Jon Rahm talks move to LIV Golf, future with PGA Tour | SportsCenter

On SportsCenter, Jon Rahm sits down with Marty Smith to discuss his transition to LIV Golf and his future with the PGA Tour.
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[@TossGawd]

Respect to him for straight up just saying money.

[@bentonquest4184]

Blood money. I fixed it for you.

[@TossGawd]

@@bentonquest4184 he didn’t say blood money lol

[@charlesbrie8711]

Same respects to pimps, dealers, bank robbers?

[@TossGawd]

@@charlesbrie8711 the 1st 2 yea. Capitalism right?

[@aorchotika]

​@bentonquest4184 You're burning blood oil bro

[@Dawg476]

At least he’s honest about selling out

[@Lush-Ice]

Lol cry

[@TigerWeeds]

You wouldn’t take more money to work less at the same job?

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Not if I was already a millionaire. Id stay loyal probably. @@TigerWeeds

[@HKim0072]

I'm a numbers dude. And, I have no clue how LIV can sustain this for the long run.

[@bentonquest4184]

They are savages with unlimited money.

[@chillsavage]

$750B Saudi Wealth fund and trillions in oil reserves. They're also thinking about this in terms of decades, not years. LIV, or some form of it under Saudi influence, will be the top tour in the world within the next decade and for decades to come.

[@kentsnider3644]

LOL... LIV isn't an alternative for all players, just the ones who have already made a name on the PGA tour. Where are LIV's qualifying tours?

[@NinjaOrchids]

Great question!!

[@derek7214]

I can appreciate transparency like this. I’m good with Rahm doing it for the reasons everyone knew to be the case. He never danced around any question like the other guys #refreshing we all know he wants to play Torrey and Riv

[@mzee4076]

LIV tour has all the guys - the Mexico Open was lame yesterday. My Sundays afternoon used to be incredible but now I’ll just look forward to major.

[@stevenersing1175]

seriously. I used to get up for 20ish events a year each weekend. now I'm only into about 8

[@ianmikutel]

It's odd that Rahm answered the sportswashing concern by saying "the fact they made an effort to be involved and support PGA tour is a testament to their not here to take over and make the PGA tour go away". From Wikipedia: "Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport." So it doesn't matter if they're associated with PGA Tour or not, it's about the intention behind the money.

[@darkspectrum916]

I agree with you. Pif only cares about the $ invested. They officially tried to destroy pga tour guided by old fish sputtering in contention Greg norman.

[@motownfreak15]

Why is everybody ripping on him when the PGA itself is now in talks with PIF?!

[@desean3402]

Man he’d be a fool to have turned down that bag. I respect him for going tbh. Doing what’s best for him and his family

[@GeorgeSmiley2023]

The money he was making without that deal would be enough for a thousand years, the guy is just greedy

[@iliketonoobit791]

@@jenniferrosal185 Unless you're playing professional golf, you have no right to judge. Spectate all you want, but judge no one.

[@Lush-Ice]

@@jenniferrosal185so you’re turning down that paycheck? 😂😂

[@desean3402]

@@jenniferrosal185 he went from rich to generational wealth. Man if it’s me and I can make that kind of money for my family I’d be selfish to not do it.

[@iliketonoobit791]

@@jenniferrosal185 To call someone greedy for wanting more time with his family (on top of the money)?

[@coreygriffin6787]

No problem seein him 4 times a yr

[@JoshRecollet]

Just like the PGA. Ppl don’t watch the other tournaments

[@coreygriffin6787]

Ryder cup n players but other than that true@@JoshRecollet

[@chrisowen3264]

I wish these guys would quit whining about being able to play pga tour events you took the money to play liv now shut up and play liv. I don’t begrudge them for taking the money I just feel like you knew the choices and the consequences for that choice now just live with it.

[@DanWessonSpecialist]

Well said Jon Rahm. He told the truth and I respect that. What he didn’t say is why I respect him even more. He and dozens others have lost faith in Jay Monahan and the Tour’s directors. As for Tiger Woods- who cares what that has been thinks. Does he care what we think of his dozens of affairs, under the influence wrecks, and leaving his girlfriend at an airport on a false vacation scheme?

[@user-nl4sn9xo5z]

Well said, goes back to that old adage of not throwing stones from a crystal palace

[@whereveryougo_]

No changes in liv golf even after he joined. Can't trust people easily especially about money.

[@thlee3]

are these contracts all cash up front? or $300M broken into weekly wages ?

[@louissanchez4634]

If people would listen to the words Jon was saying regarding PGA Tour events they would understand he is not talking about supporting the PGA Tour as a whole, but rather supporting certain events on the tour. It is not about the money from the event, but rather the venue, the charities that event supports and the people running the event. These guys are not complaining about the tour, but rather events they would like to continue to SUPPORT. Some of the names would be bigger draws now at certain events just because of the attention they would draw and have drawn in the past. The PGA Tour has no guarantee when it comes to earning, in layman terms, it is similar to a sales position where you make money based on WINs or placement. If someone told any sales person that they could get a guaranteed SALARY plus commissions would they not all jump at that chance.

[@gerhardcruywagen720]

Well done Jon!! Look after yourself and your family. You earned it, and all the other hypocrites can be as much negative as they want too...... in the end it comes down to sour grapes and envy from their sides.....indeed, anyone that criticises you! I respect your decision and you ARE indeed a ENTERTAINER. All the best going forward. Please talk to Greg and bring a LIV GOLF tournament to South Africa!...We will support it even more than the Aussies....hehehe....

[@mikeprytherch8875]

Would you like to do the same job, but less hours and a load more pay... find me one person who would say no, I do not like what LIV have done, they have split the game, but from a players view who has the chance, I don't blame anybody for moving

[@tjmckenzie4048]

Amen. No way in the world I wouldn't do the same thing. The PGA sucks now anyway

[@Jake.r606]

Liv sucks, exhibition golf is trash

[@planetwarrior9980]

Agree but lots of annoying paid LIV trolls defending it everywhere.

[@ringwormsherm]

How does it suck? Golfers playing the same exact game but making way more money. Wow…so sucky…..

[@tjmckenzie4048]

Name ONE PGA Tour tournament right now that doesn't suck. Other than the 4 majors, I could give a crap about watching golf anymore. However, I would pay to watch a Ryder Cup format of PGA vs LIV golf.

[@alexandrebeaudet598]

@@ringwormshermsucks for the viewers. I know absolutely no one who watched it.

[@angelmatos9143]

I thought the US had invented Sports washing. MLB Met's purchase is one of the latest examples. I guess we can't stand the competition.

[@jasonq111]

Very honest. Gotta take the cash. It’s just the way it is. $300Mill is generational wealth. End of story.

[@timwhite273]

Those fat lump sums were nice. Now the consistent paychecks are getting smaller. You did this and I for one ain't coming back

[@danfromNY]

so its your “duty to your family” to get filthy rich from blood money…so honorable

[@lazyhusband]

He should move to Russia and stay there.

[@iAdamG33]

Not his responsibility where it comes from. You’re an idiot if you turn down that money lmao

[@euj0]

You will be amazed what people will do/overlook in order to acrue resources

[@EngineerInMotion]

Saying that saudi is blood money and usa is clean money is the ultimate ignorance is bliss opinion.

[@jakel7758]

He got 600 million dollars handed to him. You are whining on KZbin on a Sunday morning. He’s not the one with the issue.

[@ecjaye]

LIV Golf ain't going away! PGA Tour is stale, majority of the top players are now with LIV.

[@user-rv1dn2ti6f]

Love Rahm and really enjoying the LIV product and team element

[@dabaker420]

Lost a lot of respect for the guy with this interview. Clearly stating he turned a blind eye for money.

[@Hotitalianman]

Money Money Money Moooneey...Money!!!!

[@Oscarin1467]

Isn't this what soccer players and other sports players do, why is it bad for this guys to do the same?.

[@barryhamilton3112]

It’s always about the money. If it wasn’t about the money on the PGA Tour then just play for trophies..

[@darkspectrum916]

Blah blah, Rham thought about getting the $ and playing back on the pga and not losing that opportunity expecting a merger. But’,,, after the unexpected SSG merger with PGA now rham knows he won’t play on the pga any’ time soon. He ll play on liv and get his $ but he won’t play on the pga after Tiger said in his last interview we don’t need pif financially. Too bad rham, expect to play in meaningless matches and slip down on world points faster than a downhill waterfall 😊. Enjoy your $ dude. Nothing personal but I don’t expect to see u any time soon on the pga except mayors if u qualify. And I don’t care honestly. Let the new superstars rise up from Korn ferry tour to play on tour.

[@DanWessonSpecialist]

Dude you are fooling your bitter self. The monopoly PGA Tour is soon to be crushed. They can’t fund a billion in prize money and sponsors are abandoning the increased cost. 2 big events sponsors have already decommitted.

[@ethanbluhm4885]

You morons are both wrong. The PIF always wanted a seat in the table to access US capital markets, it’s a part of SA’s vision 2030. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not want to run a golf tour, they want to access big centers of commerce, and the pga tour is that. Liv’s TV product is still not pulling any viewers in key markets. It’s in their best interest to merge and just become the tours financial backer. On the flip side, the Tour and SSG business partners either know they cannot possibly stand up to a SWF worth 850 billion dollars, or are too stupid to realize it. Despite what tiger would have you think, LIV will keep poaching players until both products become truly unwatchable or the tour just folds. This is a game of money and power, and unfortunately for the tour, they were never gonna win this fight. For Rahm, because these two entities both have massive incentives to merge it was the right choice to go and play and get this money. Does it suck for regular viewers, sure, but his thinking is logical. As for the idea that PGA tour is gonna get crushed, it will unless you merge. Which they probably won’t because of anti trust laws in the US UK and EU.

[@darkspectrum916]

@@DanWessonSpecialistu wish. Just watch.

[@tjmckenzie4048]

@@darkspectrum916 The PGA sucks! I have ZERO interest in watching anything other than the 4 majors anymore. Yes, LIV sucks, but so does the PGA, except that LIV pays exponentially more. And I'm loving every minute of it.

[@donovanphelan9878]

Eff LIV

[@EC8862]

Good on him. We all would’ve done the same. PGA is a sinking ship.

[@paullavery5248]

"Lost Its Value" golf..😢 cant blame him for taking the bag..but you can tell he looks depressed about it..

[@lazyhusband]

This what Putin is doing in Russia.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Huh?

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

Liv is unwatchable

[@gixxergarry]

@LIV golf is TRASH TRASH TRASH

[@tjmckenzie4048]

PGA is unwatchable.

[@gixxergarry]

@@tjmckenzie4048 livgolf is #trashgolf

[@user-rv1dn2ti6f]

Have fun watching Ekroat and Vilamaka on the PGA tour

[@tAkg-bk3qt]

Money just money

[@dougie6897]

Jon is a class act…. Let’s face facts,Rory will be joining LIV also …. In the not to distant future.. guaranteed

[@jeffgourley3784]

Liv is so much better

[@tdawg774]

LIV is so bad that they didn't even talk about it. Rahm made a terrible decision. Used to love watching him.

[@MAR-gd8zb]

Get paid more money and get more time off... Isn't that what we all want?

[@tdawg774]

NO! It's not a fulfilling way to live at all. We were created to work. Some of the most miserable people in the world are the ones with the most money.

[@MAR-gd8zb]

@@tdawg774 but you have to admit, he is doing something he loves so it's not a job to him and he gets to play less golf and he can play in shorts. How can you or anyone be mad at the guy for that?

[@berto5672]

@@tdawg774sorry that your stuck in the masses and are controlled by the way society works lmao nobody will know who you were in 200,years just make as much as you can w out working as much

[@tjmckenzie4048]

@@tdawg774 Bro, what is wrong with you? This guy is getting paid 100s of millions to play F-ing golf. Just because Tiger doesn't like it doesn't mean it's wrong. I wish every player would jump to the LIV. Golf sucks to watch anymore anyway.

[@tdawg774]

@@tjmckenzie4048 He was getting paid millions before, and gave his loyalty to the PGA Tour. The sole reason the product is bad now is because players like him left. He had a choice to stay true to his word and grow the traditions of the game, and he chose money. Nobody cares (including himself) that he's making hundreds of millions. No amount of money will ever satisfy. I GUARANTEE he's miserable.

[@ringwormsherm]

Ngl I thought he was an American until now

[@jwdndad]

Golf is dead. I use to love watching..i don't think even if they merge back im tuning in again

[@billflick8151]

greed... he's not the same guy... his eyes are dead now.. the window to the soul.

[@hector-ol5oz]

😂

[@sullyone8373]

Screw Jon Rahm, and screw LIV. 'I have a duty to support my family '. Really

[@macmoore4067]

A y o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 📶

[@markibaviosa7559]

do any of his words even matter anymore?

[@JohnnyInvestor]

Liv Golf is Dustin Johnson's world 🐐🏌🏿⛳

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.....see ya later world rankings

[@aorchotika]

American cars run on Saudi oil. Go buy a Tesler if you're here to complain about LIV

[@jettparcher2234]

He shouldn't be allowed at Augusta, he disgraced his name and career forever

[@LRooster1]

I’m very disappointed

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Taking money from criminals is taking money from criminals

[@bobwon2503]

Can't blame him for taking the money, afterall the PGA tour bascially sold out to saudi money as well after all their moral postulating. I'll miss seeing Rahm on the PGA tour.

[@adrianalley700]

Tiger a wonderful golfer but an all time POS person

[@tameimpala37]

Not a fan.

[@buffaloben15golf88]

1:07 "The PGA Tour was the pinnacle of golf." Key word was. He's dead wrong. The PGA Tour has the world number 1.

[@tdawg774]

Tiger has no business communicating with you, Jon. LIV players are so good at taking the money and then complaining about all the things they don't have.

[@dronnessy8494]

All of you would make the same decision lol if you all had the opportunity to do the same job ur currently doing but you could go and receive a 1000% raise increase you all would do it in a heartbeat lol money talks bs walks 😂😂

[@gipi5909]

it's a shame.... ONLY MONEY, ALWAYS MONEY, YOU ARE A SHEME FOR ALL PEOPLE... GO TO MAKE A CLOWN FOR ARABIAN COURT

[@tdawg774]

He can hardly look Marty in the face... these are great questions. He's become a complete loser.

[@tjmckenzie4048]

Sleeping on his bed of $100 bills

[@tdawg774]

@@tjmckenzie4048 With no fans or any meaningful events outside of the majors.... he would rather still be playing on the PGA TOUR against the best players in the world, at the traditional events that have been around for decades. He's even said it himself.

[@gabrielgriego8913]

Yeah let’s be clear LIV GOLF is trash and has done damage to the game of golf In general. Thank the Sadi money for destroying this great game. Who watch’s liv golf ???? Not anyone I know

[@klum6047]

Simple fix. LIV 2.0 Make tournaments 72 hole from now on.

[@kennethmckinney2532]

Love LIV golf and welcome Jon Rahm. Hopefully Rory doesn't do it. He can stay where he is...