Jon Rahm has refused to rule out the possibility of handing over his own money to support LIV Golf’s fight for survival as he prepares to make a first start at a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event in nearly three years.
In April, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) confirmed that it would be cutting its funding for the breakaway league at the end of the 2026 season, leaving doubt over the circuits long term future as it looks to secure new financial backing.
LIV Golf CEO, Scott O’Neil, is seeking around $250m-350m to help the league survive into 2027.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, the two-time major winner was asked if he would be willing to invest his own money to keep the league afloat, a possibility he didn’t rule out.
“Scott is doing a lot of work trying to find developers,” Rahm said. “And there are many ways around that, as far as putting my money into it, they have not asked me to do that yet. So I don’t know if they will or not.
“Something I’ve learned in life: never say never,” he added. “I’m not going to say absolutely no to anything that can happen in the future.”
This week marks an important one for the Spaniard as he is set to make his first start at a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since defecting to LIV Golf in 2023 due to his DP World Tour membership.
In June, the circuit unveiled various significant structural changes, including the introduction of promotion and relegation, set to take in effect from 2028, changes which Rahm states he has “no idea” the details of.
“Yeah, I think it’s a part of golf, right?” he said on the proposal of promotion and relegation. “You’re going to have two different tours within the PGA TOUR and then the Korn Ferry? That’s not the first time I’ve heard that, so it’s not a surprise that that would happen.”
Another one of the key changes outlined is the move to include more opportunities for PGA TOUR golfers to participate in international events co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour, a change Rahm is in favor of particularly if it involves giving events in his native Spain a leg up.
“One of my complaints back in the day that was changed was that I didn’t like when you finished the FedExCup, then seven days later starting a new FedExCup,” Rahm explained when talking about issues he had with the schedule when he was on the PGA TOUR.
“If you didn’t play in the fall, you were a thousand [FedExCup] points behind somebody. I don’t feel like it’s fair for the points race to start in January.
“If there’s any non-DP World Tour members that play the PGA TOUR that want to take advantage of some of their events, I think it’s wonderful. Those events in Australia look unbelievable and from what I’ve experienced there, it’s a lot of fun.
“The Spanish Open, I would hope for it to become a bigger event. When I was growing up, Spain had five to eight DP World Tour events. They were all quite big. I think we have enough of a footprint in the history of the DP World Tour with Seve [Ballesteros] and Sergio [Garcia] and many others have done. I think Spain deserves to have a bigger event.
“So if that opens the opportunity for that to happen, yeah. I think it shouldn’t be the hardest sell. If you can get the right sponsor, the right course and the right prize money, it’s not that hard to go to Spain. You get good weather, good food, good night life for whoever is interested, good drinking, it produces itself in that regard.”