Overview
- Rahm captured LIV Hong Kong by three strokes on March 8, his first individual title since September 2024, defeating runner-up Thomas Detry.
- The result vaulted him 14 places to No. 36 in the Official World Golf Ranking as LIV events now award points only to the top 10 finishers, a distribution critics such as Sergio Garcia say penalizes those outside the top 10.
- He said he boarded a 10 a.m. flight the next morning to Singapore for the March 12–15 event, calling momentum real but stressing continued work and a present-focused approach.
- Rahm opened 2026 with consecutive runner-up finishes and placed tied for fifth at Sentosa last season, noting that back-to-back wins would be rare in his career.
- He has criticized the DP World Tour for “extorting” players, and he referenced a recent private-plane evacuation of several LIV golfers and a caddie from war-affected Dubai as a reminder to keep perspective.