn't play bad. I played quite good and didn't see anything go in beside a seven-footer on the seventh. That's it.
'That's a very hard thing to deal with to try to shoot a score.'
Rahm's Ryder Cup colleague and partner Tyrrell Hatton also used the word mad in build-up when he judged segments of the Oakmont challenge and had other descriptions to use as he assessed his position at the halfway point.
Speaking to LIV Golf, he said: 'I mean, sometimes it feels like the greens, you have a little bit of an optical illusion, where you expect it to be so fast.
'There's so much break on it, you're putting up the slope and then it's coming with the slope, so you expect it to be really quick. So it's hard to get the line and pace there.
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'But the rough is pretty brutal. It almost feels like a penalty shot when you're in it like, which is just how it is this week.
'It's hard to hit the fairways anyway because they're so slopey, and it's unfortunate that even if you land in the fairways here it can run off into the rough. That's one of the challenges I guess.'
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The conditions have been a challenge over the opening two days, but title contender Bren Griffin is lapping it up as he said: 'Bring it on. I'll play in anything unless it's lightning pretty much or tornados.
'Yeah, rain is tricky. It's just more of an annoyance than anything.
'I think you're managing your umbrella and maybe your rain gear and keeping your clubs dry.
'But from a swing standpoint, I don't mind playing in the rain, and obviously it softens conditions most weeks.
'It'll probably make it maybe slightly easier or maybe we'll have to start thinking about spin control a little bit with the wedges if it really rains.
'I don't really care. I'm down for whatever.'