Huge Boost As Jon Rahm Set To Contest Genesis Scottish Open

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In a huge boost and LIV’s top-ranked Jon Rahm is set to tee-up in this year’s Genesis Scottish Open.

Rahm’s appearance will be a first in the $US 9m event since 2022, and the year he joined LIV Golf.

The Genesis Scottish Open is one of the major events on the DP World Tour and in recent years has been co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour.

Rahm’s appearance effectively mean a victory along the shoreline of the Firth of Forth will present the 31-year-old with full membership of both the same DPWT and PGA Tour’s.

Of course, there has been talk in recent months any talk of Rahm has centered around his dispute with the DPWT and whether or not the super Spaniard was prepared to pay fines levelled at him by the DPWT in his quest to return to competing on the DPWT.

Finally after months-long standoff, Rahm agreed to a deal with the DPWT — not too different than deals made by other European-born LIV players — that would require him to settle any outstanding fines and play five tournaments this year, a few of which were selected by the DPWT.

The DPWT is in the business of strengthening its fields, but is also being selective in the process. It reached agreements with Tyrrell Hatton, Thomas Detry and six other European LIV golfers ahead of the 2026 season that would allow them to play LIV events without being punished by sanctions.

The deals hinge upon those players competing in an increased minimum of events as well as a few DPWT-picked events. Detry, for example, is playing in Belgium this week at the Soudal Open, according to the deal he signed. Same for Adrian Meronk.

Rahm fought for months against these adjusted minimums for LIV players, but recently reached his agreement with the league. He always intended to play the Irish Open, the BMW PGA Championship, the Spanish Open and the Dunhill Links, but the new agreement called for him to add a fifth event, and that will be the Scottish Open, as was confirmed over the weekend.

As Golf World reported it is hard to know when Rahm officially decided on playing the Scottish Open, but LIV’s recent financial news made it all more likely.

He was scheduled to play in LIV’s New Orleans event at the end of June, but that was postponed indefinitely after the Saudi PIF announced it would stop funding LIV after the season. Funding that had already been paid to LIV by the state of Louisiana is expected to be returned.

With a sudden gap in his schedule, Rahm will now play the Scottish the week before the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in England. LIV then heads a couple hours south for its England event the week after the Open.

While a victory in Scotland would not change Rahm’s membership status — he did not resign his PGA Tour membership when leaving for LIV — it would serve as a reminder of the value he no doubt offers any league he plays in.

According to DataGolf, he ranks as the No. 2 player in the world. He’s ranked in DataGolf’s top 10 for the past 7.5 years. And as well as he’s played on every tour in his career, he has not toppled the Scottish Open. He finished T55 in 2022 and solo seventh in 2021.



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