Jon Rahm responds to savage Ozempic heckle from Ryder Cup fan

Jon Rahm was hit with a cruel heckle from one fan at the Ryder Cup (Picture: Getty)

Jon Rahm has taken the heckles from American Ryder Cup fans in good spirits, despite already being the subject of a rather cruel joke about his weight.

Luke Donald’s side are hoping to follow up their victory in Rome two years ago by becoming only the fifth European side to win the Ryder Cup on away soil this week in New York.

But Europe face a tall order if they are to pull of that feat and will not only have to overcome a strong US side but also a fervant home crowd at Bethpage Black.

That atmosphere overawed a poorly-matched European side four years ago at Whistling Straits, and early indications are that this week’s crowd will be no different in their attempts to unsettle the travelling European side.

Rahm, in particular, was an early target, with one fan yelling ‘Hey Rahmbo, where’s the Ozempic’, referencing the drug commonly used for weight loss, as the Spaniard walked off the tee box during one of his practice rounds.

But addressing the rather creative insult, the two-time major champion insists he hasn’t let it get under his skin.

‘Yeah, first shot in the practice rounds,’ Rahm recalled. ‘I don’t know exactly what he said, but he either said, ‘Hey, Rahm, where is the Ozempic?’ Or ‘When’s Ozempic?’ Something ‘Ozempic.’ I just don’t know what word exactly. It was funny.

Rahm has been impressed by some of the more creative heckles (Picture: Getty) Rory McIlroy will likely be public enemy number one this week with the New York crowd (Picture: Getty)

‘So far, the humor that’s been there, it’s really funny. I would imagine tomorrow things might turn a little bit but there’s always funny ones, and not only towards me, towards everybody.

‘I’m not going to say what they said, but yesterday on 17, me and Shane Lowry had a good laugh at something someone said in the crowd. Again, people can be really creative nowadays.’

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, who was greeted by a chorus of boos during one of his practice rounds, said he was hopeful of finding a better balance when dealing with the crowd after struggling at Whistling Straits in 2021.

‘I feel at times in the Ryder Cup, I have engaged too much with the crowd,’ he admitted. But then there’s times where I haven’t engaged enough. It’s really just trying to find the balance of using that energy from the crowd to fuel your performance.

‘I felt like at Hazeltine [2016] that I probably engaged too much at times, then at Whistling Straits [2021] I didn’t engage enough and felt pretty flat because of it. It’s just trying to find that balance.

‘I can’t tell anyone on the team what that balance is – they really have to find it themselves. But that’s the challenge of playing away, right? You’re not just trying to perform to your best level.

‘Someone in the American Team holes a putt, and then you have to try to follow them in. You’ve got the crowd going crazy and you’re waiting for them to quiet. There’s a lot of little things like that that takes you out of your normal routine.’

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