Kids run off with Jon Rahm's golf ball on 18th hole at U.S. Open

The Country Club's rough is thick enough to make it difficult for the world's best players to lose a golf ball.

When people run off with it.

On the 18th hole in the first round of the U.S. Open, Jon Rahm had a triple bogey. Two kids ran off with his ball after he pulled his tee shot.

"I'm pretty sure I know who it was," he said. Two kids were running in opposite directions with smiles on their faces. I am certain that I saw the two kids that stole it.

He had an unimpeded lane to the 18th green thanks to a free drop. He made the putt after hitting his second shot. He was at 1-under 69 at the end.

"I'm very happy that someone spotted the ball first," he stated. We were sure where it was. I was not worried about it. It was going in a different direction. I was trying to take it over the trees and thebunker.

I had 135 yards to the pin in the area where the rough wasn't as thick. I dropped it in an area that wasn't expected to be hit, because I didn't think anyone would hit it there. I wasn't in danger of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That wasn't a big deal.