Jon Rahm ready to pay heavy price for PGA Tour return after LIV exit

The way is fraught with trouble. On the face of it, the PGA Tour played hardball with Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed, forcing them to serve out a one-year suspension and pay a litany of financial penalties.

Rahm was thought to have pocketed an obscene $400 million for his LIV Golf move, but he reportedly gave up $100m still owed to him in the separation agreement he signed on 15 October.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship on Tuesday, Rahm - who recently welcomed his fourth child to the world - revealed he hasn't had the time to talk to PGA bosses.

"I haven't been able to speak to them yet," said the Spaniard.

"Until things are finalised, which should be hopefully soon, and then we'll see. I don't know what is in store for us. We know what they did with Brooks. These are different circumstances. I don't know what things are going to look like.

"But it's a pretty good safety net to have that I can play the DP World Tour next year, and if it comes to that, I'm really excited to play for a full year.

"I seriously doubt I get offered the same deal that Brooks did. But yeah, if I got offered exactly the same penalties as him, I probably would do it."

Rahm had a good time at LIV. The 31-year-old won the season-long Individual Championship in all three of his LIV seasons (2024–26), while his Legion XIII won back-to-back Team Championships in 2025 and 2026.

"I would say I can only reflect on those three years as a positive," said the two-time major winner.

"It was a wonderful experience. Played a lot of good golf. Obviously, individually and as a team, we did great.

"As much as I liked the project and the idea on, let's say, LIV 1.0, I wasn't thrilled with the changes they were doing to 2.0, and I just wasn't willing to follow that path. It wasn't anything special, anything that stood out. I just didn't like what they were going with 2.0."