Two-time main winner Jon Rahm says he doesn’t envy the job dealing with LIV Golf’s bosses however stays assured they may discover a resolution to make sure its survival.
Final month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund (PIF) introduced it’s going to withdraw its multi-billion greenback backing for the breakaway circuit on the finish of the 12 months.
LIV introduced a “strategic evolution” in response – together with a newly established impartial board – because it bids to search out alternative monetary buyers.
Rahm, 31, was arguably essentially the most excessive profile title to affix LIV when he left the PGA Tour in December 2023 for a deal value a reported £222m ($300m).
Some gamers, together with Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its guidelines in December to permit the five-time main winner to return again, topic to sure sanctions.
Spain’s Rahm didn’t comply with swimsuit and stays beneath long-term contract with LIV, however final week reached a cope with the DP World Tour – previously the European Tour – which can see him retain his membership and remain eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup.
Rahm mentioned he was “answerable for his golf recreation” however “not answerable for anything” when requested whether or not uncertainty over the way forward for LIV Golf was on his thoughts earlier than this week’s US PGA Championship at Aronimink, Pennsylvania.
“Out of the few skills I’ve in my life, fixing a enterprise isn’t one in all them. I may be the worst individual for that,” he advised BBC Sport.
“My job is to play golf, fortunately. I am first rate at it. And that is what I can deal with.
“It is the individuals in command of LIV, whose job I don’t envy for a second, it is their job to repair it.”
Rahm, the two-time reigning LIV season champion and 2026 factors chief, mentioned he had no regrets over becoming a member of LIV and backed organisers to make it sustainable.
He added: “I might say I’ve made lots of choices in my life and I’ve by no means gone again pondering ‘Oh, had I identified this once more, I might do X and Y completely different’.
“If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I might be a really pessimistic individual.
“I think about the work that they are doing. I’ve religion that they’ll provide you with an excellent plan.
“Till that plan is defined to us, I do not suppose I want so as to add any consideration to it.”
Rahm remains to be banned from the PGA Tour however is eligible to take part within the US PGA Championship as a result of the latter is run by the PGA of America, which is a separate organisation.
