Jon Rahm: Jon Rahm denies LIV Golf link to poor Major form: "My swing just wasn’t at the level"

Jon Rahm has had a lacklustre run at the Major Championships for quite some time. At the Masters last month, he finished T14 with a total score of 3-under.

Many fans traced his dip in performance to him joining LIV Golf last year. However, the Spaniard recently refuted these claims and clarified that his swing needed work, and that was what had led to a decline in his form at the Major Championships.

"Me going to LIV and playing worse in majors had nothing to do with where I was playing golf. My swing was simply not at the level it had to be," he said.

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Jon Rahm's performance has shown major improvement this week at the PGA Championship. He started his campaign at Quail Hollow with five birdies and four bogeys, scoring 1-under 70 in the opening round.

In Round 2, he shot two birdies and one bogey to close the day at 1-under 70 once again. He comfortably passed the 1-over cut line on Friday (May 16). His total score after the culmination of the second round was 2-under.

In Round 3, he recorded seven birdies and three bogeys to finish at 4-under 67. He is currently placed T5 with a total score of 6-under in the leaderboard.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is currently leading the standings with a total score of 11-under.

"I think sometimes it's been bad swings, and I think sometimes could be bad process" - Jon Rahm

2025 PGA Championship - Round One - Source: Getty

While Jon Rahm has had a consistent season so far on LIV Golf, finishing every event in the top ten, he is yet to win a tournament.

Ahead of the PGA Championship this week, he was asked in the press interview whether the lack of victories was because of his swing or was it more of a mental issue. While he admitted he couldn't answer "definitively", he believed it was a "bit of both" (via ASAP Text).

"Both of them can be so combined in so many different scenarios, right? I think it's a bit of both. I think sometimes it's been bad swings, and I think sometimes could be bad process or maybe just bad decisions", he said.

"I can't say overall it's been one or the other. It's just mistakes that either way can be avoided because, at the end of the day, any bad swing essentially comes from possibly a bad mindset at the moment. So it's a hard question to answer definitively," he added.

While Jon Rahm must be completely focused on the PGA Championship this week, the next LIV Golf game on his calendar is the Virginia event from June 6th to 8th at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.

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