It had been a while, too long for his liking, but Jon Rahm was pleased to be back in the mix at another major championship.

CHARLOTTE — Jon Rahm's approach on the 11th hole came in low and left, but rather than slide off into its apparent destiny in the left rough, it collided directly with a spectator's head and careened right ... so far right, in fact, that it skittered across the green into more rough, and it was ambiguous whether it helped Rahm at all.