Rahm was not 'willing to follow' LIV 2.0 path

Jon Rahm says he left LIV Golf because there were "too many unknowns", it was "going away from team golf" and becoming "more of a regular tournament". Rahm's two major wins came at the 2021 US Open and 2023 Masters Jon Rahm has said he left LIV Golf because he "wasn't willing to follow" the path that the breakaway series was taking. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund withdrew its backing of the circuit in April – having invested more than $5bn (£3.8bn) – leading to LIV filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States in September. The league has secured a possible $300m (£224m) in financing to try to move forward with 'LIV 2.0' but Rahm reached a separation agreement to secure his exit from the series in October.

"As much as I liked the project and the idea on, let's say, LIV 1.0, I wasn't thrilled with the changes they were doing to 2.0 and I just wasn't willing to follow that path," said the 31-year-old Spaniard. "It wasn't anything special, anything that stood out. I just didn't like where they were going with 2.0." Rahm left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf in December 2023 in a deal worth a reported £222m ($300m) and he left with ESPN reporting, external he was owed about $100m (£75m) from