Jon Rahm Suggests LIV Golf Should Use 72-Hole Format for Tournaments

Jon Rahm believes LIV Golf could benefit from changing its format to the traditional 72-hole tournament style used on the PGA Tour.

"If there ever was a way where LIV could go to 72 holes, I think it would help all of this argument a lot," Rahm told the BBC (h/t ESPN). "The closer I think we can get LIV Golf to some other things the better. I think it would be for some kind of unification to feed into a world tour or something like that.

"I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I definitely wouldn't mind going back to 72 holes."

LIV currently uses a 54-hole format with shotgun starts and no cut rules. Rahm, who joined LIV in December on a reported multiyear, $350 million deal, previously expressed his disdain towards LIV's 54-hole tournaments and said he preferred to stay on the PGA Tour.

Now with LIV, Rahm said he believes his decision to join the league could give it an edge as it competes with the PGA Tour.

"That's a well-thought-out argument. I could be the start of a tipping point in that sense," Rahm said. "I understood the weight that [my] decision could have and the impact it could have. I understood that perfectly and that's why it wasn't an easy decision.

Rahm's comments come as he and 13 other LIV golfers prepare to compete in the Masters this week. Rahm won his first Masters last year, beating Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson by four strokes.