The pressure is on for Jon Rahm ahead of this year’s PGA Championship. The Spaniards’ winless run of form has continued following a fourth-place finish at LIV Mexico.
The 30-year-old used to be one of the brightest stars in golf, having previously won both The Masters and the U.S. Open.
Rahm is one of many LIV players struggling for form, and concerns continue to grow as the best of LIV prepare to descend on Quail Hollow for the 2025 edition of the PGA Championship.
However, unless Rahm can reignite his dwindling golfing prowess, it is looking highly unlikely he will be in contention at the second major of the season.
Jon Rahm blames too many mistakes for lack of form
Speaking ahead of LIV Golf Korea, Rahm revealed he has to make some major changes if he wants to return to the top of world golf.
“I’m just not doing everything I need to do right. Sometimes you also need a little bit of luck in your favour, not that I haven’t been lucky,” Rahm told the press.
“I just haven’t done myself any favours on the golf course, I would say it like that,” he added.
Rahm has been consistently finishing high this year, but so far, he has been unable to convert his constant contention into a win.
“While I like having top 10s and I like being a good player week-in and week-out, winning obviously is what matters more,” he said.
“I would gladly give up some of those top 10s for more wins.
“I keep playing well, I keep putting myself close enough, just every once in a while there’s been enough mistakes where I’m just not quite close enough going into the back nine on Sunday.”
Rahm is still a favourite amongst LIV golf fans, though he remains winless this season.
However, the Spaniard is yet to finish outside the top 10 since making the jump to LIV. His consistent performances will make him a strong favourite ahead of this year’s PGA Championship in May.
Rahm’s tongue-in-cheek response to a reporter at LIV golf press conference
Speaking during LIV Mexico’s post-round press conference, he had a nippy response to criticisms surrounding a lack of smiles between Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton during their final round.
“I would say it might not be shown on the broadcast, but both Tyrrell and I smile a lot more than I think we’re given credit for, to be honest. Honestly, if we made a couple of mistakes on a couple of bad holes, there’s nothing to smile about,” Rahm said.
“But I can remember three or four instances vividly where we were laughing. It may be about anything funny that we did, about misfortune on the golf course, whatever it may be, but there’s definitely stretches of golf where you get a little bit more frustrated. You don’t need to do much wrong out here for something to go wrong. It’s a tricky golf course.
Despite his apparent serious demeanour, Rahm was unable to knock Joaquin Niemann from his perch. Niemann carded a final round 65 to secure a 3-shot lead of tied for second Lucas Herbert and Bryson DeChambeau.
LIV next heads to South Korea, with LIV Korea set to take place between 2-4 May.
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