JON Rahm can only hope peaceful times are ahead, except it’s not that simple.
He lives in Arizona and, for now, is planning a schedule of tournaments that are between seven and 11 time zones away from home.
Rahm said he is willing to pay the same penalties as Brooks Koepka when he returns to the PGA Tour from LIV; only he doesn’t know if he’ll get that offer.
“I really don’t know what 2027 is going to look like for me,” he said.
The Spaniard has resurfaced this week in the United Arab Emirates for the two-week conclusion to the European tour season. This is his first tournament in nearly two months, following two significant moments that had been weighing on him.
At home, he filled out his own foursome when his wife gave birth to their second daughter. Their fourth child, who they thought might arrive early, instead came later than expected.
At work, Rahm filed for legal separation from LIV Golf, which still requires formal approval from a bankruptcy judge later this week.
Rahm is giving up millions that were owed to him from signing with the Saudi-funded rival league at the end of a 2023 season filled with celebration and controversy. He twice reached No. 1 in the world. He won the Masters. He was unbeaten in another Ryder Cup victory for Team Europe.
But that image of Rahm in a Masters green jacket in April was overshadowed by him posing in a black letterman’s LIV jacket in December. It’s hard to believe that was three years ago.
Rahm has not won a major or anything else except for four LIV Golf titles since defecting at a time when he was a serious threat to Scottie Scheffler. No one, except for Rory McIlroy briefly, has been particularly close to No. 1 since then.
