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Jon Rahm's words about his desire to continue playing on the PGA Tour were harshly answered by former player Arron Oberholser, now on commentary duties at The Golf Channel.
"You're going to tell me you still feel like you're a member of the PGA Tour. I want to wring your neck through the television, I'm that angry right now. I'm outraged," exclaimed Oberholser.
Rahm had been clear when asked about his signing with LIV Golf. "Look, they keep saying 'the other side,' but I'm still a member of the PGA Tour, whether I'm suspended or not. I still support the PGA Tour and I think that's an important distinction to make. I don't feel like I'm on the other side. I just don't play there [...] I'm going to say what I've always said, I hope we come to an agreement that's beneficial to everybody, but I don't know what's going on."
After listening to Rahm, Oberholser, winner of the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and fourth at the PGA Championship in 2007, exploded, "I'm outraged. You've taken 500 grand (referring to millions of euros) and you're going to sit there and say you still feel like you're a member of the PGA Tour? Every player in that PGA Tour locker room should be absolutely outraged at him."
"To this day, he doesn't get it. This is a guy who wanted a position or wanted to be heard, from what I understand. Whether it was a board position or a political board position, he wanted to be heard about this whole thing before he went to LIV. And I feel like he wasn't heard as much as he probably should have been, and now I'm glad he wasn't in that position because he doesn't get it," added Oberholser, who retired in 2013 because of back and hand injuries.