LIV Golf is in a fight for survival. The goal? Replace the mountains of money drawn by Saudi Arabia’s PIF with billions of dollars for new investors. A major investment push is directly backed by LIV superstar Bryson DeChambeau.
However, LIV’s next big star, Jon Rahm, is following a very different path. At Monday’s press conference at this week’s LIV Golf Andalucia event, Rahm revealed that unlike DeChambeau, he is not involved in the search for LIV investors.
Not only does he want to be involved, but Rahm also explains why it would be a bad idea for LIV entrepreneurs to include him in investor meetings.
Why Rahm won’t help LIV find investors: ‘I don’t know anything about business’
Rahm is in the midst of the best season of his LIV Golf career. While he captured the LIV individual title two years ago, Rahm took the 2025 title without winning a tournament.
This year, he once again leads the LIV Individual standings, but this time he already has two victories, at LIV Golf Hong Kong in March and LIV Golf Mexico City in April. In May, he returned to major contention with T2 at the PGA Championship.
This two-time champion has achieved all this and the future of LIV Golf, and his own, is still in doubt.
PIF’s sudden decision to leave LIV is of great concern to Rahm, who is still under contract to play on the tour for an unknown number of years. Although he finally settled a long-running dispute with the DP World Tour recently, he hasn’t flirted with a PGA Tour comeback, as DeChambeau has done so many times.
Given that Rahm’s future is closely linked to that of LIV, it may come as a surprise that he is not involved in the club’s plans to seek investors.
“I’m not, no. I’m saying it in Spanish; I don’t know how to translate it into English. It would be a stay-at-home situation like we’re going for me,” Rahm said at Monday’s press conference at LIV Golf Andalucia.
He went on to say that he “doesn’t know anything about business,” which is why if he is asked to attend a meeting of LIV investors, he does not know what he will say.
“I don’t know anything about business. I can’t say I know anything about business,” Rahm said, “And if I was in a business place, I wouldn’t know the first thing to say.”
He continued: “My job is to play golf, and I’ll say it’s tough enough as it is, especially this week.”
The truth, however, is that if LIV Golf folds after this season, Rahm will have to find another place to do his work.
Rahm backs Bryson DeChambeau ‘giving it his all’ for LIV’s future
While Rahm chose to stay away from LIV Golf’s business pitches to investors, he expressed support for players like Bryson DeChambeau who took part.
“If any player who knows what he’s doing is willing to do some things like this, I think it can only help. Having an understanding from a player in a meeting like that would help, and I’m open to any suggestions that there might be,” Rahm said.
Rahm then said that he doesn’t have the “free time that Bryson has” to attend LIV investment meetings because he has to take care of his children.
“I can also say that I don’t have the time off that Bryson has to fly across the country to attend meetings with three juniors and one on the road,” Rahm said. “Even if I wanted to, I don’t know if I could do it.”
The contrast between the positions Rahm and DeChambeau found themselves in at this critical juncture is interesting.
While Rahm is signed to LIV Golf for the next several years, DeChambeau’s contract is up after this season. But Rahm started playing in LIV only in 2024. DeChambeau, on the other hand, has been with LIV from the beginning and served as his most vocal supporter.
That might explain why DeChambeau chose to help LIV in its push for survival, while Rahm was not.
At last week’s LIV Golf Korea event, DeChambeau expressed optimism about LIV’s business plan despite PIF’s “surprising” decision to pull out of the league.
“One door closes, another door opens. I think that’s the way a lot of us look at it,” DeChambeau said last week. “I think we all hope that there is a business plan that makes sense for club golf. I can honestly say – how can I say it? I’m very optimistic about the business plan for club golf compared to other models, in my opinion.”
He added that he is “giving everything” he has to help LIV’s investment efforts.
“We will see if the investors like it or not,” he said. “I’m giving everything I can to make it happen, and if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen.”
