Jon Rahm notched his second LIV victory of the 2026 season last Sunday in Mexico at Chapultepec. The Spaniard is yet to finish worse than fifth on the breakaway circuit through six events so far this year. He has three second places to go alongside his pair of wins in what has been an incredibly consistent display.
But after a mediocre 38th at The Masters, Rahm continues to struggle to extrapolate his LIV success into the Majors. From a macro sense, Rahm’s legacy will only be centred around his performance at the four big events, as opposed to his play in the LIV Golf League.
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Early Major Success
Rahm won his first Major title at the 2021 US Open at Torrey Pines, where he shot a four-under-par 67 in the final round to win by one stroke. The Spaniard birdied the final two holes by draining clutch putts of 25 and 18 feet on the South Course to oust Louis Oosthuizen.
In that post-COVID era, Scottie Scheffler had yet to truly burst onto the scene and become the player he is now, and Rory McIlroy was not the same golfer he was earlier in his career. The door was open for Rahm to elevate himself as one of the generational talents of the current game. In 2021, Rahm’s worst finish in a Major was a T8 at the PGA Championship.
However, surprisingly, Rahm failed to continue his impressive form and didn’t finish inside the top ten at any of the Majors in 2022.
He bounced back in a big way by claiming a Green Jacket and The Masters at the start of 2023. Brooks Koepka had held the 54-hole lead by two over Rahm, but a final round 75 from the American gifted the title to Rahm to become the fourth Spaniard to earn a Green Jacket and place himself amongst the golfing greats.
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PGA Tour To LIV Transition
In December of 2023, Rahm announced that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join the PIF-backed circuit. The World No.3 at the time had previously dismissed rumors that he was making the switch before a sudden U-turn.
At the time, it was LIV’s biggest signing, and perhaps Rahm conceived that…
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