At LIV Golf Dallas in June, Jon Rahm experienced a eye-opening first: the event at Maridoe GC marked the first time Rahm finished outside the top 10 in two seasons. His three-round, three-under total was good enough for … T11. To date, it remains Rahm’s worst finish in 25 LIV events.
The 31-year-old was rewarded for his consistency by winning his second consecutive season-long individual title, despite the fact that he did not win a LIV event in 2025. Joaquin Niemann, meanwhile, took home a whopping five tournament titles in 2025 and ended up finishing second in the individual standings.
What did Rahm think about that? On this week’s episode of Subpar, he explained to hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz why winning this year’s individual title felt different for him.
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“I did lose in two playoffs, back to back, at the end,” he said. “It’s tough ’cause I’ve played good. I would say winning the individual doesn’t have the same weight it did last year without having won, especially having Joaquin win five times. You can make an argument there that maybe he was more deserving, right? I’m not in charge of the point system.”
“Are they changing that?” Knost asked.
“I hope so,” Rahm replied. “Listen, I know I’m consistent and all that, but when somebody wins more than a third of the tournaments — it’s not like we’re playing 40, right? We’re playing 13 events. If he wins more than a third of them, he should probably run away with it, even if I finish second every week, which I didn’t, right?
“I know he had some bad weeks,” Rahm continued. “But the only sport that you can equate it would be Formula One, where somebody wins a third of the races but finishes out of the points, and still most of the time is gonna be winning it all. So yeah, it’s a bit of a mixed feeling in that sense, but I think they’re changing it.”
While Rahm finished T11 or better in all 13 LIV Golf events in 2025, including four runner-ups, Niemann posted five wins — but also had five finishes of T20 or worse. At the end of the season, Rahm edged Niemann in the individual standings by less than three points. To put that in perspective, the third-place finisher, Bryson DeChambeau, trailed Niemann’s total by nearly 80 points. DeChambeau’s season included a win, a runner-up and four other top-10 finishes.
For more from Rahm, including his thoughts on the Ryder Cup, Brooks Koepka’s LIV departure, LIV’s move to 72 holes and the league’s chances of getting OWGR points, check out the full episode below.
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