Things have gone from bad to worse for LIV Golf, and Sunday's broadcast from Trump National Golf Course outside Washington, D.C. might be the ultimate low point. During the final round, LIV Golf star Jon Rahm pulled off one of the rarest feats in the sport—an albatross on the Par-5 17th hole. But if you blinked, you missed it. In fact, even if you didn't blink, you still missed it. The shot was never shown on the Fox Sports broadcast, nor was it available on the LIV Golf app or website at the time of reporting. A subsequent search by Awful Announcing found no replay or mention of the albatross anywhere in the broadcast.
An albatross—a score of two under par on a par-5 hole—is golf's holy grail, rarer than a hole-in-one. For context, Rahm's feat should have been the talk of the tournament, a moment that fans would remember for years. Instead, it became a symbol of LIV Golf's unraveling. The irony is thick: LIV Golf launched in 2022 with the promise of a fast-paced, fan-friendly broadcast experience. The "Don't Blink" segment was specifically designed to showcase rapid-fire highlights, ensuring that every great shot got its moment in the sun. But when one of the most spectacular shots in golf happened, the broadcast went silent.
This blunder comes at a particularly precarious time for the rogue tour, which faces an uncertain future after this season—the last to be funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. For a league that marketed itself as a disruption to traditional golf, missing a historic moment from its biggest star is more than just a production error; it's a glaring failure of its core promise. As LIV Golf fights for relevance and survival, moments like these only reinforce the criticism that the tour is more about spectacle than substance. And for fans tuning in, the message is clear: don't blink, because you might just miss the only thing worth watching.
