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Jon Rahm has been a part of the LIV Golf circuit since February 2024. The golfer secured a lucrative contract with the Saudi-backed league, but since then, his relationship with the DP World Tour has deteriorated. Rahm, who was previously playing with the DPWT, did not receive his "conflicting event" release from the tour, and as a result, he was fined heavily for playing on the LIV circuit in 2024.
In response to these fines and suspensions, the Spanish golfer has launched an appeal against the tour, emphasizing that he would not pay any of them. Eddie Pepperell, an English professional golfer who was on the Players' Committee, has stated that Rahm's appeal could be heard by April 2026. Aside from Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, who has been going through the same thing, will have his appeal heard at the same time.
Eddie Pepperell appeared on The Chipping Forecast podcast, where he revealed the rumors heard about Rahm and Hatton's appeal. There, he stated,
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"I’ve heard rumours that the case is going to be heard by April, the case that we talk about with Rahm and Hatton and all of these guys, and David Puig will be affected by that, you would imagine. So, by the end of April, it may be the case that the tour will have some clarity on that."
Pepperell also claimed that if both players lose their hearing, their careers on that tour may be gone in the future. He added,
"And if indeed the ruling goes in the tour’s favour, as it did a few years ago, then these guys will very likely not be playing on the DP World Tour for much longer."
While there are so many things on the line for Rahm, how much exactly is he fined by the DPWT?
How much fine does Jon Rahm have to pay to the DP World Tour?
For a long time, this topic lingered in the golf industry, but earlier this season, commentator Jeff Eisenband disclosed how much Jon Rahm could have been penalized by the DPWT. Eisenband stated in a X post that DPWT fines golfers roughly £75,000/$98,000 if they compete in one conflicting LIV Golf tournament, and Rahm played 14 of them.
This means that DPWT has fined Jon Rahm a total of £900,000/$1.17 million for the 2024 season. A small part of the X post from Eiseband read,
"The DP World Tour fines its members an estimated £75,000/$98,000 if they play a conflicting LIV Golf event. Of LIV Golf's 14 events in 2024, 12 conflict with DPWT events. That would result in a £900,000/$1.17 million estimated total fine for the season."
While the DPWT claimed at the time that Jon Rahm would be barred from competing in events, he has since played in a few on the tour, most notably in the 2025 Spanish Open, where he finished tied for 9th place with a total score of 10 under par.
