Jon Rahm confronted fans at Royal Portrush on Thursday afternoon as he was distracted by a whistle during a tee shot. The Spaniard was playing his opening round of The 153rd Open, as the final major of the golf calendar got underway.Rahm didn’t hide his anger towards the fans next to the tee@CPowers14 / XHe instantly turned to face the fans and started questioning them@CPowers14 / XAfter a strong start through nine holes, Rahm sat at two-under-par and within the top six on the leaderboard.However, a bogey at the 10th hole at Portrush in Northern Ireland sent the LIV Golf star into the next hole in a bad mood. And that spilt over on the tee box as he began the 11th.Rahm hit his driver shot but instantly wasn’t happy with it, stepping back and looking over at the fans watching on. It appeared he had heard a whistle during his backswing, and he blamed the noise as his shot landed in the thick rough. In reaction to the noise, Rahm turned towards spectators and exclaimed in an angry tone: “Really?”He then continued to rant, saying: “Whistling? Great timing. Right in my backswing, very smart whoever it was.”The rain-soaked Open fans just stared back at Rahm during the confrontation, with the guilty party unknown. The two-time major winner would have wanted to find the fairway on the 11th, which is known as one of the most difficult holes on the course and saw over four times more bogeys than birdies in 2019.The two-time major winner dealt with whistles and bad weather on his first roundAFPBut after the supposed distraction, Rahm sent his shot into the rough and managed to scramble to record a bogey on the par 4.That meant he dropped back to even par for the opening round and left him needing to regain composure. And on the 12th hole, he did manage to stop his bogey streak.Rahm is yet to The Open, claiming his two major titles with US Open success in 2021 and a Masters crown in 2023.His best finish in the British major was a T2 at Royal Liverpool in the same year that he claimed a Green Jacket. The last time he played at Royal Portrush, it was a T11 finish, but he’ll be hoping for a better outcome this time around. Rahm is hoping to win his third career major this weekGettyRahm is grouped with reigning Open champion Xander Schauffele and this year’s US Open winner J.J. Spaun for the opening two rounds.He will tee off for his second round in Northern Ireland among the late starters at 2:59pm on Friday afternoon.talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage from Portrush from 7am.Our commentary team includes Marcus Buckland, Sue Thearle, Ron Jones, Matt Adams, Sophie Walker, Raymond Burns, Alison Walker, Paul Eales, Brendon de Jonge, Carl Paulson and Rupert Bell.To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.