Jon Rahm wins LIV Mexico City event amid rumours of tour collapse

Jon Rahm clinched the LIV Golf Mexico City title on Sunday amid rumours the tour is on the verge of collapse.

Reports last week suggested Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to pull its financial support from the breakaway tour, placing its future in jeopardy.

LIV Golf chief executive Scott O’Neil has dismissed the concerns, stating in an email to staff, seen by the BBC, that the season would continue “uninterrupted and at full throttle”, and the tour has since confirmed it will return to Mexico’s Chapultepec Golf Club next year.

Spain’s Rahm, 31, romped to a six-stroke victory with a seven-under-par 64 in the final round to clinch his second win of the season on the LIV tour, finishing 21 under.

David Puig (-15) and Josele Ballester (-14) completed an all-Spanish podium.

Bryson DeChambeau, who won the previous two events, withdrew before the fourth round because of a wrist injury.

Rahm also won the team category with his Legion XIII team for the first time this year, with England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin both 11-under and Caleb Surratt two-under.

“A little bit disbelief,” said Rahm, who finished tied 38th at last week’s Masters.

“If you were to tell me last week on Thursday afternoon that I’ll be winning by a six-shot margin this week, I would not believe you because of how bad I played.”

LIV caused a ‘civil war’ in professional golf in 2022 when they started luring star names away from the PGA Tour with the offer of huge pay increases.

The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced in 2023 that they had agreed to a merger with PIF, but there is still no sign of the union coming to fruition.

The LIV Golf League is scheduled to return from 7-10 May with LIV Golf Virginia in Washington DC.