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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 despite the Saudi PIF withdrawing financial support. LIV is seeking new investors and has formed an independent board to navigate this transition.
Key points
- Jon Rahm has won two major golf tournaments.
- Saudi Arabia's PIF will withdraw support for LIV Golf by year-end.
- LIV Golf is seeking new financial investors.
- An independent board has been established for LIV Golf.
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Jon Rahm has won two of golf's majors - the 2021 US Open and the 2023 Masters [Getty Images]
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.
Q&A
What did Jon Rahm say about LIV Golf's leadership?
Jon Rahm stated that he does not envy the challenges facing LIV Golf's bosses but believes they will find a solution for the circuit's survival.
Why is LIV Golf seeking new investors?
LIV Golf is looking for new financial backers after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced it would withdraw its multi-billion dollar support by the end of the year.
What changes has LIV Golf made in response to the funding withdrawal?
In response to the funding withdrawal, LIV Golf announced a 'strategic evolution' that includes the formation of a newly established independent board.
