Jon Rahm lost $1 million with PGA Championship meltdown on Sunday

Jon Rahm fell from second place to eighth in the final round of the PGA Championship, and the Spaniard's tumble down the leaderboard cost him nearly $1 million

Jon Rahm saw roughly $1 million slip through his fingers after dropping to eighth place in the PGA Championship. It comes just a day after he hit back at a LIV Golf theory regarding his form.

The Spanish golfer was hot on the heels of Scottie Scheffler for most of the day, but the American seized the opportunity, clinching the tournament ahead of Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Scheffler's performance, while not excellent, was solid enough to get the job done.

For Rahm, his tumble in the PGA Championship wasn't just a blow to his professional pride, but also a hit to his pocketbook when the competition wrapped up. If he had managed to hold onto second place throughout the tournament, he would have pocketed $1,418,666.67, while Scheffler walked away with a cool $3.42 million as the champion.

Instead, Rahm will be banking $454,781.11 - a fraction of what he could have earned in second place. His earnings match those of Ben Griffin, Denny McCarthy, Ryan Gerard, Joe Highsmith, Matt Fitzpatrick, Keegan Bradley, and Si Woo Kim.

While Rahm's loss will sting, past remarks suggest it won't spell disaster. After marrying Kelley in 2018, the LIV Golf star confessed that while he aims to keep ruling the roost on the golf course, he recognizes there are more important things in life.

"I'm much more interested in raising a family and being a good husband and father than I am in golf," he told Golf Digest in 2019, signaling a strong message to his loved ones. "Don't get me wrong - I want to be the best golfer I can be.

"If I had a gun to my head and had to choose between having only one or the other, I wouldn't pick golf... I'd choose family every time."

Debunking any speculation about his game suffering post PGA Tour departure for LIV Golf, Rahm dismissed the idea that his performance dips were connected to his move to the Saudi Arabian-backed tour.

"Me going to LIV and playing worse in majors had nothing to do with where I was playing golf," Rahm asserted. "My swing was simply not at the level it had to be for me to compete.

"It's easier to post a score on non-major championship courses and venues, and I think when you get to the biggest stages like this one and these courses, those flaws are going to get exposed, and it did.

"There's been weeks where I was able to play better, like The Open last year. The Masters obviously wasn't a good start, but it got better as the week went on, and I'm still working and trying to get my swing to a better spot.

"But I would say even 2023, after winning the Masters, I did not play good at all until the Ryder Cup, right. So I think the problems began earlier than people think. But I'm now getting closer to a position of being comfortable. I think this week so far and this round has been a show of it."