WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Jon Rahm said he would likely accept the same penalties Brooks Koepka faced for a PGA Tour return, though he doubts the offer will come.
  • Rahm has not discussed a return with the PGA Tour because of the recent birth of his fourth child.
  • If required to serve a one year suspension, Rahm is prepared to compete on the DP World Tour in 2027.
  • Rahm reached a separation agreement with LIV Golf on Oct. 15 after declining to participate in LIV Golf 2.0.

Jon Rahm said Tuesday he would be willing to accept the same penalties Brooks Koepka faced to return to the PGA Tour, though Rahm doubts he will receive the same offer. Rahm left the LIV Golf League after declining to take part in LIV Golf 2.0.

The winner of two majors has not yet discussed a possible return with the PGA Tour. He said the recent birth of his fourth child has kept those conversations from taking place.

Rahm addressed his status while speaking with reporters at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship. "With the PGA Tour, things are a little bit different," Rahm said. "I haven't been able to speak to them yet. Until things are finalized, 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. This is 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."

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If the PGA Tour does not allow him to compete until after a one year suspension, Rahm said he is prepared to play on the DP World Tour in 2027. Former Masters champion Patrick Reed and others received that punishment after leaving LIV Golf.

Koepka returned in January through the PGA Tour's new Returning Member Program. It allowed LIV golfers to return under certain conditions if they had been away from the tour for at least two years and had won the Players Championship or one of four majors since 2022: the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open or Open Championship.

Koepka, a winner of five majors, accepted severe financial penalties under the program. He agreed to forfeit player equity shares for the next five years, was ineligible for the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program in 2026 and agreed, at the PGA Tour's request, to donate $5 million to charity.

Rahm was among the other LIV golfers eligible to return, along with 2024 U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith, winner of the 2022 Players Championship and Open Championship. All three decided to stay with LIV Golf.

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When Koepka's return was announced, PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp described the program as a "one-time, defined window" and "not a precedent for future situations." Rolapp has since said the tour does not plan to revive the program.

On Tuesday, Rahm was asked whether he would accept Koepka's terms. "Most likely, yeah," Rahm said. "Why not? Yeah, but it's a big if. 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, yes."

Rahm, who captained the Legion XIII team, reached a separation agreement with LIV Golf on Oct. 15. He purportedly walked away from more than $100 million that was still owed to him.

"I would say I can only reflect on those three years as a positive," Rahm said. "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."

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DeChambeau, unlike Rahm and others who said they would not return to LIV 2.0, indicated on a recent podcast that he might come back if the league survives. LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sept. 8 after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund ceased its funding in April.

The league secured a $300 million deal with BC Partners, contingent on LIV Golf obtaining a certain number of golfers. A LIV Golf lawyer told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge the league would know by end of October whether it would proceed with LIV 2.0 or begin winding down operations.

"The business model makes a lot of sense," DeChambeau told the "Figuring Out" podcast. "And we're actually working through that right now for this new model where it will make full financial sense. It's no funny business, no nothing. It's going to be done right, and this is going to be a league, hopefully, that exists forever."

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