Rahm not seeking perfection at PGA Championship

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Jon Rahm has been playing in majors for nearly 10 years and the Spaniard said on Tuesday ahead of this weeks PGA Championship that hes since learned to stop chasing perfection when it comes to golfs blue-riband events.

For Rahm, a two-times major winner who made a stunning move to LIV Golf in December 2023, all facets of a players game do not need to be firing on all cylinders to achieve success.

You always feel like, to win a major, you have to play perfect, which is not true, Rahm told reporters at Quail Hollow Club where the PGA Championship begins on Thursday.

At the end of the day, a lot of it is keep playing golf, keep playing solid good golf, and take advantage of the good stretches youre going to have throughout the week. But by any means you dont have to play perfect.

Rahm said he has watched final-round replays of his triumphs at the 2021 U.S. Open and 2022 Masters where he missed fairways and mis-hit other shots but managed to prevent his round from spiralling out of control.

I didnt realize how many fairways I missed and how many shots that I considered that werent good, but did all the things right to minimize the damage, right?

Its funny, nine, ten years ago I was thinking I had to play my absolute best in every aspect of the game, and I think if anything, you just have to have full faith in all aspects of your game and just learn how to manage the golf course that week.

Rahm has not made much noise at majors since joining LIV Golf but arrives at Quail Hollow with top-10 finishes in all seven of his events on the Saudi-backed circuit in addition