{"id":299359,"date":"2023-12-08T01:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=299359"},"modified":"2023-12-08T01:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:25:18","slug":"jon-rahm-says-the-money-is-great-after-signing-570million-liv-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/golf\/jon-rahm-says-the-money-is-great-after-signing-570million-liv-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm says &apos;the money is great&apos; after signing $570MILLION LIV deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Jon Rahm says &#8216;the money is great&#8217; after signing $570MILLION LIV deal &#8211; despite saying he&#8217;d NEVER join the Saudi circuit &#8211; but admits move may burn bridges with PGA Tour players: &#8216;I hope my friends stay my friends&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jon Rahm went back on his word and joined LIV Thursday for $570million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He insisted money &#8216;is great&#8217; but it wasn&#8217;t the driving force behind his move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No. 3 ranked golfer and Masters champion Jon Rahm admitted that his move from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf came as a result of the Saudi-funded tour&#8217;s &#8216;enticing offers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Rahm appeared on Fox News, wearing a LIV jacket, to confirm his move after LIV posted a crossword puzzle to hint his signing. However, Rahm did not openly say how much he is being paid to switch tours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not an easy decision,&#8217; Rahm said. &#8216;There were a lot of things LIV had to offer that was really enticing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard&#8217;s persuading deal to head to LIV is believed to earn him round $570million, making him the highest-paid golfer on LIV&#8217;s roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t comment on any of that, nor do I want to,&#8217; Rahm said about his deal. &#8216;It is private and it is going to stay private. Listen, it was a great offer. The money is great, it is wonderful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/00\/78717589-12839891-image-a-29_1701995925018.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spaniard Jon Rahm&#8217;s big-money LIV move was finally confirmed on Thursday evening<\/p>\n<p>Rahm&#8217;s deal is over twice as much as LIV&#8217;s second biggest contract belonging to\u00a0Phil Mickelson, who reportedly signed for $200m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LIV reportedly gave Dustin Johnson $150m to jump ship while paying\u00a0Bryson Dechambeu and\u00a0Brooks Koepka each $100m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rahm insisted the motive behind the move was to grow the game, adding: &#8216;I&#8217;m an ambitious person, not a greedy one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the PGA Tour, Rahm said: &#8216;This wasn&#8217;t anything personal for them, it was for my family. I hope the friends that I made stay my friends.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12839891\/jon-rahm-money-great-deal-liv-golf-pga-tour.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Rahm says &#8216;the money is great&#8217; after signing $570MILLION LIV deal &#8211; despite saying he&#8217;d NEVER join the Saudi circuit &#8211; but admits move may burn bridges with PGA Tour players: &#8216;I hope my friends stay my friends&#8217; Jon Rahm went back on his word and joined LIV Thursday for $570million He insisted money&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Rahm says &amp;apos;the money is great&amp;apos; 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