Jon Rahm made his bed. Now he's reaping in it

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — On the day everything changed, Jon Rahm said that he hadn’t given much thought to how things might change. Turns out, that’s resulted in some unforeseen circumstances.Let’s remember back. It was Dec. 7, 2023, an otherwise quiet Thursday, when Rahm dropped a seismic announcement that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. At the time, the then-29-year-old not only carried the clout of a two-time major winner with 52 weeks at No. 1 in the world rankings, but also as a perceived tour loyalist who had previously openly questioned both LIV’s long-term viability and its quality of competition. Only eight months removed from winning the Masters, he was the first PGA Tour player to defect to LIV following a June 2023 framework agreement that was supposed to end the turf war.Advertisement