Jon Rahm Wins His Third Straight LIV Golf Title as the Season Finale Moves to Indianapolis

Jon Rahm has clinched his third consecutive LIV Golf individual season championship, and this week the tour is closing out that season a week early, in Indianapolis, after scrapping its planned Michigan finale.

Rahm secured the title on Aug. 9, 2026, at LIV Golf New York, played at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. He did it with his worst single-event finish of the season, a tie for 41st, but it didn’t matter. Per LIV Golf’s own season standings, he arrived at that event with a lead of roughly 219 points over Bryson DeChambeau, the closest challenger, with one regular-season event still to play. The margin was already too big to overcome. It’s the first time Rahm has locked up the individual title before the season finale, and it comes with an $18 million prize. He has now won the LIV individual championship every year since joining the league in December 2023.

Key facts

Champion: Jon Rahm — third straight LIV Golf individual season title, won every year since joining the league in December 2023
Clinched: Aug. 9, 2026, at LIV Golf New York (Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey), despite a tie for 41st — his worst finish of the season
Margin: led runner-up Bryson DeChambeau by roughly 219 points with one regular-season event still to play
Prize: $18 million
Season finale: moved to LIV Golf Indianapolis (The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Indiana), Aug. 20-23, after LIV cancelled the planned Michigan event on Aug. 17

Season finale moves to Indianapolis

That remaining event — LIV Golf’s last regular-season stop, which also decides the season-long Team Championship — was supposed to be played at The Cardinal at Saint John’s in Plymouth, Michigan, Aug. 27-30. LIV Golf cancelled it on Aug. 17, 2026, and is ending the season a week early instead. Fans who had bought tickets for the Michigan event are being offered refunds.

The season now wraps up this week, Aug. 20-23, at LIV Golf Indianapolis, held at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Indiana. That event will crown the season-long Team Champion and its own tournament winner for the week — a separate prize from the individual season title Rahm has already locked up — in the last golf LIV Golf plays in 2026.

Where Rahm’s future stands

Separately, Rahm has already secured his path back into Ryder Cup contention. In an agreement reported around April and May of 2026, he settled outstanding fines he’d built up since joining LIV and agreed to play a reported five DP World Tour events in exchange for keeping his membership on that tour — the standing that keeps him Ryder Cup–eligible for the 2027 team.

What happens to his LIV Golf career is a separate, less settled question. Multiple outlets, citing The Telegraph’s reporting from around Aug. 13, say LIV Golf sources consider it likely he’ll leave the league once this season ends. Rahm himself hasn’t confirmed that. Asked directly about his 2027 plans, he said only, “I’m not going to share anything that I can’t share with you guys right now.” Reports that he has already agreed to specific terms for a PGA Tour return next year — including a reported $25 million charitable payment, no sponsor exemptions into PGA Tour Signature Events and a public statement about leaving LIV — trace to the ‘Tee Times’ account on X and have not been confirmed by Rahm, the PGA Tour or LIV Golf; the reported conditions were described as resembling Brooks Koepka’s earlier return.

The money question, and LIV’s own uncertain future

The money question is unresolved. Rahm signed with LIV in December 2023 on a contract widely reported at roughly $300 million to $350 million — his total deal value. Multiple outlets, including Yahoo Sports, report he is still owed a substantial remaining sum, commonly cited as up to $150 million — the amount reportedly still left on that contract — though none of those figures come from an official contract disclosure, so treat them as reported rather than confirmed. Whether he can actually collect what’s owed is a separate question, one made more uncertain by LIV’s own financial changes.

LIV Golf’s finances are in flux more broadly. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — PIF, whose total investment in the league since its 2022 launch is more than $5 billion — said in late April 2026 that it will stop funding LIV after this season. On Aug. 5, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil announced the league had reached an agreement with a new lead investor — not publicly named — to fund a smaller, roughly 10-event 2027 schedule and give players an equity stake in the league. O’Neil said he hopes to close that deal in September 2026.

For now, the only settled part of the story is the golf: Rahm is LIV Golf’s three-time defending individual champion, and the league’s 2026 season ends this week in Indianapolis.

Timeline

December 2023 — Rahm joins LIV Golf.
Late April 2026 — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) says it will stop funding LIV Golf after the 2026 season.
April-May 2026 — Rahm settles his outstanding LIV fines and agrees to play DP World Tour events, preserving his Ryder Cup eligibility for the 2027 team.
Aug. 5, 2026 — LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil announces a deal with a new, unnamed lead investor to fund a smaller, roughly 10-event 2027 schedule.
Aug. 9, 2026 — Rahm clinches his third straight individual season title at LIV Golf New York, despite finishing tied for 41st.
Around Aug. 13, 2026 — The Telegraph reports LIV Golf sources consider it likely Rahm will leave the league after this season.
Aug. 17, 2026 — LIV Golf cancels the planned Michigan finale; ticket holders offered refunds.
Aug. 20-23, 2026 — Season finale played in Indianapolis, deciding the Team Championship and the week’s own tournament winner.

Key facts

Season finale moves to Indianapolis

Where Rahm’s future stands

The money question, and LIV’s own uncertain future

Timeline

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