'Time will tell' - Rahm on LIV Golf future

Jon Rahm says he has become "pretty good at dealing with turbulence" as he remained tight-lipped on his LIV Golf future before this week's Irish Open.

LIV's prospects are uncertain following the withdrawal of financial backing from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).

While the 2026 LIV season ended earlier than planned after the cancellation of the team championship in Detroit, Rahm's Legion XIII team-mate Tyrrell Hatton has said he expects the tour to continue next year.

"Yes and no, it hasn't really changed from my last interview in Indianapolis a few weeks ago," Spain's Rahm told BBC Sport when asked if he knows what the future holds.

"And there's just a lot of things in place, right? There's a lot of things that could happen and it's one of those things where time's gonna tell."

Last month, LIV confirmed it was "scaling back operations" and some employees were laid off at the start of September.

"To be fair for us people that joined LIV, I'm pretty good at dealing with turbulence," two-time major winner Rahm added.

After the Irish Open in Doonbeg, County Clare, Rahm will tee it up at next week's BMW PGA Championship - the DP World Tour's flagship event - at Wentworth.

Earlier this year, the DP World Tour struck a deal with several LIV players - including Rahm and Hatton - which enabled them to compete on LIV without incurring sanction, but the agreement only applies to this year.

While fellow major winners Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed - both in the Irish Open field - opted to leave LIV for a PGA Tour return, Rahm said "we'll see what happens" when asked about a route back.

"I still have a contract with LIV 1.0 that I'm more than willing to fulfil, so like I said, time will tell," he added.

Rahm, 31, is returning to the Irish Open for the first time since his second title at Lahinch in 2019, having also triumphed at Portstewart in 2017 - his first DP World Tour win.

He won twice during the 2026 LIV season to seal his third successive season-long individual title and finished tied second at the USPGA Championship in May.

Having been greeted by windy and wet conditions on the west coast of Ireland on Monday, Rahm says he is "just trying to get comfortable" before bidding to join his illustrious compatriot Seve Ballesteros on three Irish Open wins.

"It truly doesn't matter [how my game feels right now]," he laughed.

"I think it was the second Irish Open that my game felt terrible leading into it and for the first two days and then somehow ended up winning.

"So it really doesn't matter what it feels like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Just practise especially in a windy day like today. We're just trying to get comfortable with the surroundings.

"For some of us, get over jet lag quickly and get used to it, but I've been playing good golf all year so I'm hoping I can do it again."