Jon Rahm has reportedly given up around $100m owed to him by LIV Golf to buy his freedom from the Saudi-backed league.
Jon Rahm has reportedly torn up a fortune to leave LIV Golf. The Spaniard is said to have given up roughly $100m (about £75m) that the league still owed him, all to secure his exit.
The figure makes this one of the most dramatic moves in golf's recent power struggle. Rahm was the headline signing when he joined LIV in late 2023, arriving as a reigning Masters champion with a deal widely reported to be worth hundreds of millions. Walking away from that kind of money is almost unheard of in professional sport.
Rahm is a two-time major winner, with the 2021 US Open and the 2023 Masters on his résumé, so his future schedule matters well beyond one league. Where he plays, and which events he can enter, will shape the storylines of the sport's biggest weeks.
The reported sacrifice suggests he values flexibility and access over guaranteed millions. For LIV, losing a player of his stature is a major blow. For the rest of the golf world, all eyes now turn to where Rahm tees it up next.
