Jon Rahm won’t be able to assist his staff to the LIV Golf Championship.
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LIV Golf signed Jon Rahm with the intention of the two-time main winner changing into one of many league’s largest attracts for its particular person and staff championships for years to return.
Whereas Rahm received the job finished at LIV’s particular person championship final week, the identical gained’t be stated for this week’s LIV Golf Staff Championship in Texas.
Shortly earlier than his Legion XIII squad was set to see their first motion of the occasion Saturday, the staff introduced Rahm, it’s captain, is not going to play this weekend resulting from “extreme flu signs.”
“Jon has been experiencing extreme flu signs the previous few days,” the staff stated in a press release posted to social media. “In one of the best curiosity of his staff and below the advise of his medical staff, he is not going to be enjoying this week. He’ll proceed to offer full help to his staff.”
The staff additionally introduced John Catlin, an American 3-time DP World Tour Tour winner who has been a LIV reserve participant this season, would take Rahm’s place within the semifinal matches Saturday and the finale on Sunday.
Legion XIII earned a bye by Friday’s quarterfinal matches because of ending second through the common season. The opened motion on Saturday within the semifinal matches, which the 4 winners of will then match up within the finals, Sunday, which reverts to stroke play, the staff with the bottom mixed rating of all 4 gamers taking the title.
The LIV Staff Championship has a prize pool of $50 million with $14 million being divided up among the many successful staff.
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Rahm has had an up-and-down season after signing a reported $300 million deal to hitch the breakaway PGA Tour rival for its third season. The 29-year-old simply edged out Joaquin Niemann for the general LIV Particular person title by successful LIV Chicago, his second win in three begins and of the season and didn’t end worse than T10 in any LIV begin, apart from a WD at LIV Houston.
However the 2023 Masters winner underperformed within the first three majors of the yr, ending T45 in his title protection at Augusta Nationwide earlier than lacking the reduce on the PGA Championship and withdrawing early within the week on the U.S. Open because of the identical foot harm that pressured him to retire at LIV Houston.
He rebounded late within the yr, successful his first two LIV occasions, ending T7 on the yr’s closing main, the Open Championship and contending at for a medal on the Open Championship earlier than a closing 9 collapse noticed him end T5.
Rahm can be concerned within the debate surrounding his DP World Tour membership. He wants to keep up his membership to retain eligibility to compete for Europe within the 2025 Ryder Cup, however was suspended by the Tour, like he was by the PGA Tour, when he joined LIV. He might regain standing by paying his fines and serving the suspension however he’s presently interesting the suspension — permitting him to play the Tour within the meantime — and has up to now indicated he is not going to pay the fines.
