Jon Rahm has responded to being asked whether he would be happy to see LIV Golf include more team events during their season.
Of course, so much to do with LIV Golf is up in the air right now. It is not yet clear how the league will be funded beyond this season with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia set to withdraw their financial support.
There has been plenty of interest in what is next for Rahm. He was one of the last big names to make the jump from the PGA Tour. So he is thought to have plenty of time left on the contract he signed in December 2023.
It remains to be seen whether Rahm would be able to get out of his deal if he wanted to.
Jon Rahm speaks about LIV Golf adding more team events
It would be wise for LIV Golf to consult the likes of Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau as they plot a way forward. While the eye-watering sums may soon be a thing of the past, it may help convince their big names to stay if they have a say in how the league looks in the future.
It was put to Rahm ahead of LIV Golf Andalucia that there has been speculation that more team events could be added to the calendar, with the individual element being removed on certain weeks.
Rahm suggested that it would not change a great deal for him.
“I mean, it’s sort of similar to what we do now already as a team. It’s an aspect and it helps. In my case last week, I wasn’t really in with a chance competing for the win going on Sunday, but I still wanted to put a good score for the team, for the team to finish as high as possible,” he said.
“As far as that, I don’t think it will change my mindset or the way I approach a tournament at all. You still need to shoot or want to shoot the lowest possible, whether you’re playing individually or as a team. Whether it happens or not, I don’t think my approach would change whatsoever.”
LIV Golf may be somewhat perplexed by Jon Rahm’s stance
It is extremely difficult to read where Rahm is right now. He would be forgiven for doing all he can to find out how feasible a PGA Tour return would be at the end of the year.
Having said that, he stuck with LIV when the Returning Member Program was launched to allow Brooks Koepka to come back. So it is not a foregone conclusion that he is keen to leave LIV.
It will not have pleased LIV to hear him sound somewhat unenthusiastic about the prospect of more team events in the future.
In the same press conference, he distanced himself from trying to secure further investment for LIV. Admittedly, he insisted that he is not any sort of businessman.
However, he is a team captain. He is also one of the best players in the world. Rahm is a leader that LIV really needs at a time when the league has its back against the wall.
Perhaps he is wary of revealing his hand before LIV’s future becomes clear. But it is strange that he seems so calm at a time when the league is in such a precarious position.
