{"id":601426,"date":"2026-04-13T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:24:09","slug":"liv-golfer-jon-rahm-unhappy-with-2026-masters-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601426\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV golfer Jon Rahm unhappy with 2026 Masters performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIV Golf star Jon Rahm<\/a> has left a lot of people wondering about his next moves, after he said that there are “definitely some things I’m going to change going forward” during his post-interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard’s 2026 Masters became a battle to save some pride after he shot a six-over-par 78 on the first day, an opening round that didn’t contain one single birdie.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It came after the former World No.1 arrived at Augusta on a hot run of form on the breakaway Saudi circuit, which put him amongst the favorites to win a second Green Jacket.<\/p>\n

You may like<\/p>\n

Rahm, who won LIV Golf Hong Kong in March, currently leads the individual standings on LIV Golf, but he looked out of sorts at the Masters, which had a lot of people questioning how sharp he and his fellow LIV players were for a Major Championship, including Brandel Chamblee.<\/p>\n

The golf analyst, who also blasted Bryson DeChambeau’s performance<\/a>, said: “It’s amazing to me. Every tee, he’s swinging as hard as he can. It’s like he’s in a long drive contest.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never seen anybody swing it as hard as he’s swinging it every single tee shot. It’s like there’s no nuance, there’s no niche to his golf swing.”<\/p>\n

Rahm did at least steady the ship and make it through to the weekend, although the 2023 champion was never in contention and finished a distance 13 shots off the pace, down in T38.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to the Golf Monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest tour news, equipment news, reviews, head-to-heads and buyer\u2019s guides from our team of experienced experts.<\/p>\n

And the disappointment he showed when speaking to the media after his final round was obvious, despite recording his best round of the week, a four-under-par 68.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83d\udc40 #CHANGES TO COME \u2014 Jon Rahm says he will change his preparation going forward at The Masters: \u201cHave you ever seen looking down the property how yellow the patron areas and how brown and purple parts of the greens and fairways are?\u201d pic.twitter.com\/1F8CQtAS8cApril 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

“Definitely some things I’m going to change going forward,” said Rahm, who signed with LIV Golf at the end of 2023. “Preparation-wise and what to do.”<\/p>\n

Pushed on what he had in mind, Rahm instantly shut down that line of questioning. “Nope, not going to say it,” he replied.<\/p>\n

What to read next<\/p>\n

Inevitably, he’s sure to get asked whether he sees his long-term future on LIV, although it’s believed that his contract with the tour extends beyond next year.<\/p>\n

After his disappointing opening round, which left him 11 shots off the pace, Rahm put his performance down to a swing issue.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a hard golf course,” he said. “Some of the players might have been able to manage a respectable round, but when you have no feel with the swing whatsoever, it\u2019s just not an easy one.”<\/p>\n

However, the comments he made as he prepared to leave Augusta suggest he knows what needs to be done to give himself a better chance when he returns next year.<\/p>\n

“I got away a lot of what not to do,” he said, when asked what he would take away from his four rounds.<\/p>\n

“Today was much better. Crazy, same person, right? Even though I made some mistakes, I was able to rectify quite a few of them and have a good round. Too bad the bogey on 18.<\/p>\n

“But, yeah, I’ll say it again, lots of what not to do. Played really bad the two days. Shot three-under on the second round, but that was about as good as I should have shot with how I was hitting it.”<\/p>\n

Rahm is back in action this week at LIV Golf Mexico City, and he’ll return to Major Championship action at the PGA Championship next month.<\/p>\n