Report: LIV Golf Will Officially Welcome Jon Rahm This Week

Flushing It Golf, the social media account and podcast run by an ex-pro golfer, is 100% all-in on the scoop that Jon Rahm will be joining LIV Golf, and the account provided an update early Tuesday.

Jon Rahm’s move to LIV is expected to be announced in the coming days. There will not be any immediate major changes to the format of the league and Jon will be getting his own team. https://t.co/XvYyCqtfo2

— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) December 5, 2023

The report on X said that Rahm’s defection from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf will be announced sometime “in the coming days.” Last week, the account posted that news will be coming down this week.

Some additional details were given, including that Rahm will have a 25% stake in a LIV team that he will captain. No other changes to the 54-hole, no-cut format are expected. In a report from late November, the word was that Rahm was looking for some changes to be made in the league’s format.

The LIV Golf Updates account is reporting some additional details in Rahm’s supposed deal.

🚨⛳️#LIVGolf NEWS: Expanding on a report from @flushingitgolf, per sources, it is believed that Jon Rahm and #LIVGolf have agreed to terms and he is expected to join the league for the 2024 season.

– Contract runs through 2029.
– $300m total signing bonus – paid over life of… pic.twitter.com/RLXfeGO5gl

— LIV Golf Updates (@LIVGolfUpdates) November 30, 2023

The team aspect of the deal will be interesting to follow. The Fireballs GC team is captained by fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia, along with members Eugenio Chacarra, Abraham Ancer, and Carlos Ortiz.

If Rahm captains a new team, he would either have to take over an existing team or LIV would have to add a 13^th team, which would also expand their 48-golfer fields to 52.

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