Jon Rahm in pole position for $18 million bonus despite LIV Golf and PGA Tour ‘regret’

Jon Rahm agonizingly missed out on victory at LIV Golf Greenbrier on Sunday, but he has plenty to be happy about amid claims he regrets joining the breakaway tour

Jon Rahm narrowly missed out on his second successive LIV Golf victory at the weekend, but he may still have the last laugh after claims he regrets joiningthe breakaway tour.

Rahm was the Saudi Arabia-backed league’s headline signing of the offseason, turning his back on the PGA Tour and signing a deal worth in the region of $500 million. But ahead of the latest tournament at The Greenbrier in West Virginia, veteran golf journalist Jaime Diaz reported two-time major champion Rahm would reverse his decision if he could.

I am 100 per cent positive that if Jon could give the money back to the Saudis and come back to the tour, he couldn’t write the check fast enough,” Diaz claimed in Golf Digest. “Now there are only four times a year when he’s playing that anybody is remotely interested. He thought his stature in the game was secure no matter where he was playing, and it was a bad miscalculation.”

Rahm dismissed the claims and performed impressively on the course over the weekend, finishing in a tie atop the leaderboard with Brooks Koepka before losing on the first playoff hole after a par putt agonizingly lipped out.