Jon Rahm is expected to leave LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season, with sources within the league now “almost resigned” to the Spaniard’s departure, per Telegraph Sport’s James Corrigan.
The DP World Tour is increasingly confident it will see much more of Rahm in 2027, and several insiders say the tour has already been primed about his intentions. Rahm has not confirmed a departure and is expected to make a final decision in the coming weeks, contingent on LIV securing funding for its 2027 season.
Rahm joined LIV Golf in December 2023, leaving the PGA Tour on a deal reportedly worth around $300 million, and has two years remaining on his LIV contract. He is still owed roughly $150 million on that deal, per Monday Q Info. Any departure could see that sum honored in part through a negotiated settlement, or converted into equity in the restructured league.
LIV players are collectively owed more than $250 million in outstanding contract money as the league works to secure 2027 funding.
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Rahm has earned $48,806,708 in on-course prize money since joining LIV, plus $42 million in bonuses for his three consecutive Individual Championships, for a total of $90.8 million in on-course earnings. He secured his third straight title at LIV Golf New York earlier this month. He is LIV’s all-time earnings leader when bonuses are included, though Joaquin Niemann has earned more in tournament prize money alone.
Sources cited by Telegraph Sport say Rahm is “not enamoured” with the proposed direction of LIV 2.0, which is expected to feature just 10 events with reduced purses.
LIV CEO Scott O’Neil confirmed last week that a term sheet had been signed with a lead investor for 2027, later reported by the Financial Times as BC Partners’ credit division. The deal has not been finalized.
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Telegraph Sport also reported this week that LIV’s “Grand Team Finale,” scheduled for Michigan in two weeks, has been cancelled, leaving next week’s event in Indianapolis as the final tournament of LIV’s 2026 season and possibly the last event in LIV’s history depending on 2027 funding.
Bryson DeChambeau has remained committed to LIV. Rahm has not.
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“I’m always optimistic,” Rahm said in July, per Sky Sports. “I play a game for a living. I can’t really be too upset about how things are going in life. Even though I’m very frustrated on the course very often, off the course I’m very different to what a lot of people think.”
The Saudi Public Investment Fund has invested more than $5 billion in LIV since its 2022 launch. PIF announced earlier this year it would withdraw backing at the end of the 2026 season, leaving LIV to search for a new investor for 2027 and beyond.
