What now for Rahm, DeChambeau and LIV's biggest names?

With Saudi Arabia walking away , a new board is scrambling to find funds to sustain the league beyond this 2026 season. Questions surround the futures of some of the biggest names in the sport. Jon Rahm signed with LIV in December 2023 for a reported $300m (£222m).

In two completed seasons, he has earned nearly $92. 5m (£68. 4m) in prize money.

But for all that financial security, his golfing future is unclear. The Spaniard is banned from the PGA Tour for at least a year after refusing to take the deal that Brooks Koepka accepted in January, under a hastily drawn up returning member programme. Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith, two other recent major winners, also turned down that offer, but Rahm is also in dispute with Europe's DP World Tour.

The former Masters and US Open champion declined to pay fines and take a settlement that would have involved him playing a minimum of six events on the European tour. As it stands, he is not a member in good standing and therefore ineligible for Europe's Ryder Cup team. He has two years of his LIV contract to run, but the pin positions are shifting on how that might look next year.