Jon Rahm exploded during his round at Sunday's LIV Golf Nashville event after firing a tee shot on the sixth hole into the water hazard. The Spaniard was not happy with a drone pilot and produced a furious rant, claiming that the noise the drone was making behind him served as a distraction before his mishit.

TV broadcasters have increasingly used drones for their coverage, utilising the technology for stunning visuals and a whole new perspective of the most famous golf courses worldwide.

However, there have long been frustrations with the introduction of drones, predominantly due to the noise they make while players are focusing on their shots.

Rahm made his feelings clear as he worked his way around The Grove during LIV Golf Nashville on Sunday.

The 29-year-old was three shots back of Legion XIII teammate Tyrrell Hatton as he made his way to the sixth hole, a par-four.

And he produced a disastrous tee shot, looping his effort too far left and into the water hazard, leaving him visibly and audibly disappointed.

Before the ball had even reached the apex, Rahm turned around towards the drone with a disgusted look on his face and produced a foul-mouthed reaction.

The microphones then caught him saying: "Every tournament. It's f*****g incredible. Right on my backswing. These f*****g drones every time."

Rahm's fortunes didn't improve much on the sixth hole, going on to make double, which was the worst score among the players who had already completed the hole on the day.

The former world No. 1 was forced to miss the US Open earlier this month after picking up a foot injury at LIV Houston.

But he was deemed fit to make his return to action in Nashville, and ahead of the event, he was feeling optimistic about lifting his first individual LIV title.

Rahm said: "I'm feeling good. The main reason for pulling out of the two events was the infection I had.

"I just wanted to be precautionary towards not making it worse and seeing what steps I could take to prevent that from happening in the future.

"The wound is still there. I'm not going to show any graphic pictures, but it's still there. It's manageable now. I'm not going to really make it worse.

"A lot of things to follow up from what happened to make sure it heals properly and it doesn't happen again."