Jon Rahm, The current champion of the Augusta Masters and ranked third in the world is about to make it official that he will accept a multi-million dollar offer from the Saudi Golf Super League LIV and sign the largest contract in golf history. sport. The keys to the huge contract that will make the player from Barrika the highest-paid athlete in history are:

1. Numbers

Rahm will sign the agreement 550 million euros, which will keep him tied to LIV Golf until the end of 2029. Five years in which the Basque will become the image of the Saudi circle.

2. Representative

Steve Loy He is Jon’s agent and the decisive man in the operation. Loy knows the keys to negotiation and the people on the other side of the table very well because he is also the manager of Rahm’s close friend Phil Mickelson, who has been playing at LIV Golf since the course opened in 2022. Loy has been negotiating for weeks to get the Spanish golfer into the Super League.But details have emerged in recent days. The Telegraph reported on Wednesday that the Saudis had offered the Basque a contract bonus, and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) thought the deal had already been completed.

3. Change of posture

Jon Rahm has gone from being the PGA Tour’s staunchest defender to LIV Golf’s star signing. By the way, a change has occurred regarding this Maneuvers by PGA Tour leadersProminent among them was Commissioner Jay Monahan, who was most closely connected to Rah. While Bask was showing his face on the classic circuit, negotiations were ongoing regarding a merger with LIV Golf. This was something that would bother Rahm enough to consider entering the Super League.

4. Captain of the ‘Fireballs’

LIV Golf format allows you to compete individually and in teams with purses of 20 million per tournament14 for the champion team and 20 for the winner of the individual annual classification. Courses feature 48 players in three-round tournaments (54 holes). Rahm will step in as the captain of a team and everything indicates that he will be the captain of the ‘Fireballs’ team, which he has captained so far. Sergio Garcia. Thus, it will be a 100% Spanish team consisting of Sergio García, Eugenio Chacarra and David Puig.

5. ‘Old People’, by 2027

Rahm’s idea is to be able to continue playing in the ‘big’ tournaments of the classics at least until 2027.. Even though, as the winner, he earned the right to play at Augusta for life and the US Open until 2031. He will have to wait to find out what sanctions will be imposed if a merger agreement is not reached between the PGA and LIV. That would mean joining Super League, which could rule him out of the Ryder Cup.

6. Players, shareholders

The idea being negotiated between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is this: Merging with a for-profit entity from which Saudis will generate revenue, distributing shares among players as a way of distributing profits. A model that has not existed until now and seems to please all parties. There are also rumors of other interested investors such as Endeavor and Fenway Sports Group should the PGA ultimately decide not to sign with the Saudis.