Hugo Costa

Updated Tuesday, January 30, 2024-20:34

Jon Rahm

's team

at LIV Golf already has a name, Legion XIII, and members. In the next few hours the Saudi circuit plans to reveal one of the worst kept secrets in recent weeks, the name, and above all who will support the Spaniard in his multi-million dollar landing.

Rahm will make his debut this Friday at the El Camaleón field, in the Mexican Riviera Maya. The whims of chance have wanted him to be just 10 years after his debut as a professional, in the PGA Tour's OHL Classic, also played in Mayakoba. A total of 151 tournaments later and $51 million in earnings on the PGA Tour, Rahm confirms his controversial jump to the Saudi tour where he will earn more than $500 million.

The Spaniard's team name will be Legion XIII, a suggestion from the LIV Golf marketing team. After rejecting many options, Rahm was convinced by the idea of ​​taking the name of one of the most famous military formations of the Roman Empire led by Julius Caesar, whose contribution was decisive for history in the Gallic War. In this context, Julius Caesar pronounced the famous sentence 'alea iacta est', the die is cast.

Closed team

The Englishman

Tyrrel Hatton

will be the last reinforcement 'in extremis' for the 'Rahmbo' team. According to The Telegraph newspaper, he will earn a figure close to 60 million dollars. Hatton, 34, is number 16 in the world and has 10 professional victories, including six on the DP World Tour and one on the PGA Tour. Hatton's charisma will join that of Rahm and two future bets that will complement the Legion XII squad. The first is the unknown Kieran Vicent, one of the three players who achieved their card in the new LIV Golf Classification School. The 26-year-old Zimbabwean is the brother of fellow professional

Scott Vicent

and has only one victory on the Asian circuit, in Vietnam.


And the last member is an American amateur player,

Caleb Surratt

. He is 21 years old, played the Walker Cup and has participated in three PGA Tour tournaments, although he has only made one cut. Surratt said goodbye last week to his teammates at the University of Tennessee, where he had to face his third year.


In addition to them, other LIV Golf signings could be confirmed in the next few hours. Although there has been strong speculation about the arrival of the Norwegian

Viktor Hovland

, number 4 in the world, the latest movements lead us to think that the person who could announce the jump will be the Polish

Adrian Meronk

, a revelation golfer from last season in Europe.