Explained: What does Jon Rahm's move to LIV Golf mean for the future of the sport?

Masters champion Jon Rahm has become the latest high-profile player to switch to the LIV Golf League after signing a deal understood to be worth up to £450m, Sky Sports' Jamie Weir discusses what this means for the future of golf as a whole.

Rahm, a former critic of LIV, will be the highest-ranked player to join the league, with the world No 3 enjoying an impressive 2023 that saw him win four times on the PGA Tour - including victory at The Masters - and be part of Europe's successful Ryder Cup team.

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[KamogeloRakgalakane]

Everyone can make a decision on what they want to do about their life Jon Rahm did what he thought is right for him

[golf-for-beginners]

will be missed in PGA tour !! I hope he continues to play PGA tour

[SpeedzyWGJK]

European Tour clearly should’ve partnered with LIV…

[berkit]

Golf is good and doing just fine! The US PGA Tour is another thing. Don't confuse power play with golf.

[prestonbacchus]

This from the NYTimes a while back: "The board of directors for the new for-profit entity would be led by Yasir al-Rumayyan, who is the governor of the Public Investment Fund and also oversees LIV. Three other members of the board’s executive committee would be current members of the PGA Tour’s board, and the tour would appoint the majority of the board and hold a majority voting interest, effectively controlling it."

[robl]

Rahm’s signing could be PIF telling the PGA Tour to sit down and start dealing with a little more intensity or we’ll raid your locker room again. In most boardrooms, the side with the most money almost always wins. KUDOS to Jon Rahm !! Well done… LIV can trumpet its newest addition and the PGA Tour will go back and lick its wounds as it tries to figure out just where golf is going. Bravo Jon Rahm!!!

[markanderson]

Why don’t LIV sign Scheffler, Hovland, Aberg. They don’t seem that serious about destroying the PGA tour. They still want a seat at the table. They would cancel the 54 hole shotgun start, team format in a heartbeat if Jay agreed to a full merger. PIF Pga Tour maybe have a couple of events in Saudi Arabia.

[ianhartley]

What is so wrong with Liv golf that they have to pay so much to attract players?

[prestonbacchus]

When the national treasury of a rich country shows up to buyout an industry by offering several times what it could possibly recoup in a business sense, and whether the PGA and the Sheiks work things out, that is going to get the attention of the anti-trust section of the Justice department. who have a responsibility, especially involving a non-profit, to safeguard the public's interests. The parties avoided that scrutiny so far.

[ryandperry]

Another troubled child detection to The Dark Side.

[Piqueblinders]

Sold his soul to genocidal killers. FREE YEMEN

[lisabradley]

Rahm is weak!!! Money money money 🤑🤑💰💰 Will he put any to charity? Can't believe a word from his mouth now. It just puts you off Golf!!! The Greed. Would understand if a golfer who struggled on tour moved to Liv Golf for that money. But not a major winner!