Jon Rahm will not participate in LIV Golf 2.0: Lawyer says terms for new league are ‘unacceptable to him’

Jon Rahm will not be part of LIV Golf 2.0, leaving the golf league without one of its biggest stars and draws for potential investors as it goes through bankruptcy.

Rahm's lawyer made the announcement during LIV Golf's bankruptcy hearing on Wednesday, stating Rahm "has independently reviewed the proposed terms of LIV 2.0 … and has determined that those terms are unacceptable to him, and he will not be participating going forward," according to Front Office Sports.

Immediately following the bankruptcy filing, in which Rahm is listed as the top unsecured creditor with more than $7 million owed to him for the third quarter of 2026 alone, Rahm stated that he was "more than willing to fulfill" his contract with LIV 1.0.

However, the revamped league will not be honoring those contracts, and the new offer on the table, which included an ownership stake, is not something Rahm is interested in. He will now leave LIV Golf and explore his options elsewhere. That's obviously a huge blow to LIV's efforts to reinvent itself and attract investors, and it raises questions about whether they will retain any of their top talent for the league's next iteration.

With the bankruptcy filing, Rahm…

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