Jon Rahm has not enjoyed the same level of success since joining LIV Golf last year and is allegedly open to returning to the PGA Tour - even if it means giving up his millions
Rahm could even hand back some of his LIV Golf cash to play alongside the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler again. A "veteran tour insider" claims that Rahm is having second thoughts about his switch to the Saudi-backed league.
“I am 100 percent positive that if Jon could give the money back to the Saudis and come back to the tour, he couldn't write the check fast enough,” the anonymous source told Golf Digest. Not too long ago, Rahm was dazzling as one of the bright new stars on the PGA Tour. He racked up more than $70million in career earnings across the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, and he enjoyed a prestigious stint as World No.1 for over 50 weeks. His 11 PGA victories include triumphs at the Masters and US Open. However, since his 2023 leap to LIV Golf, Rahm's performances and fan engagement have not mirrored his previous heights. "Now there are only four times a year when he's playing that anybody is remotely interested," the insider added. "He thought his stature in the game was secure no matter where he was playing, and it was a bad miscalculation." Barring last month's Open - where Rahm tied for seventh at 3-under - the 29-year-old has had a tough time in this year's majors. He just made the cut at the Masters, ending up T45, didn't make it through the PGA Championship and had to pull out of the US Open due to a foot infection. Before the Open, former European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley suggested that Rahm's lacklustre performances might be down to his rumoured dissatisfaction with LIV Golf, which was rumoured to sign him for upwards of $500m . "He’s not on the cutting edge the way he was," McGinley said. "His performances in majors are showing that. I don’t think he’s in a happy place; he doesn’t look content on the golf course." Rahm's start to 2024 wasn't stellar, failing to clinch a win in any of the first 10 LIV events, though he did tie for third in Adelaide and Nashville. Yet last month he triumphed in the LIV UK, bagging a tournament win for the eighth year running. In recent months, Rahm hasn't held back on suggesting improvements for LIV Golf. This April, he criticised the event format, pushing for a change from the 54-hole tournaments with a shotgun start to a full 72. "The closer we can get LIV to do some of these things, the better," Rahm commented.
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