Jon Rahm says why his LIV Golf season was ‘disappointing’ despite beating Joaquin Niemann to the individual title

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Jon Rahm is now a two-time LIV Golf individual champion and the Spaniard has now spoken out for the first time via his socials since lifting the trophy in Indianapolis.

Rahm didn’t quite manage to get the win that’s been evading him all season as he lost out in a playoff to Sebastian Munoz.

However, such was Rahm’s consistency over the season that he did enough to win out in the individual race, pipping five-time winner Joaquin Niemann in the process.

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The win means Rahm earned north of $30m from LIV Golf in 2025 and he continues to show just why the powers that be wanted him.

Now, taking to his Instagram account, Rahm has given his first reaction to his big weekend.

Jon Rahm reacts after winning his second LIV Golf title

Going into the Ryder Cup, Jon Rahm is going to be pivotal for Team Europe, if, as expected, the Spaniard is allowed to play.

Seeing Rahm in such form over on LIV – he finished outside the top ten just once all season – will be very pleasing for Luke Donald.

Indeed, in another positive for Donald, it seems Rahm is hungry for more despite his success.

“What a wild ride!! First of all congratulations to Sebastian and Torque on a great weekend. Very impressive ending by Seba’s well earned! A win would have been amazing but Sunday will always be one of the best rounds of my life,” Rahm wrote.

“I’m learning that it’s the smaller victories that mean the most. Those short term goals that may seem impossible in the moment but feel like you just climbed Mt Everest when you’re done. That was yesterday. Luckily, I’m just crazy enough to believe the impossible is still possible. Maybe I’m just stubborn that way.

“No individual wins this year is disappointing, make no mistake, but I’m so proud of how we played this year, I gave it my all in every shot and never gave up. Fortunately for me, there is always a new event and new goals and this week I can’t wait to go to war with my Legion XIII crew. Vamos!!

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What Luke Donald has said about picking Jon Rahm for the Ryder Cup

It’s expected that Rahm will be allowed to play and given his status in the game and the quality he has, it seems only right that he plays for Team Europe.

Rahm himself has said recently that Donald has been messaging him but as yet, nobody is 100% sure.

Indeed, it was only a few months ago when Donald answered the question on Rahm himself.

“Well, I would love for them to be eligible. But again, I’m not involved in that process. That is not my role. I’ll leave that up to Guy [Kinnings]. I think he can answer that one better than me,” Donald said.

“Well, I haven’t given anyone the nod. I think it’s a little bit too early for that,” Donald continued. Again, I have, we have, very in-depth stats. We know exactly how these players are playing. We have a great idea of where they stack up against each other and against the U.S.

“But I certainly think it’s a little too early to be giving anyone like firm assurances right now. We have three majors, elevated events, plenty of other events, Rolex Series events to play. I want them to go out and feel like they go and earn it. Let’s go in and play well.

“But again, we do have a lot of stats. In terms of Jon, he’s one of the best players in the world, and I would expect him to be on that team, but I certainly haven’t given him those assurances. He still needs to keep going and playing just like everyone else. Again, no assurances have been given right now.”

Should Rahm not be picked, then it will highlight the utter ridiculousness of the issues LIV’s emergence has caused.

Put simply, a Ryder Cup without Jon Rahm is just not the same in 2025.