{"id":295949,"date":"2023-11-22T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295949"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:26:13","slug":"liv-golf-stars-growing-confident-rahm-will-join-the-saudi-backed-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/liv-golf-stars-growing-confident-rahm-will-join-the-saudi-backed-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf stars growing confident Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LIV Golf stars are growing confident that Jon Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour &#8211; with players optimistic that the Spaniard will make the switch despite previously dismissing the idea<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LIV Golf stars are growing confident in Jon Rahm joining Saudi-backed circuit\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sources close to Rahm previously dismissed the idea he would make the move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It would be a huge blow for the PGA Tour to lose the world No 3 to the LIV circuit\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Golfers on the LIV circuit are increasingly confident of landing Jon Rahm in what would be a huge coup for the Saudi-backed tour.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the Masters champion firmly dismissed that possibility when approached by Mail Sport at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>However, prominent players from LIV are privately optimistic that the Spaniard could be swayed by an offer vastly in excess of the \u00a3300million he reportedly rejected ahead of the breakaway\u2019s inaugural season in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Those rumblings have now been followed by a report via the golf outlet Bunkered on Wednesday that said Rahm is in negotiations with Greg Norman\u2019s circuit.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a huge blow for the PGA Tour to lose the world No 3, though it ought to be stressed that similar noises have emanated from the LIV scene since its creation without a move coming to fruition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/17\/78121125-12780761-image-a-1_1700673967168.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Golfers on the LIV circuit are increasingly confident of landing Jon Rahm, in what would be a huge coup for the Saudi-backed tour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/17\/77798451-12780761-It_is_not_yet_clear_where_Saudi_backed_tournament_would_fit_into-a-2_1700673986037.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Players from LIV are privately optimistic that the Spaniard could be swayed by an offer vastly in excess of the \u00a3300million he reportedly rejected in 2022<\/p>\n<p>Rahm, for his part, has maintained a close friendship with LIV star Sergio Garcia and it has been notable how he has stayed out of the vicious mud-slinging between rival tours in the past two seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doubtless that has contributed to the constant rumours around his future and, unlike several players who previously made the move, he has exemptions to the all the majors for the next five years because of his Masters victory in April.<\/p>\n<p>And yet it would still be a significant surprise if a golfer so obsessed with his sport\u2019s history was to turn his back on the traditional front of the game. A senior figure at the DP World Tour told Mail Sport on Sunday: \u2018I really don\u2019t see that happening.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12780761\/LIV-Golf-stars-growing-confident-Jon-Rahm-join-Saudi-backed-tour-players-optimistic-Spaniard-make-switch-despite-previously-dismissing-idea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>LIV Golf stars are growing confident that Jon Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour &#8211; with players optimistic that the Spaniard will make the switch <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/liv-golf-stars-growing-confident-rahm-will-join-the-saudi-backed-tour\/\" title=\"LIV Golf stars growing confident Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295948,"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>LIV Golf stars growing confident Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/golf\/liv-golf-stars-growing-confident-rahm-will-join-the-saudi-backed-tour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIV Golf stars growing confident Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LIV Golf stars are growing confident that Jon Rahm will join the Saudi-backed tour &#8211; 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