As the PGA Championship delivered one of the most congested fields in major history until Aaron Rai’s win, LIV Golf’s two marquee names experienced vastly different weeks at Aronimink Golf Club.

PGA Championship talking points include a big week for Jon Rahm, another missed cut for Bryson DeChambeau, missed opportunities for Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, plus a historic maiden win for England's Aaron Rai at Aronimink Golf Club.

Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau were both among the pre-tournament favourites to win the Wanamaker Trophy, having both enjoyed two victories each on LIV Golf this season and contended at last year's PGA Championship.

Whereas Rahm was able to secure a tied-second finish, equalling his best major performance since winning The Masters in 2023, DeChambeau failed to reach the weekend and finished joint-last of the 11 LIV Golf players in this week's field.

Rahm had finished outside the top-30 at The Open and The Masters, leading to questions about a perceived drop-off in results and LIV Golf not offering the best preparation for majors, but Rahm was able to silence many doubters with his performance.

"As far as I'm concerned, to be in the mix again and hit it as good as I did and perform as well as I did this weekend, it's been a great week," Rahm said. "Can't really ask too much more of myself."

The former world No 1 was chasing a third leg of the career Grand Slam and looking to become the first Spaniard to win the PGA Championship, with the major also his first since confirming his Ryder Cup future after settling his long-standing fines dispute with the DP World Tour.

"He has stopped his fight with the DP World[World Tour and looks in a happy place and I think that's been the platform mentally for him to go on and have this great performance," former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley told Golf Channel.

Rahm was one of four LIV Golfers to finish in the top-20, with 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith (tied-seventh) ending a run of six consecutive major missed cuts, David Puig (tied-18th) breaking into the world's top 60 to secure US Open qualification and Joaquin Niemann (tied-18th) impressing.

The performances marked an improved showing on how LIV Golf fared at The Masters, where Tyrrell Hatton was the only player inside the top 30, plus provided an on-course boost to LIV Golf during a time where Saudi's PIF withdrawing their funding leaves its future unclear beyond this season.

DeChambeau had a run of five top-six finishes in six majors across 2024 and 2025 but has struggled to translate LIV form into the big events.