Tranlate this title Jon Rahm: «There is a long legal preocess» in spanish

Rahm explained that he has an active contract with LIV Golf—signed in late 2023 to join the circuit funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund—and declined to provide details on what would need to happen for him to continue with the «2.0» project currently being designed, which will operate without the Arab nation’s petrodollars.

«There is a long legal process they have to go through before many things can be finalized. I really can’t give you an answer right now, so until this season ends, I won’t really be able to give you an answer,» the Basque player explained during a press conference at Wentworth (England), where the BMW PGA Championship—a tournament on the DP World Tour (DPWT), the European circuit—begins this Thursday.

Rahm, statements

On the 8th, LIV announced that it had filed for bankruptcy in a U.S. court in order to settle the initial LIV project and launch the «2.0» version.

Of all the creditors, Rahm is the one LIV Golf owes the most money—$7.4 million (approximately €6.4 million)—and he still holds an active contract, the one that made him the highest-paid golfer.

When asked if his original contract must be honored for him to continue with LIV 2.0, Rahm declined to elaborate: «I’ve said what I’ve said.»

«Nothing has changed regarding what I said in Ireland,» insisted Rahm, who stated at the time that he still had an active contract with LIV Golf. The former world number one revealed that he has not taken part in discussions between LIV management and the players regarding a move toward a model in which the players themselves would become the league’s owners.

He noted that some players «have participated and gotten more involved than others.» «If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last five or six years, it’s that I don’t know if I’m supposed to get involved in the politics of this sport. I don’t think I’m cut out for that kind of work,» he added.

«Luckily, I’m good at hitting a golf ball, and I think that’s what I should focus on. But I haven’t really been involved in that. Some players have. Obviously, we all know Bryson DeChambeau has been quite involved,» Rahm continued, referring to the American golfer—the other major star of LIV.

Rahm emphasized that he is currently focused on the October birth of his fourth child—revealing it will be a girl—and that once the DP World Tour (DPWT) final in Dubai takes place in mid-November, it will be time to clarify which tour he will play on in 2027.

He addressed the potential influence the European tour could gain given the new landscape emerging in the golf world next season: «We need to know exactly how LIV 2.0 is going to be set up. It’s another opportunity for the DP World Tour to make some adjustments and gain momentum. That is one hundred percent certain.» In Rahm’s view, the DPWT «is in a good position» and its standard is set to rise, though he also deemed it necessary for the tour to make changes in line with those the US PGA Tour will implement in 2028.