Opinion: Was Jon Rahm’s LIV Championship under the radar?

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Jon Rahm of Barrika, Spain is a LIV champion for the second straight year. On Sunday, Rahm won the 2025 Individual Points List with 226.16 points. He had 2.48 points more than Joaquin Niemann of Chile, who was in second place with 223.68 points.

Rahm did not win this past weekend in Indianapolis, but he golfed well enough. He finished in second place, as he lost to Sebastian Munoz of Colombia in a playoff. Rahm and Munoz both posted scores of -22. Then in the playoff, Munoz had a birdie and Rahm had a par on the 18th hole.

During the 2025 LIV season, Rahm actually never won a tournament. However, he was extremely competitive. Rahm competed in 13 LIV events, and only once did he not finish in the top nine. That was in Dallas where he finished in 11th place. Rahm finished second four times, in fourth place once, in fifth place twice, in sixth place twice, in seventh place once, in eighth place once, and ninth place once. In addition to being the LIV points leader, he was the LIV money leader with $31,608, 791 in 2025. When Rahm won the 2024 LIV points race with 235.17 points and the LIV money list with $34,737,904, he won two LIV events. The first was in Hemel Hempstead, England, and the second was in Chicago.

Rahm might be number one in LIV, but he is only 78th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Yes, he finished in the top 10 in two majors in 2025 (seventh at the US Open and eighth at the PGA Championship), but the LIV Tour continues to play second fiddle to the PGA Tour. As long as the LIV Tour is second rate, Rahm’s LIV success will go under the radar.