“I paid zero attention”: Jon Rahm believes LIV Golf defectors would have made Playoffs ‘awkward’

“I paid zero attention”: Jon Rahm believes LIV Golf defectors would have made Playoffs ‘awkward’

Jon Rahm

The LIV Golf series has caused quite the controversy over the last few months, and the golf world is facing a split of opinions. Recently Jon Rahm spoke about the situation, especially as the recent lawsuit managed to create headlines. The LIV Series filed a lawsuit for Mat Jones, Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford to be allowed to play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. However, their TRO got denied, which meant that the LIV Golfers could not play in the Tournament.

Many golfers on the PGA Tour were happy with the decision, and they expressed their happiness for the exclusion of the LIV Golfers. Jon Rahm said that he paid ‘zero attention’ to the verdict that was announced last week. “Well, I can tell you I had zero attention on it,” the 27-year-old Spaniard said. “I only found out that it was going on because I walked by player dining and I saw about 10 really nervous people pacing all around the room and I thought, ‘Well, there’s something going on,’” said Rahm.

“I asked and heard what was going on. But I never really — I was in the room when the judge made her decision known, but only because I was walking by and they told me it was time. So I was like, yeah, I’ll stay.” Rahm said he has tried to pay as little attention as possible to the drama, and instead stuck to playing golf.

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:They are adults and they are free to do as they please”: Jon Rahm talks about his stance on LIV Golf Defectors

Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm

“I think it could have made things a little bit awkward, yeah,” he said. “They chose to leave the PGA Tour, they chose to go join another Tour knowing the consequences; and then try to come back.” Rahm said that it would not sit well with anybody if they were given permission to come back and play, and the environment wouldn’t have been as good.

However, Rahm also pointed out the fact that golfers should be able to choose where they can play and where they cannot. “But at the same time, they are adults, right. They are free to do as they please, to an extent, and that’s what they chose to do. If they are allowed by a judge, I’m nobody to say otherwise. Would have been awkward, possibly, but I guess we’ll never know.”

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