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Job of LIV chiefs to fix breakaway circuit - Rahm
TL;DR
Jon Rahm expresses confidence in LIV Golf's leadership to secure the circuit's future after Saudi Arabia's PIF announced it will withdraw financial backing. LIV is seeking new investors and has formed an independent board to navigate this transition.
Key points
- Jon Rahm is confident in LIV Golf's leadership.
- Saudi Arabia's PIF will withdraw support at year's end.
- LIV Golf is forming an independent board for new investments.
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Two-time major winner Jon Rahm says he does not envy the job facing LIV Golf's bosses but remains confident they will find a solution to ensure its survival.
Last month, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it will withdraw its multi-billion dollar backing for the breakaway circuit at the end of the year.
LIV announced a "strategic evolution" in response - including a newly established independent board - as it bids to find replacement financial investors.
Rahm, 31, was arguably the most high profile name to join LIV when he left the PGA Tour in December 2023 for a deal worth a reported £222m ($300m).
Some players, including Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its rules in December to allow the five-time major winner to come back, subject to certain sanctions.
Spain's Rahm did not follow suit and remains under long-term contract with LIV, but last week reached a deal with the DP World Tour - formerly the European Tour - which will see him retain his membership and remain eligible for next year's Ryder Cup.
Rahm said he was "in control of his golf game" but "not in control of anything else" when asked whether uncertainty over the future of LIV Golf was on his mind before this week's US PGA Championship at Aronimink, Pennsylvania.
"Out of the few talents I have in my life, fixing a business is not one of them. I might be the worst person for that," he told BBC Sport.
"My job is to play golf, luckily. I'm decent at it. And that's what I can focus on.
"It's the people in charge of LIV, whose job I do not envy for a second, it's their job to fix it."
Rahm, the two-time reigning LIV season champion and 2026 points leader, said he had no regrets over joining LIV and backed organisers to make it sustainable.
He added: "I would say I've made a lot of decisions in my life and I've never gone back thinking 'Oh, had I known this again, I would do X and Y different'.
"If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.
"I have faith in the work that they're doing. I have faith that they're going to come up with a good plan.
"Until that plan is explained to us, I don't think I need to add any attention to it."
Rahm is still banned from the PGA Tour but is eligible to participate in the US PGA Championship because the latter is run by the PGA of America, which is a separate organisation.
Q&A
What financial support is LIV Golf losing?
LIV Golf is losing multi-billion dollar backing from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which will withdraw its support at the end of the year.
What changes is LIV Golf implementing to survive?
LIV Golf has announced a 'strategic evolution' that includes forming a newly established independent board to attract replacement financial investors.
Which players have returned to the PGA Tour after joining LIV Golf?
Players like Brooks Koepka have returned to the PGA Tour after LIV Golf, which has seen changes in its rules allowing such returns under certain sanctions.
