Jon Rahm Joins LIV Golf League Amid Ongoing Negotiations with PGA Tour
Rahm's multiyear deal worth over $300 million validates the league's format as the Dec. 31 deadline for the PGA Tour and PIF agreement approaches.
- Jon Rahm, the third-ranked golfer in the world, has joined the LIV Golf League, validating the league's 54-hole format that incorporates individual and team golf.
- Rahm's multiyear deal with the LIV Golf League is worth more than $300 million.
- The LIV Golf League, financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), is in talks with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour to combine their commercial properties.
- The agreement between the PGA Tour and PIF has a Dec. 31 deadline, but there are concerns about the deal collapsing and parties returning to court.
- PGA Tour hopes to attract additional U.S. investors in the venture, with several high-profile names currently being courted.
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