Rahm says players want solution to LIV PGA split

AUGUSTA, Georgia - Jon Rahm said players on both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf circuit would like to see a resolution to the current split in professional golf but acknowledged that it could take time to achieve.

Rahm, who signed for Saudi-backed LIV in late 2023, made his remarks after the PGA Tour last week reportedly rejected the Saudi Public Investment Funds offer to invest US$1.5 billion (S$2 billion) into PGA Tour Enterprises in a deal that would have kept LIV Golf intact.

I think we all would like to see that, the Spaniard told reporters on April 8, when asked about getting all of the best players together more often.

But as far as I can tell and you guys can tell, its not happening anytime soon.

Rahm said having players from both tours competing at the four majors including this weeks Masters does nothing to enhance the already exceptional experience.

I dont think you need to do anything to make the Masters any more special than it already is, said Rahm, who won the tournament two years ago.

Coming here, theres no added anything to that. Majors have always been aside from every event in the world, and when you come to one of those, it doesnt feel any different to what it was before.

Theres no extra or added anything into the week as there was three, four, five years ago because theyre so special in their own right.

LIV Golf, which features no-cut, 54-hole events, held its inaugural event in June 2022, and through mega-money contracts and lucrative purses has since lured a number of golfs biggest names including major champions Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau.

After a year of acrimony, the PGA Tour, PIF and Europe-based DP World Tour announced a framework agreement in June