“I got my expectations pretty on point”- Jon Rahm opens up about freedom and better scheduling on the LIV Golf as compared to the PGA Tour

Golf: LIV Golf Greenbrier – Source: Imagn
Jon Rahm on the course ( USA Today Sports)

Jon Rahm is playing at the LIV Golf Greenbrier and he’s sitting atop the leaderboard after two rounds.

In the opening round, he shot three birdies on the front nine and one birdie, along with an eagle on the back nine, to finish at 6-under 64.

In the second round, he scored seven birdies, one eagle, and one bogey to finish at 62. His total stands at 14-under and he’s two shots ahead of Richard Bland.

After the round, in a press conference, Rahm talked about the freedom he got in the LIV schedule as compared to a hectic PGA Tour routine. Jon Rahm also talked about how adjusting to the LIV schedule wasn’t a big deal for the golfer.

“Nothing surprising cause having committed to LIV early December I had two months to ask questions and get ready for it, so I wouldn’t say anything was was shocking. It was I think the biggest challenge for me was going to be the schedule change but that’s something you can get used to it’s not a big deal,” Jon Rahm said (via the TenGolf Youtube channel, 5:31–5:48).
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He continued:

“I actually enjoy have being given the schedule. Right, this is the tournaments this is what you play and that’s it instead of having to figure out a schedule throughout the year based on tournaments and what I want to play and what courses I know and I do not know. So there’s an element of freedom when it comes to that I don’t mind.”
He added:

“But I wouldn’t say there was anything that was surprising I think I got my expectations pretty on point with what I needed to what I would hope or thought what LIV golf would be like.” ( 5:48-6:21)

Jon Rahm joined LIV Golf last year in December and started his team called the Legion XIII in the LIV league.

Jon Rahm’s season at LIV Golf so far
Since Jon Rahm joined, he has won one event, and his team has won four events. Rahm won the LIV Golf United Kingdom with 13-under 200 and 63, 70 and 67 over the four rounds. His team, Legion XIII, won LIV Golf Mayakoba, LIV Golf Nashville, LIV Golf Miami, and LIV Golf United Kingdom.

Besides winning LIV Golf United Kingdom, Jon Rahm had top-10 finishes in the LIV events. He ranked third at LIV Golf Mayakoba with 66, 67, and 70. He stood at T8 in LIV Golf Las Vegas and LIV Golf Hong Kong.

He secured T5 at LIV Golf Jeddah and T4 at LIV Golf Miami. He sealed a T3 at LIV Golf Adelaide and a T10 at LIV Golf Singapore. At LIV Nashville and LIV Andalucia, he had T3 and T10 finishes.

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Edited by Prem Deshpande