{"id":301746,"date":"2023-12-08T01:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301746"},"modified":"2023-12-08T01:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:24:36","slug":"liv-golf-spell-jon-rahms-name-wrong-while-announcing-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/golf\/liv-golf-spell-jon-rahms-name-wrong-while-announcing-move\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf spell Jon Rahm&apos;s name WRONG while announcing move"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> LIV Golf spell Jon Rahm&#8217;s name WRONG in embarrassing error announcing the arrival of the Masters winner on social media<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jon Rahm went back on his word and joined LIV Thursday for $570million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But the Saudi organization made an embarrassing error announcing his move<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LIV Golf botched their announcement of Jon Rahm joining the Saudi rebel circuit by spelling his name incorrectly in a word search posted on social media to confirm his move from the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post on Thursday night by LIV&#8217;s social media account showed a word search for fans to find the name of three new arrivals to the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Across the fourth and fifth row down was the name &#8216;John Rahm&#8217; &#8211; but the Spaniard spells his name &#8216;Jon&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an awkward start for Rahm, the Masters\u00a0champion, whose move is undoubtedly a crippling blow for the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard had long distanced himself from joining LIV but if anything, his words in times gone by appear to have pumped up his price tag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/00\/78717349-12839745-image-a-22_1701993675313.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jon Rahm was confirmed as a LIV Golf player on Thursday &#8211; moving for $570million<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/00\/78717747-12839745-image-m-24_1701993958413.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Rahm&#8217;s name was spelt incorrectly on a word search posted by LIV to first announce his move<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/00\/78717905-12839745-image-a-25_1701994127657.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rahm spoke to FOX about the move and insisted he wasn&#8217;t joining for the $570million\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He joins LIV in a deal that could rise to an astonishing total of $570million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I laugh when people rumor me with LIV Golf. I never liked the format. My heart is with the PGA Tour,&#8217; Rahm said just three months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But on Thursday, he said on X: &#8216;I am proud to join LIV Golf and be part of something new that is bringing growth to the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have no doubt that this is a great opportunity for me and my family and am very excited for the future.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rahm also appeared on Fox News, wearing a LIV jacket, to confirm his move but would not openly say how much he is being paid to switch tours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not an easy decision,&#8217; Rahm said. &#8216;There were a lot of things LIV had to offer that was really enticing.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard&#8217;s deal to head to LIV is believed to earn him around $570million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t comment on any of that, nor do I want to,&#8217; Rahm said. &#8216;It is private and it is going to stay private. Listen, it was a great offer. The money is great, it is wonderful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rahm insisted the motive behind the move was to grow the game, adding: &#8216;I&#8217;m an ambitious person, not a greedy one.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the PGA Tour, Rahm said: &#8216;This wasn&#8217;t anything personal for them, it was for my family. I hope the friends that I made stay my friends.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12839745\/LIV-Golf-spell-Jon-Rahms-WRONG-embarrassing-error-Masters-winner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIV Golf spell Jon Rahm&#8217;s name WRONG in embarrassing error announcing the arrival of the Masters winner on social media <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LIV Golf spell Jon Rahm&amp;apos;s name WRONG while announcing move - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/golf\/liv-golf-spell-jon-rahms-name-wrong-while-announcing-move\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIV Golf spell Jon Rahm&amp;apos;s name WRONG while announcing move - 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