Jon Rahm delivers LIV Golf merger update after | Golf News

Former Masters winner  Jon Rahm has again solid doubt over the potential for a LIV Golf and PGA Tour merger. Rahm will be a part of forces with PGA Tour lovers Wyndham Clark and Tommy Fleetwood on Thursday at Augusta.

However, Rahm does not see an elevated likelihood of mixing his future tournaments with these two regardless of President Donald Trump moving into the fray.

Since the initial pleasure of a potential union back in June 2023, progress has stalled. Recent revelations disclosed the PGA Tour’s dismissal of a tempting $1.5 billion bid from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which was accompanied by circumstances, together with a management function for Yasir Al-Rumayyan, which have been rejected as ‘unacceptable’.

Looking ahead to the primary main occasion of the yr, Rahm talked about that whereas he’d take pleasure in more common matchups with PGA Tour gamers, he stays skeptical: “I mean, I think we all would like to see that.

“But so far as I can inform and also you guys can inform, it is not occurring anytime quickly. I have not spent a lot of time interested by that, particularly having a week like this one. I feel all of our issues must be on this week, and issues exterior of that we will let ourselves take into consideration exterior this week.”

Rahm entered last year’s Masters as the defending champion and a recent LIV Golf recruit. Yet the outcome of such a decision on Rahm’s performance is unclear. He ended up on a less than favorable note, tying for 45th place with a score of nine-over par.

Rahm admitted: “Last yr for me was powerful as a result of it was the primary main after becoming a member of LIV and I used to be additionally defending, so there was a lot occurring that week, a lot of new issues, new locker room, having the Champions Dinner. It was a lot to regulate to.”

Despite the limited 14-event schedule of the Saudi-backed LIV series, Rahm has consistently performed well, landing in the top 10 in every tournament he’s entered.

He reflected on the perception of his performance, stating, “I feel final yr the state of my recreation was being unfairly judged based mostly on how I performed right here and on the PGA in comparison with how I actually performed all through the entire yr.

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“While I understand why, I don’t think it was the most fair state of my game. It’s something — top 10 statistics is something I’ve always prided myself on. Right before joining LIV, I think I was still close to 50 percent worldwide in all my starts finishing top 10, which is something I pride myself on, and to keep it going that way is not easy.”

“Now, I would say I would definitely trade a few of those — take a few of them away and hopefully add a couple more W’s. That would be nice because not in all of them I had a chance to win, and at the end of the day, that’s a goal.”