Move over Ronaldo, Messi. Jon Rahm is highest paid athlete in 2023 after joining LIV Golf.
by Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times
Dec 08, 2023
3 minutes
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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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