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“I mean, Tiger, I texted him and the people that try to reach out, you know, the process, when I signed and I just let him know, ‘Hey, you know, this is a personal decision. I have nothing against anybody’,” Rahm told ESPN in February.

After hinting that Woods hadn’t answered his texts, Rahm said: “Rory has been supportive publicly of my decision, and he was privately as well.” He also refused to shy away from accusations that his decision to quit the PGA was motivated by money.

“This is a new change. A big change. I don’t want to skip through this point: A big change how golfers get compensated. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a big part of it. In a nutshell, I’m getting more to play the same sport and have more time. I don’t know about most people, but that sounds great to me,” he said.

Rahm’s stuttering start with LIV Golf

Despite being the highest-paid player in the history golf, Rahm isn’t exactly playing like it. It was widely assumed he’d start racking up titles as soon as the year began, but the two-time major champion hasn’t registered a single victory on the tour yet.

Speaking ahead of the 10th event of the season in Andalucia, in his native Spain, Rahm insisted the 54-hole format – a format he once labelled “not proper” golf – wasn’t having an impact on his form. That said, he has urged the powers that be to consider