Multiple reports over the last two weeks revealed that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund plans to stop funding LIV Golf after the 2026 season, throwing the future of the four-year-old breakaway league into chaos.
The fallout has been immediate. LIV executives reportedly began exploring outside investors and restructuring options, while players across the sport are suddenly facing questions about whether LIV can survive and if its stars could return to the PGA Tour.
Now, just two days before the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, Jon Rahm added another layer to the conversation.
Asked Tuesday what he had learned from his blockbuster decision to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in late 2023, Rahm shut the door quickly.
“That’s for me to know,” Rahm said. “And that’s about that.”
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Rahm’s move to LIV in December 2023 remains one of the most seismic moments in modern golf.
The Spaniard was not a fading veteran chasing a final payday. He was in his prime, a Masters champion, one of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars, and a player many believed would become a centerpiece of the Tour for the next decade.
Reports at the time valued the deal in the nine figures, with some estimates pushing beyond $300 million.
His decision stunned the sport because it came just months after he had won his first and only Masters and posted an unbeaten record in the Ryder Cup, helping lead the European team to victory alongside Rory McIlroy.
Instead of calming tensions, Rahm’s departure reignited them.
Other stars followed similar paths, including Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, and Phil Mickelson.
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Since joining LIV, Rahm remained consistent in league play, piling up wins and top finishes while becoming one of the faces of the circuit.
But the majors have become a different story.
Before LIV, Rahm looked like a perennial threat to pile up major championships. Since leaving the PGA Tour, however, he has not won a major, with his best finish being a T7 at the 2025 U.S. Open.
That tension now follows him into the PGA Championship, where the field is loaded with storylines.
Scottie Scheffler enters as defending champion and betting favorite, while Rory McIlroy arrives with momentum after another Masters win.
LIV stars, including Rahm and DeChambeau, are still part of the field, but they now compete under a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the league’s future.
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