A New Beginning for Jon Rahm at LIV Golf

Jon Rahm today begins a new phase of his sports career. In that Kamaleon Golf Club in MayakobaGolfer Barrica played his first PGA Tour event in Playa del Carmen in 2015 while still a student at Arizona State University. Nine years later, having become one of the best players in the world, debuts at LIV Golfanother way he has approached his sport and competition in a decision that caused controversy when he announced it a couple of months ago. “No matter what I do, not everyone will understand it.”” he said in a presentation by a third year promoting Saudi money and in a presentation of the team Rahm will captain, Legion XIII.

After several famous names were mentioned, Finally, the checkbook convinced the Englishman Tyrrell Hutton to join LIV.. The Zimbabwean completes the quartet Kieran Vincent formed in the Asian region, and the American Caleb Surratt The 21-year-old is making his professional debut after graduating from the University of Tennessee with an excellent resume. Are thirteen teams in LIV Golf, 52 diverse players: from the great stars of our time, among which Jon Rahm or Brooks Koepka stand out; others who were, even major winners, and left their best years behind; several players drawn from the PGA Tour’s middle class; and young men with projections who came directly from collegiate golf, such as Catalan David Puig, also trained at Arizona State. There is, for example, an all-Australian quartet (Ripper), another South African (Stinger), another Latin American (Tork), another European Ryder Cup legend (Majestics)…

It is already known that Currently, LIV Golf tournaments are not included in the world rankings. So this week Ram, who hasn’t performed in Dubai for two and a half months, may lose third place in the world. “I know that if I don’t do well in the majors, I’ll lose ground., but we all know who is in the top ten in the world, no matter where they play,” suggested the man from Barricoztarra, who has the same goals as always: “To continue winning individually or as a team. Here and in the majors. My mentality hasn’t changed.”

Mayakoba marks the beginning of an atypical format of just three rounds of play, with no cuts and with players starting simultaneously on each of the eighteen holes. Another novelty implemented in LIV Golf is thatFans will be able to choose which games they want to watch and pair them up. Individual results from the first two days will be taken into account to determine the individual $4 million winner and the team winner on Sunday. Jon Rahm will have to adapt to a new scenariomuch less demanding, but consistent with his sporting and family aspirations at this stage of his career.

Incidentally, LIV is starting its third edition, although the vaunted agreement between all world golfers has not yet been concluded. No one dares to assure anything, but the PGA Tour has already teamed up with a conglomerate of American sports companies and owners, and the PIF, the Saudi Investment Fund, has not yet said the last word, while more and more players Ahead of the 2025 Ryder Cup, they advocate reconciliation.