Tranlate this title Jon Rahm admits: I know nothing about business amid LIV Golf uncertainty in spanish

The future of LIV Golf is always an interesting topic in golf circles. 

The Saudi-backed project appeared on the golf scene with the desire to make a big story and set standards that have not been seen before.

Although their idea was really different from everything before, in the end LIV did not achieve its goals. Golf fans had divided opinions, but mostly negative emotions related to such a project prevailed. Many prominent figures in golf have raised their voices, arguing that LIV Golf does not bring positivity to the world of golf, nor can it significantly change what has existed so far.

A few years later, LIV is facing challenges, after the Saudi Investment Fund decided to stop investing in this project at the end of the season.

This immediately raises the question of whether this project will survive and what the future holds for the stars of LIV. 

Jon Rahm, one of the most important figures of this league, stressed during the tournament in Spain that he is still not familiar with the plans of the LIV leader, claiming that his goal is to play good golf and dominate from week to week. 

«I know nothing about business. 

I’m never going to claim to know anything about business, and if I was in a business pitch, I would not know the first thing to say.» he said.

However, he emphasizes that if some of the golfers really believe they can help LIV, he thinks they would be useful.

Jon Rahm points out that Bryson DeChambeau has a quite different life and significantly more free time, and that he is not sure if he could devote that much time to any meetings. 

«My job is to play golf, and I’ll say it’s hard enough as it is, especially this week.

But if any player who knows what they’re doing is willing to do certain things like that, I think it can only help. 

To have insight from a player on a meeting like that can help, and I’m open for any suggestions possible, but I would also say I don’t have the free time that Bryson has to be flying around the country to attend meetings with three little ones and one on the way.

Even if I wanted to, I don’t know if I could do it.»

LIV Golf, according to some speculation, could completely change its format and focus on team golf.

Jon Rahm’s future

Jon Rahm’s future in professional golf is one of the most complex topics in the sport right now, given that he has been under permanent suspension from the PGA Tour since signing a multi-year deal with the LIV Golf League at the end of 2023.

A return to the PGA Tour does not seem likely in the near future at the moment, because Rahm himself points out that he has a firm and legally well-drafted contract that binds him to loyalty to LIV Golf for several more years, and that he does not see an easy way to get out of those obligations prematurely.

However, the whole situation takes on a new dynamic because the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) officially announced the withdrawal of financial support for LIV after the end of the 2026 season, which triggered an urgent search for new private investors in order for the league to survive at all. 

While his colleagues, like Bryson DeChambeau, are actively involved in business meetings and looking for new capital, the Spanish golfer clearly emphasizes that he is not interested in business, that he wants to stay in his lane and that his only job is to play golf.

It is interesting that Rahm recently made an important compromise and reached an agreement with the European DP World Tour, agreeing to pay millions in fines and play the required number of tournaments to keep their membership and ensure the right to perform at the upcoming Ryder Cup. 

As a direct result of that deal, he will play this summer’s Scottish Open, a tournament co-hosted by the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, marking his first informal return to a PGA-affiliated event in nearly three years.

Although PGA Tour officials continue to insist that Rahm remains ineligible for full membership in their league, it is believed in golf circles that the complete collapse of LIV Golf or the eventual successful outcome of protracted merger negotiations between the two organizations could force the PGA Tour to set conditions under which Rahm and other stars would be able to make a permanent return. 

Rahm stressed that he does not regret leaving, but he does not hide that he misses traditional tournaments and the atmosphere of historical competitions, which is why the public carefully follows his every next step as the golf map of the world transforms again.