Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson are friends, despite competing in different series. Rahm plays on the PGA Tour while Mickelson joined LIV Golf last year.
Rahm and Mickelson share a strong bond and have been friends since they first met when the Spanish golfer was in college. Rahm studied at Arizona State University, and Mickelson’s brother Tim worked as a head coach at the university when Rahm was studying.
Last year, when Mickelson joined LIV Golf, he commented on the PGA Tour and claimed that most of the players were joining LIV Golf because it was “trending upwards” while the PGA Tour was trending downwards.
Rahm spoke about Mickelson’s remark in his interview and said (via Golf Digest):
Earlier this year, during the PGA Championship, Rahm played alongside Phil Mickelson and other LIV golfers. Rahm said in his interview that he did not have any issue with the Saudi circuit players.
He said (via Mirror):
