Rahm bemoans winds as he sits seven off first-round lead in Spain

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RYDER REFLECTIONS: Jon Rahm and Shane Lowry chat during the first round of the Spanish Open presented by Madrid 2025 at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

A seething Jon Rahm bemoaned the vagaries of the winds whipping around Madrid's Club de Campo after a one-over-par 72 left him seven off the first-round lead at the Open de Espana.

Even holing a bunker shot for an eagle at the par-five 14th and knocking his approach to five feet for birdie at the next - on what was his front nine - failed to improve his mood as back-to-back bogeys immediately after the turn were followed by another dropped shot at the par-three ninth.