Jon Rahm could be willing to use his own money to save LIV Golf

With Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund planning to cut its funding of LIV Golf after the 2026 season, the breakaway league is scrambling to find outside investors for 2027 and beyond. If all else fails, star players such as Jon Rahm could be asked to foot the bill and keep LIV Golf alive. 

Rahm was asked about that possibility ahead of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, and he hasn't ruled it out. 

"Something I've learned in life, never say never," he said. "I'm not going to say absolutely no to anything that can happen in the future."

LIV Golf is on the hunt for up to $350 million in new capital, but there haven't been any significant developments on that front. Although CEO Scott O'Neil hasn't reached out to players to help save the league, that might be necessary soon. 

"I know Scott is doing a lot of work trying to find [investors]," Rahm said. "And there’s many ways around that. As far as putting my money into it, they have not asked me to do that yet. So I don’t know if they will or not. It’s not something that they have asked me but there has been many different avenues to try to make it different, what we’ve had until now. They haven’t asked me to put my money in yet."

Could Jon Rahm use his own money to save LIV Golf?

If LIV Golf becomes desperate, Rahm has more than enough in the bank to keep the league alive for at least another year. The Spaniard made a reported $300 million just by signing with LIV Golf in 2023, and that doesn't include the $186 million he's banked in on-course earnings or the tens of millions he's added through endorsements and sponsorships in his career.

Even though Rahm is the highest-paid and most important piece of the LIV Golf puzzle, he says he hasn't been involved in any investment courting. There's a reason for that.

"It would be more of a stay-in-your-lane type situation as it goes to me," he said. "I know nothing about business. I’m never going to claim to know anything about business, and if I was in a business pitch, I wouldn’t know the first thing to say."

Rahm might not have any interest in the business aspect of LIV Golf's future, but he could be thrust into a more prominent investing role if O'Neil can't drum up the external capital necessary to keep the league afloat.