Rahm: Would take penalties for potential PGA Tour return - ESPN

Two-time major champion Jon Rahm said Tuesday that he is willing to accept the same penalties that Brooks Koepka had to return to the PGA Tour, but he isn't sure he'll be offered the same deal after leaving the LIV Golf League.

Rahm, who declined to participate in LIV Golf 2.0, said he hasn't yet had discussions with the PGA Tour about a potential return because of the recent birth of his fourth child.

If Rahm isn't allowed to play on the PGA Tour until after serving a one-year suspension, which is the punishment former Masters champion Patrick Reed and others faced after leaving LIV Golf, Rahm said he's prepared to compete on the DP World Tour in 2027.

«With the PGA Tour, things are a little bit different,» Rahm told reporters Tuesday at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship. «I haven't been able to speak to them yet. Until things are finalized, which should be hopefully soon, and then we'll see.

»I don't know what is in store for us. We know what they did with Brooks. This is different circumstances. I don't know what things are going to look like. But it's a pretty good safety net to have that I can play the DP World Tour next year, and if it comes to that, I'm really excited to play for a full year."

In January, Koepka returned to the PGA Tour under a new Returning Member Program, which allowed LIV golfers who have been away from the tour for at least two years — and who won the Players Championship or one of the four majors (the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship) since 2022 — to return under certain conditions and with severe financial penalties.

As part of Koepka's conditions to return, the five-time major champion agreed to forfeit any player equity shares for the next five years and wasn't