There is no proof that Jon Rahm is about to turn his back on the PGA Tour and join LIV Golf. There has been no confirmation that the world No 3 is about to sign a £450m contract with the Saudi league. Frankly, there is almost no information at all. But fervid rumours have been allowed to grow and spread for days, unanswered by Rahm or his camp, and the silence is deafening.
What seems clear is that there have been talks, although LIV has approached every elite golfer over the past two years so that is no real surprise. Rahm may yet still turn around and say no. But there is an increasing sense within golf that LIV will soon announce its biggest coup yet, bigger still than poaching Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka or Cameron Smith.
