LIV Golf Uncertainty Grows as Saudi Funding Reportedly Nears End

After reports emerged that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) would stop backing LIV Golf beyond this season, placing the circuit's future in doubt, Jon Rahm was asked in May about the status of his contract with the tour.

It is uncertain whether or not LIV Golf can secure outside funding to continue operations beyond this year and complete its 2026 schedule.  (Photo: LIV Golf Facebook)

"I don't see many ways out," the 31-year-old Spaniard said, according to Danielle Chemtob's report for Forbes Daily.

Rahm's future plans appear tied to whether LIV Golf can secure outside funding to continue operations beyond this year and complete its 2026 schedule.

In the meantime, Rahm's lucrative contract has continued to pay off. His deal reportedly guaranteed at least $300 million when the former world No. 1 left the PGA Tour in December 2023.

According to Forbes estimates, Rahm earned $111 million over the past 12 months before taxes and agent fees, making him the world's highest-paid golfer for the third consecutive year.

His total earnings over the past three years have surpassed $400 million.

Collectively, however, golf's top 10 earners generated an estimated $536 million since last year's US Open, down 12 percent from $612 million a year earlier and 29 percent below the record $752 million recorded in 2023, the first full year that included LIV Golf's initial wave of massive signing bonuses.