Jon Rahm insists he has not been asked to contribute his own money to support LIV Golf’s long-term future, but has refused to rule out doing so in the future.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced in April that they will end their funding for LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season, leaving the league searching to find fresh investment.
Bryson DeChambeau has previously said he remains committed to the circuit and is “giving all he can” to help it continue, with LIV Golf seeking $300m in funding to ensure their survival beyond this year.
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Bryson DeChambeau said in May that LIV Golf players were left ‘surprised’ by the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s decision to withdraw funding from the circuit
Rahm remains hopeful of LIV Golf being able to continue, with the Spaniard asked ahead of featuring at the Genesis Scottish Open – live from Thursday on Sky Sports – about players potentially offering their own financial support to the circuit.
“Something I’ve learned in life – never say never,” Rahm said in his pre-tournament press conference ahead of the Genesis Scottish Open. “I’m not going to say absolutely no to anything that can happen in the future.”
On LIV Golf chasing fresh investment, Rahm added: “I know Scott (O’Neill, chief executive) is doing a lot of work trying to find developers. There’s many ways around that, as far as putting my money into it.
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“They (LIV Golf) have not asked me to do that yet, so I don’t know if they will or not. It’s not something that they have asked me, but there has been many different avenues to try to make it different, what we’ve had till now. They haven’t asked me to put my money in yet.”
Rahm’s appearance at the Scottish Open is his first since 2022, with the event clashing with the LIV Golf Valderrama event the last two years.
“It [Scottish Open] is such a great week that if the schedule had allowed, I think I would have tried to play,” Rahm insisted. “I think many of us would have tried to play.
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“Although I love Valderrama, it’s a fantastic week, this one gets you much more prepared for The Open. That’s why so many players have come and played the Scottish Open before it was a co-sanctioned event.
“It great to play a links golf event before a links golf event, playing in the weather and the fescue grass and different [conditions] than what we are playing year around.”
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Rahm said he ‘hadn’t seen’ details of PGA Tour’s proposed revamped 2028 schedule, which includes promotion and relegation as well as more of an international focus from September to January.
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The two-time major champion has backed the decision to include more global golf on the PGA Tour schedule and hopes the Open de Espana, an event he has won three times, could get elevated status.
“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.
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“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.
“With that said, I always played DP World Tour that time of year because it was hard for me to play elsewhere earlier on because of those big events in the Middle East. Being in the West Coast my life, I always like those West Coast events.
Rahm features in Scotland for the first time since a missed cut at the US Open
“I never really went and took advantage of those big events – I had to go afterwards. September through December was always my DP World Tour time. I never thought of adding anything else and, if we were to go back to that, I think a lot of people would think about it that way.
“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 and the Spanish Open had a bit of a bigger weight to it.
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“We have enough of a footprint in the history of the DP World Tour, with Seve (Ballesteros) and Sergio (Garcia) and all that many others have done, that I think Spain deserves to have a bigger event.
“If that opens the opportunity for that to happen, 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.”
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