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Move over Ronaldo, Messi. Jon Rahm is highest paid athlete in 2023 after joining LIV Golf.

Jon Rahm of Spain celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 09, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia.

LOS ANGELES — The obscene sums doled out by the Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund in its quest to lure the world's top golfers to its LIV Golf tour reached a pinnacle when Jon Rahm joined the league this week.

Estimates on what Rahm was paid to jump from the PGA Tour range from $400 million to $600 million, with the Telegraph reporting the most precise number at $566 million, with $302 million paid upfront. Anything within that range would lift the defending Masters champion into a

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