Jon Rahm won but questions about LIV Golf's future dominated chaotic week

Jon Rahm won but questions about LIV Golf's future dominated chaotic week Josh Schrock Jon Rahm stood just off the 18th green in “disbelief. ” Just a week after he left Augusta National disappointed following another poor major performance, Rahm ran away from the field at LIV Golf Mexico City to claim his second title of the season. On paper, it should’ve been another week in which one of the global league’s marquee stars triumphed .

A five-event stretch that has seen Rahm win twice, Bryson DeChambeau claim two titles and Anthony Kim author a remarkable comeback win is as good as LIV could have dreamed of to start 2026. And yet Rahm’s performance was somewhat of a sidebar as he made his way around Club de Golf Chapultepec this week. That’s because bigger questions hung in the air.

Questions about LIV Golf’s uncertain future that went unanswered during a chaotic week for the five-year-old league. ***** On Wednesday, multiple outlets reported that the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was on the verge of pulling its funding for LIV. While the PIF has a value of around $925 billion, the Iran War and Middle East conflict have, according to reports, impacted the fund’s budget and strategy.

Saudi Arabia was already planning on reprioritizing spending away from certain projects — like The Line, part of the Neom giga-project — and toward more sustainable efforts. Reports of the PIF abandoning LIV Golf dropped the same day the PIF unveiled a new five-year strategy that will focus on the domestic economy to diversify its reliance on oil. The PIF said it planned to transition from “a period of rapid growth and acceleration to a new phase of sustained value creation, with a strengthened focus on maximizing impact, raising the efficiency of investments, and applying the highest standards of governance, transparency and institutional excellence.