Almost a year ago – in December – it was made public that Jon Rahm became a player on LIV Golf, the circuit promoted by Saudi Arabia. His multimillion-dollar signing was a coup on the part of this competition and the Basque player was criticized for changing a historic circuit like the PGA for another recently created one – at the stroke of a checkbook -, which also operates with a game format of only three rounds.
After the final day of the Andalusia Masters, the ‘León de Barrika’ closes its season, although if it wanted to it could play the final tournaments of the DPWT, especially the Tour Championship. In any case, the Biscayan has evaluated the season before the Movistar Golf microphone, starting with the same tournament in which he placed sixth: “I would have liked to make fewer mistakes. I was not as I would have liked during the week. I think It has been a good year with two victories and I won the overall at the LIV. The downside has been the big ones, because I missed a cut, the Masters didn’t go well, I missed the US Open and in the British I had no real chance of victory. In tournaments Spain, in one I had a chance to win and in the others I didn’t.”
‘Rahmbo’ was quick to summarize a course that has not been easy with the change in habits after moving to LIV. To begin with, he went to the Masters having competed less than ever, for example. Little by little he has had to adapt to tournaments that usually require him to make long trips and that are played in a format that in theory harms the best, that is, the most consistent over four rounds.
Jon did not refer to the Olympic Games, a tournament that he prefers to forget after having one of the three medals in his hand. At that time, a notable improvement was already seen in the Basque’s game and in his results. After missing the Houston tournament and the US Open, everything began to flow as before. He arrived in Paris after winning the LIV UK and being second in the Greenbrier. He then won the overall standings of the Arab Super League by winning the final event in Chicago. He has been able to compete in the final stretch of the season on the DP World Tour after appealing his sanction and it is expected that he will reach an agreement with this circuit in order to draw up a 2025 calendar that will allow him to face the majors in better conditions this year.
