U.S. Open 2025: Jon Rahm puts impressive LIV top-10 streak in perspective with sharp thought on his own league

OAKMONT, Pa. — Jon Rahm is riding quite a hot streak coming into this week's U.S. Open: In eight events on LIV Golf this year, he's had eight top-10s. It gets better if you go back to 2024—in all, he's now finished 10th or better 21 straight times on LIV. He's yet to win in 2025, but the consistency is good enough for third place in the season standings. Throw in a T-8 finish at the PGA (where he had a chance to win until a late stumble), and Rahm has been on fire. The only events in which he's fallen outside that cutoff this year were the Masters (T-14) and Dubai Desert Classic in January (missed cut).

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When asked about this streak of top-10 finishes on Tuesday, Rahm began by joking that he'd "happily trade a bunch of them for more wins," but then took a stab at putting it in context.

"Listen," he said, "I'm a realist in this case. I've been playing really good golf, yes, but I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't easier to have top-10s with a smaller field. That's just the truth, right? Had I been playing full-field events, would I have top 10 every single week? No. But I've been playing good enough to say that I would most likely have been inside the top 30 every single time and maybe even top 25, which for 21 straight tournaments I'd say that's pretty good. I still would have had a lot of top-10s, that's for sure."

Any PGA Tour vs. LIV debate feels combustible and almost political these days, but it's hard to argue with Rahm's math. With 54 players in a given field, of course it would be easier to crack the top 10 with high frequency compared to a full field event with 100-plus players. Rahm's honesty on that front is refreshing, particularly on a topic where both sides are looking to score points on the other.

As for Oakmont, and the prospect of winning his second U.S. Open on a notoriously tough track, Rahm considers himself a realist there too.

"You're aware of what a golf tournament here is going to be like," he said. "It's going to be a challenge. A lot of unfortunate things are going to happen. It's hard fairways to hit, bad lies, difficult bunkers, difficult greens. It's going to be a nice test, a difficult test. And I think one of the truest representations of what a U.S. Open is all about."

Nevertheless, he spoke about how being back in the mix on a Sunday at the PGA helped him, and how his biggest battle is living with the inevitable mistakes.

"There's been weeks where I've performed really well on tough courses where that was the case," he said. "I think, as it relates to me, it's just that acceptance that it's going to happen, and do what you need to do to hit the better shot next time."

And even if a LIV top 10 might be an easier task, Rahm proved at the PGA that it can and does translate to the biggest events, and he'll have a chance at the beast that is Oakmont to throw his hat in the ring with the best in the world.