John Rahm: LIV golf heads responsible for ‘fixing’ the breakaway circuit

Two-time major winner Jon Rahm says he does not envy the job facing LIV Golf bosses but remains confident they will find a solution to ensure its survival.

Last month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it would withdraw its multibillion-dollar support for the breakaway circuit at the end of the year.

LIV has announced a “strategic evolution” in response – including a newly established independent board – as it bids to find replacement financial investors.

Rahm, 31, was the most high-profile name to join LIV when he left the PGA Tour in December 2023 for a deal worth £222m ($300m).

Some players, including Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its rules in December to allow the five-time major winner to return subject to some restrictions.

Spain’s Rahm did not pursue the suit and remains under a long-term contract with LIV, but last week reached an agreement with DP World Tour – formerly the European Tour – which will see him retain his membership and Will be eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup.

Rahm said he was “in control of his golf game” but “not in control of anything else” when asked if uncertainty about LIV Golf’s future was on his mind ahead of this week’s US PGA Championship in Aronimink, Pennsylvania.

“Fixing a business is not one of the few talents I have in life. I could be the worst person for it,” he told BBC Sport.

“My job is to play golf, luckily. I’m decent at it. And that’s all I can focus on.

“It’s up to the people in charge of LIV, whose job I don’t envy for a second, to fix this.”

Rahm, the two-time reigning LIV season champion and 2026 points leader, said he has no regrets about joining LIV and has backed organizers to make it sustainable.

He added: “I’d say I’ve made a lot of decisions in my life and I’ve never gone back thinking ‘Oh, if I knew it again, I’d do X and Y separately’.

“If I lived my life as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.

“I have faith in the work they’re doing. I have faith they’re going to come up with a good plan.

“Until this plan is explained to us, I don’t think I need add any attention to it.”

Rahm is still banned from the PGA Tour but is eligible to participate in the US PGA Championship because the latter is administered by the PGA of America, a separate organization.