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Spanish golfer Jon Rahm stated on Tuesday that he would not clarify whether or not he will participate in the new «LIV 2.0» project until the end of the season, noting that a «long legal process» must be resolved «before many things can be finalized.»

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Rahm explained that he has an active contract with LIV—signed in late 2023 to join the circuit funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund—but 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 really won’t be able to give you an answer,» the Basque player explained during a press conference at Wentworth, on the outskirts of London, where the DP World Tour’s (DPWT) BMW PGA Championship begins this Thursday.

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 «LIV 2.0.» Among all creditors, Rahm is the one to whom LIV Golf owes the most money—$7.4 million (approximately €6.4 million)—and he still holds an active contract, the same one that made him the highest-paid golfer.

When asked if his original contract would need to 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 had stated at the time that he still had a valid contract with LIV Golf.

The former world number one revealed that he has not taken part in the discussions between LIV management and the players regarding a shift 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 meant 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 taken part in that side of things. 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 noted that once the 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 structured. 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 believes it will also need to make changes aligned with the moves the US-based PGA Tour plans to implement in 2028.