AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm insists he made the right choice, switching from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf and, in the process, widening the schism between golf’s establishment and its potential breakaway future. But he also lives in Phoenix, home of the chaotic, gleeful WM Phoenix Open, and that means he has an up-close look at one of the Tour’s marquee events.
“Driving by Phoenix as often as I had to,” Rahm said Tuesday morning, “seeing the stands, and knowing that I wasn't going to be there, was quite hard.”
Once you’ve reached a certain level of prominence in the golf world — which generally happens right around the time you put on a green jacket for the first time — every door opens wide.