Jon Rahm is one of the best and most high-profile golfers on the planet. So when he announced that he would be leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf, it led to increased and more urgent calls for professional golf to reunify. And it sounds like Rahm knew that would happen.
During an interview ahead of the Masters, Jon Rahm admitted the truth that he knew exactly what his move would mean for professional golf when he decided to leave the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf.
“That’s a well-thought-out argument. I could be the start of a tipping point in that sense,” Rahm said according to ESPN. “I understood the weight that [my] decision could have and the impact it could have. I understood that perfectly and that’s why it wasn’t an easy decision.
“The balance of golf could be disturbed a little bit. Luckily in my career, especially last year, I accomplished a lot and I got to be one of the bigger names in golf. There are few active players that could have had a bigger impact than myself in that sense. Not to be patting myself on the back too much, but I understood the position I was in.”
We’ll have to see whether or not Rahm’s move does serve as a sort of catalyst for the reunification of professional golf.
[ESPN]
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