{"id":297782,"date":"2023-12-12T16:42:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297782"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:42:20","slug":"ryder-cup-hero-in-talks-to-join-jon-rahms-new-liv-golf-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/ryder-cup-hero-in-talks-to-join-jon-rahms-new-liv-golf-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup hero &apos;in talks&apos; to join Jon Rahm&apos;s new LIV Golf team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Ryder Cup hero &#8216;in talks&#8217; to become first signing for Jon Rahm&#8217;s new LIV Golf team &#8211; after Spaniard signed $500m deal to defect to Saudi-backed breakaway<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rahm could be bringing an English Ryder Cup teammate with him to LIV Golf\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Another huge name &#8211; an American player &#8211; could also defect to the Saudi league\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After Spanish golfer Jon Rahm announced his shock defection to LIV Golf, it&#8217;s been revealed that he could be taking one of his Ryder Cup teammates with him.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm, this year&#8217;s Masters champion and a key contributor to Team Europe&#8217;s Ryder Cup victory in Rome, recently agreed to join the Saudi-backed league for a whopping $500m deal.<\/p>\n<p>But now that he&#8217;s there, there are reports that he could be bringing someone from the British Isles along with him.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from Golf WRX indicate that English golfer Tyrrell Hatton could be the next up in the exodus of golfers moving away from the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm is getting set to create a new LIV team &#8211; and reports say that Hatton could be off to join him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/22\/78798545-12848111-image-a-1_1702246281888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After bolting for LIV Golf, Jon Rahm may be bringing one of his Ryder Cup teammates too<\/p>\n<p>Another name being batted around is American star Tony Finau &#8211; who could leave to\u00a0 either join a team or make his own.<\/p>\n<p>Hatton starred for Team Europe in both the 2018 and 2023 editions of the Ryder Cup &#8211; with the Englishman putting up a 3-0-1 record at Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome this past fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This rumor is notable as Hatton has signed with the now-delayed TGL league &#8211; getting drafted to Boston Common Golf alongside Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, and Adam Scott.<\/p>\n<p>TGL&#8217;s first season\u00a0is set to be delayed a year after rough weather led to damage at the still-being-built indoor facility which will host matches in south Florida.<\/p>\n<p>When Rahm&#8217;s deal was announced, it was rumored that he could join Fireballs GC &#8211; captained by fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia and featuring Spanish speaking golfers Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, and Eugenio Chacarra.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, Rahm will form his own team and will get an ownership stake as a part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unknown who will be a part of Rahm&#8217;s squad or what the name of the team will be.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm seemed drawn to LIV by the team aspect and hopes that he can help grow the sport in his native Spain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/22\/78798553-12848111-image-a-2_1702246287687.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Tyrrell Hatton may be set to sign with Rahm&#8217;s LIV Golf team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/22\/78798575-12848111-image-m-5_1702246353231.jpg\" height=\"595\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Those same reports say that Tony Finau could also make a dash for the Saudi-backed league<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/22\/78798547-12848111-image-a-4_1702246295003.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rahm, 2023&#8217;s Masters champion, was drawn to LIV Golf by its team aspect<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s spoken about enough. I think you have some of the best players in the world who are also now leaders of their own teams, partners of the league, in a massive business that&#8217;s global and ever-growing,&#8217; said Rahm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, it&#8217;s an aspect of the game that I myself looked over, and now it&#8217;s a reality. I can&#8217;t wait to get into it, learn more, and hopefully evolve my team and my brand.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;I myself, growing up, being a massive Athletic Bilbao fan, realized that has a bit of an appeal, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Much more than I gave it credit for, even in golf. It&#8217;s something that I&#8217;m passionate about and something that hopefully I can learn a lot about and improve.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12848111\/Ryder-Cup-hero-talks-signing-Jon-Rahms-new-LIV-Golf-team-Spaniard-signed-500m-deal-defect-Saudi-backed-breakaway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ryder Cup hero &#8216;in talks&#8217; to become first signing for Jon Rahm&#8217;s new LIV Golf team &#8211; after Spaniard signed $500m deal to defect to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/ryder-cup-hero-in-talks-to-join-jon-rahms-new-liv-golf-team\/\" title=\"Ryder Cup hero &amp;apos;in talks&amp;apos; to join Jon Rahm&amp;apos;s new LIV Golf team\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297781,"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>Ryder Cup hero &amp;apos;in talks&amp;apos; 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