The rumor mill has been busy with former PGA Tour star-turned LIV Golf headliner Jon Rahm of late, and for the first time, Rahm is publicly denouncing the speculation as false.
Most of the scuttlebutt stemmed from the shock the golf world experienced when the two-time major winner announced he would depart the Tour to join up with LIV late last year.
Rahm already had a wildly successful PGA Tour career up to that point, to the tune of 11 wins, and he was considered to have among the brightest futures, which made his decision to join LIV that much more surprising.
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When Rahm struggled mightily to start his LIV career, the whispers around one question grew in intensity: Did Rahm regret his fateful decision to leave the Tour?
More recently, Golf Digest quoted an anonymous pro saying Rahm did deeply regret his decision, and that the former World No. 1 was looking for a pathway back to the Tour.
But in an interview with the New York Post published Thursday, Rahm forcefully denied the rumors.
“There’s zero validity to what any of that said. I don’t know where it came from,” Rahm told the Post.
He expressed frustration for observers outside of LIV Golf trying to paint LIV pros as “unhappy” with the Saudi-financed circuit.
“I don’t know why they feel the need to say that some of us are unhappy when we’re not,” Rahm said. “It’s one of the things that frustrates me a little bit, the fact that they can claim that there’s a source and there’s zero truth to it.”
As for his early-season struggles in LIV events, Rahm claimed it had nothing to do with being uncomfortable with the new tour. Instead, he argued his game was simply not in a good place.
“I don’t think the adjustment was that bad or that long. I think it was more about just me not playing my best. I’m never going to blame the outside environment,” Rahm told the Post. “You can maybe make that excuse for one or two weeks, but not for the entire first half of the season, right? So it was absolutely 100 percent me for the most part.”
Ultimately, Rahm said he was excited for the future and content with his decision.
“I’m very comfortable with my decision, very happy with my decision, very, very eager for the future of my team and the league,” Rahm said in the interview.
For the record, Rahm, eventually turned his game around, winning his first LIV title at LIV Golf UK in July, and then losing in a playoff to Brooks Koepka at LIV Golf Greenbrier two weeks ago.
He also improved his major performances toward the end of the year. After finishing T45 at the 2024 Masters, missing the cut at the PGA and withdrawing from the U.S. Open, Rahm tied for 7th at the Open Championship in July.
