Rahm will not be returning to LIV Golf for the 2027 season, referring to the “LIV 2.0” model as “unacceptable.”
As LIV Golf continues to reorganize for the future, it will now be without Jon Rahm, who will be departing from the league after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 8.
“Mr. Rahm has independently reviewed the proposed terms of LIV 2.0 … and has determined that those terms are unacceptable to him, and he will not be participating going forward in LIV 2.0,” Rahm’s attorney, John Beck, said Wednesday in a court hearing.
Beck also revealed that Rahm and LIV will now work to finalize a separation agreement before Oct. 15.
Rahm, who initially pledged his “fealty” to the PGA Tour in 2022, shocked the golf world by signing a multi-year deal worth a reported $350 million with the rebel league in December 2023, appearing in a LIV-branded letterman jacket and matching hat to announce the move. Having won the 2023 Masters in April, Rahm’s signing reignited the divide between LIV and the PGA Tour, stealing away one of the PGA’s emerging stars as he entered his prime.
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The Spaniard won LIV’s individual title in each of his three seasons with the league, but his career from ages 29 to 31 will largely be defined by his poor major performance in the years that followed his split from the PGA Tour.
Rahm joined the league with 10 top-10 finishes and two major wins under his belt, but was never able to replicate that success after his departure. He’s managed only four top-10s in the last three seasons, with his closest call coming with a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship in May.
Following the announcement that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund would be withdrawing funding from the league in April, Rahm was one of many players to withhold commitment to the league for the 2027 season.
Documents from LIV’s bankruptcy filings revealed Rahm held unsecured claims worth up to $7.4 million that represented outstanding payments owed to him.
Rahm is not the only player looking to distance from the restructuring league, with his countryman Sergio Garcia receiving an official notice of contract termination on Tuesday. Other players, including 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith, are reportedly pursuing a deal similar to Garcia’s.
Also seeking clarification is Bryson DeChambeau, with the two-time major winner’s lawyer inquiring if his client is now free to have conversations with third-party entities like the PGA Tour.
All eyes now turn to the PGA Tour for how it will handle the impending mass exodus from LIV.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp is no stranger to breaking precedent, having offered Rahm, Smith, DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka a path back to the PGA Tour via a “returning member program” in January. Koepka was the only player of the four to accept, and Rolapp has stated he has no plans to issue a similar offer in the future.
Should the PGA Tour hold true to its word, Rahm and others could find their way back by playing on the DP World Tour in hopes of earning a tour card for 2028.