Rahm sacrifices £75m to secure exit from LIV Golf

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Salley, E. (2026, October 16). Rahm sacrifices £75m to secure exit from LIV Golf. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cq80zpk1xgxpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Jon Rahm, one of LIV Golf's top players, has agreed to give up approximately £75 million owed to him by the league in order to exit cleanly. This decision comes after LIV filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September following a withdrawal of financial support from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Rahm was listed as the organization's top unsecured creditor, with £5.5 million alone owed for the rest of the 2026 season and an additional £75 million outside his original contract. Despite LIV securing potential financing to continue operations under 'LIV 2.0', Rahm found the proposed terms unacceptable. In exchange for waiving his entire claim, he retains rights to 'Legion XIII', the name of the team he captained, but cannot use it in the new indoor high-tech golf league called TGL, launched by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

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📰 Rahm Leaves LIV Golf
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Emily Salley
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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Topics

Chapter 11 LIV LIV Golf the DP World Tour the PGA Tour

Subjects

LIV ORG · 8× Rahm PERSON · 5× the PGA Tour ORG · 4× LIV Golf ORG · 2× the DP World Tour ORG · 2× Jon Rahm PERSON · 1× Public Investment Fund ORG · 1× Saudi Arabia's GPE · 1× Spaniard Rahm PERSON · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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However, he will take the rights to 'Legion XIII' - the name of the LIV team Rahm captained - although he will not be allowed to use it to make a team in TGL - the indoor high-tech golf league launched by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-16
🔮 - Published Jon Rahm will give up a reported £75m owed to him by LIV Golf after reaching a separation agreement that will secure his exit from the league.
2026-10-16 · BBC News
Rahm sacrifices £75m to secure exit from LIV Golf · assertive framing

Claims (14 extracted, 2 hedged)

- Published Jon Rahm will give up a reported £75m owed to him by LIV Golf after reaching a separation agreement that will secure his exit from the league. asserted
that → publish → league
The league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States in September after Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund withdrew its multibillion-dollar backing. asserted
Fund → file → backing
Spaniard Rahm was listed as the organisation's top unsecured creditor when LIV filed for bankruptcy, with $7.4m (£5.5m) owed to him for the rest of the 2026 season alone. asserted
LIV → list → season
ESPN reported he is owed about $100m (£75m), external from the remainder of the $300m, (£222m) contract he signed when he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in December 2023. asserted
he → report → December
Despite LIV securing a possible $300m in financing from BC Partners Credit to try and move forward with 'LIV 2.0', Rahm has deemed the proposed terms are "unacceptable". asserted
terms → secure → LIV
Instead, he has waived his entire claim in order to have a "complete economic walk-away". uncertain
he → waive → away
However, he will take the rights to 'Legion XIII' - the name of the LIV team Rahm captained - although he will not be allowed to use it to make a team in TGL - the indoor high-tech golf league launched by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. asserted
he → take → Woods
Rahm was the most high-profile name to join LIV when he left the PGA Tour. asserted
he → join → Tour
Some players, including Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its rules in December to allow the five-time major winner to come back, subject to certain sanctions. asserted
winner → include → sanctions
Rahm did not follow suit and remained under long-term contract with LIV, but in May reached a deal with the DP World Tour - formerly the European Tour - to retain his membership and remain eligible for next year's Ryder Cup. uncertain
Rahm → follow → Cup
LIV golfers are automatically banned for a year by the PGA Tour. asserted
golfers → ban → Tour
The DP World Tour offers a pathway because the leading 10 players on the European circuit currently gain access to PGA Tour membership. asserted
players → offer → membership
In August, former world number one Rahm won his third straight LIV season title. asserted
Rahm → win → title
He previously said he had no regrets over joining LIV and backed organisers to make it sustainable. asserted
it → say → organisers
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