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Jon Rahm's $210 million move—Is LIV Golf the future of professional golf?

It’s been a day when the golf world came to know Rahm’s supremacy. The Spanish golfer was named to the top of the Olympics’ highest-paid athlete list. His fellow golfers, including McIlroy and Scheffler, were far behind his rankings after a defeat from Rahm’s massive $210M career earnings. And right after it is Greg Norman who has given yet another powerful statement against the PGA Tour. According to him, Jay Monahan-led league players are currently facing extreme FOMO.

In the latest post by Flushing It on their X handle, there was Greg Norman, who reports his unfiltered opinions about PGA Tour pros. He outright called them out by saying, “We knew that we had to create this pathway of opportunity for the next generation. And there are players out there with FOMO right now.” Norman emphasized that many players want to get into LIV Golf now even if they had rebuked such a thought previously. But Greg Norman also claimed that the golfers who are already a part of LIV Golf, are not at all willing to let go of their opportunity.

“I see the intensity on the driving ranges. Each and every day, practice round, first round, even this morning you can see it elevating,” said the CEO of LIV Golf. According to him, LIV Golf is only moving forward while making others guilty of their decisions and opinions of it.

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Greg Norman’s idea of FOMO which many PGA Tour players might feel comes from several of the success stories and controversy counters that LIV Golf might have achieved. And its beginning can be DeChambeau’s 2024 US Open win. With Rahm‘s unmatched career earnings that neither Rory McIlroy nor Scottie Scheffler could match individually, putting their earnings together is just another milestone. Norman is also introducing home courses for individual growth of the team which he might feel is a visible upgrade that any golfer on the PGA Tour would want.

 

With the LIV Golf season coming to an end, it is time for evaluation. The players are all ranked and divided into separate zones, which ultimately decide who is safe and who isn’t. Given such a tough moment coming right up where every LIV golfer wishes to retain their position, Greg Norman dropped a massive statement regarding the RangeGoats captain, Bubba Watson.

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Greg Norman’s verdict about LIV golfer retaining a spot in the league

“You look at the players that are in that zone; they know they’re in that zone, the relegation zone,” said Greg Norman. With 24 players in the locked zone, the rest of the 30 have to be in concerned spots.

Amidst this, Greg Norman called out Bubba Watson to feel under pressure. He said, “Bubba Watson; for example, I watched Bubba on TV all day yesterday. You can see his face going up and down, so you don’t think he’s under pressure. Damn right, he’s under pressure.”

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After the first round of LIV Golf UK at the JCB Golf and Country Club, Bubba Watson is placed at T26 with a round-one finish of 2-under par and two double bogeys on his scoreboard. The CEO of LIV Golf had to announce his opinion about Watson quite publicly. He thinks Watson is rather concerned about his position at the moment. His 2024 LIV Golf Standings are not even in the Open Zone; they are further down in the Drop Zone. The only captain on that list, Watson, is positioned at T50, a position filled with uncertainty.

Hence, LIV Golf UK will be a deciding factor for Bubba Watson and whether he will get a spot to play in 2025.