Jon Rahm to join LIV Golf in ‘coming days’ and to get his own team: Reports
The rumours about Jon Rahm leaving the PGA Tour to join the LIV Golf series have been picking up traction. The golfer's departure from the PGAT is expected to be announced soon, with many believing the first sign to be his withdrawal from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL League.
The addition of Jon Rahm to the LIV Golf series would be a significant one. With the PGAT and Saudi Arabian PIF's shock merger agreement having left the world of golf in a bit of a grey area, Jon Rahm's move to the breakaway league could be a make or break moment.
According to Flushing It, a golf account on Twitter, Rahm's deal with the LIV Golf series is done. The accounted tweeted:
"Jon Rahm’s move to LIV is expected to be announced in the coming days. There will not be any immediate major changes to the format of the league and Jon will be getting his own team."
The upcoming deadline for the framework agreement between the PGA Tour and the PIF will reportedly be a deciding factor, not only about Jon Rahm's future, but also about the future of other golfers playing in the big leagues.
Jon Rahm's comments on joining the LIV Golf series
The likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka and Cameron Smith have joined the LIV Golf series, and it's not improbable for Rahm to do the same. When asked about the LIV Golf series a few months ago, Rahm admitted that a lucrative deal offered by LIV would be hard to pass up if money was his "goal."
Speaking last December, he said (via Mirror):
"If it was, I probably might have gone to LIV, right? If money is your goal, that’s clearly the path to go down. Every decision I make when it comes to golf is to become the best player I can become."
Up until August, Rahm had said that he would not join the LIV Series, despite being friends with several LIV Golfers.
"I laugh when people rumor me with LIV Golf," he told the Golf Sin Etiquetas podcast in August. "I never liked the format. And I always have a good time with Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia in the practice rounds of majors. Phil [Mickelson] respects my decision, and I respect his [choice]. Mickelson has told me that I have no reason to go play for LIV, and he has told me that multiple times.”
However, things seem to have changed since then, if the recent reports are anything to go by.