Jon Rahm reveals what most LIV golfers don't want to admit about PGA Tour

It's no secret why some of the best players in the world have jumped from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf. Although some may claim the lighter schedule or team component attracted them to the rival golf league, endless buckets of Saudi cash were the real draw. 

Unlike most of his LIV Golf competitors, however, reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm is  refreshingly honest about how his jump to the league has affected him.

"For everybody who said this would be easy — some things have been — but not being able to defend some titles that mean a lot to me hasn't," Rahm told reporters Tuesday, per Yahoo Sports. "I love Palm Springs. I've been able to win twice there. Riviera is about as charismatic of a golf course as we have. Not being there was difficult.

"I still watch golf because I love watching it, but it's hard. It was hard not to be at the Phoenix Open at the end of February, and it was hard not to be at Hawaii."

Rahm, LIV Golf's biggest signing to date, accepted a $300M offer to bail on the PGA Tour for the controversial start-up. 

It's clear from Rahm's comments that he watched the electric finish at The Players Championship with a little regret. There's a huge difference between fighting for history in front of thousands of fans on an iconic golf course such as TPC Sawgrass on the PGA Tour and playing pitch-and-putt in Jeddah with a few dozen onlookers and a "today's top hits" playlist blasting in your backswing.  

LIV Golf can't replicate that feeling, no matter how many of the defectors claim it can.