Rahm explains decision behind LIV exit, has not talked to PGA Tour about potential return

Nov 3 : Former world number one Jon Rahm said on Tuesday that he walked away from LIV Golf because he was unhappy with the proposed changes for the breakaway circuit's next iteration, adding that he has not talked with the PGA Tour about a potential return.

Rahm, one of LIV's highest-profile signings and whose arrival was announced in December 2023 when he was the reigning Masters champion, said there were simply too many unknowns surrounding LIV 2.0.

"I can only reflect on those three years as a positive. It was a wonderful experience. Played a lot of good golf. Obviously individually and as a team, we did great," Rahm, in his first public comments since his decision to leave LIV last month, told reporters ahead of this week's Abu Dhabi Championship.

"As much as I liked the project and the idea on, let's say, LIV 1.0, I wasn't thrilled with the changes they were doing to 2.0 and I just wasn't willing to follow that path, right."

LIV Golf is currently trying to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a restructured ownership model and a proposed new investment arrangement with BC Partners Credit. Rahm is among a wave of high-profile golfers who have left LIV Golf since it filed for bankruptcy protection in September.

It was during a bankruptcy hearing last month that an attorney for Rahm told the court the two-times major champion independently reviewed the proposed terms of LIV 2.0, determined they were unacceptable and decided he would ​not be participating going forward.

Rahm, who won the season-long individual title each year he competed on LIV, said he plans to play on the Europe-based DP World Tour in 2027. He has yet to speak with the PGA Tour to see if there is a path back for him next year but is willing to