Jon Rahm doesn’t cease inflicting reactions from well-known golfers and consultants. His becoming a member of LIV Golf shocked everybody, contemplating that there’s a worry that LIV Golf will proceed with such a convention sooner or later and that an rising variety of golfers will be part of LIV Golf.

There may be one other aspect; People imagine that this can have an effect on each side and velocity up the method of settlement between the PIF and the PGA Tour. Eddie Pepperell emphasised by means of X that this may very well be a fantastic probability for PGA Tour.

“This signing, in my view, needs to be the largest shock but to the PGA Tour. They’ve a chance to assume outdoors the field and create one thing actually international in nature,” -he wrote on X.

Eddie Pepperell: There may be nonetheless plentiful expertise taking part in on the PGA Tour

Pepperell believes this can be a nice probability for the PGA Tour and DP World Tour to maneuver in the correct route and benefit from the potential they’ve.

Eddie is an individual who has huge respect for the PGA Tour and believes that this won’t spoil the plans of the Tour chief. He is a agency believer within the expertise that each the PGA Tour and DP World Tour possess.
“Regardless of LIV, there may be nonetheless plentiful expertise taking part in on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour whereby if they give the impression of being to broaden their imaginative and prescient and create a very international tour, one which each encourages participation from international gamers and one which travels to all corners of the world performing, then I nonetheless imagine it might probably create one thing much more helpful than LIV ever will.

That is as a lot a plea as the rest to the powers that be to now have a look at a full consolidation, convey all of it (PGA Tour and DP World Tour) collectively and create one thing totally different. We want open minds and high US-based gamers (particularly) to embrace this chance”.

Whereas Eddie holds immense respect for Rahm and sees him as one of many best abilities, his transfer to LIV Golf left Pepperell feeling dissatisfied. “No person is an even bigger Jon Rahm fan than me. I feel he’s the perfect expertise since Rory, and I imagine he’s sensible, thought of and considerate.

In the end, as a fan of conventional golf, I’m gutted he’s gone to LIV. That being stated, I actually gained’t comply with his progress on LIV.”