Navigating a route through professional golf at the moment is no easy task, with distractions coming from all angles, not least the uncertain passage that the PGA Tour, and by extension the DP World Tour, will take now that the Saudi PIF sovereign wealth fund will be the source of funding – once the new partnership is ratified – going forward.
Jon Rahm’s reaction to it all, on a week off at home in Texas, was to joke to his wife Kelley that he just wanted to put his mobile phone out of reach in a drawer so that he could stay away from the constant stream of text and WhatsApp messages that came his way.
Truth is, the Spaniard was as much in the dark about things …
- June 14, 2023
