‘Media bull****’: Pro rips reports about Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf regret

Jon Rahm is happy with his move to LIV Golf, Tyrrell Hatton says. He has no regrets.

As for reports that suggest otherwise?

“Forgive me saying this, but that is just media bull****,” Hatton said. 

His comments came in a recently published story written by the Daily Mail’s Riath Al-Samarrai, whose complete article can be found by clicking here. In December of 2023, Rahm left the PGA Tour and joined LIV with a nine-figure deal, and the idea that he was unhappy with the decision gained traction last August after a story written by Golf Digest’s Jaime Diaz.

“One veteran Tour insider I spoke with is certain that Rahm is experiencing deep regret,” wrote Diaz, whose complete story can be found by clicking here. “‘I am 100 percent positive that if Jon could give the money back to the Saudis and come back to the tour, he couldn’t write the check fast enough,’” he says. “‘Now there are only four times a year when he’s playing that anybody is remotely interested. He thought his stature in the game was secure no matter where he was playing, and it was a bad miscalculation.’”

About two weeks after Diaz’s story came out, Rahm denied the regret claim in an article written by the New York Post’s Christian Arnold, whose complete story can be read by clicking here. In 2024, behind two wins in 13 events, Rahm was LIV’s individual champion, while at the majors, he tied for fifth at the Masters, missed the cut at the PGA Championship, withdrew from the U.S. Open due to a foot injury and tied for seventh at the Open Championship. 

“There’s zero validity to what any of that said,” Rahm told the New York Post. “I don’t know where it came from.”

He also expressed frustration for observers outside of LIV Golf trying to paint LIV pros as “unhappy” with the Saudi-financed circuit.

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“I don’t know why they feel the need to say that some of us are unhappy when we’re not,” Rahm told the New York Post. “It’s one of the things that frustrates me a little bit, the fact that they can claim that there’s a source and there’s zero truth to it.”

In the Daily Mail story, Hatton shared similar sentiments. Ahead of LIV’s season opener last year, Hatton also left the PGA Tour to sign with LIV, joining Rahm’s team. 

“People showed me some of the stuff that was written, but from being around Jon, that’s never even been a thought process that crossed my mind,” Hatton told the Daily Mail. 

“‘He’s really enjoyed it and he has certainly played some pretty good golf.”

Editor’s note: To read Al-Samarrai’s complete story for the Daily Mail — which includes Hatton’s thoughts on his own move to LIV and the Ryder Cup — please click here.