“I told Gareth you can’t be so good at professional football and golf at the same time, it doesn’t seem fair,” Rahm, the 2021 US Open champion, said. “You can’t be dedicated to one thing and you have so much talent for golf.”
Bell’s love of golf was often criticized during his stay in Madrid, especially after he posed in front of a banner that read: ‘Wales. Golf. Madrid. in that order’.
World number three Rahm said there was no advice he could give Bell on his golf swing.
“He didn’t ask for anything, nor should he, he’s already good enough,” the 28-year-old said. “It doesn’t make sense for him to be so good when he’s a professional football player.
“When he can actually get more practice, he’s going to get a lot better. He got two strokes back in the Pro-Am, which I think is already wrong. He should give strokes back to the rest of the novices because he Very good, very good player.”