JON RAHM has revealed his return to The Masters was a frosty one, with one former colleague “not even looking” at him.

Rahm, 29, claimed the green jacket in 2023 but defected to LIV Golf, a Saudi Arabia-backed tour rival of the PGA, in a megabucks deal in December last year said to be worth £450million over four years.

And the move seems to have fractured some relationships with old tour mates.

When asked about the welcome he was receiving in Augusta in his first time back since the controversial transfer, he admitted their were mixed reactions.

He asked whether he got a warm reception, he told Golf Channel Latin America: “Some did. I expected it.

“And then, there was someone else who I expected to be a little tougher… and one of them hugged me.

“I think that, among all the relationships I have, it has been everything that I expected. My friends are still my friends.

“And then someone, with whom I was very cordial and had a positive relationship, has not even looked at me.

“If someone changes their opinion of me, it is more their problem than mine. I am not worried.

“I knew it was going to happen. I didn’t know who.”

Rahm finished with a score of nine-over-par to see him finish down in joint 45th – the Spaniard’s worst ever finish at the Augusta National.

He had been critical of the organisation before joining and revealed how he had contrasting reactions from Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, with the latter throwing his support behind him.

However, Rahm has continued to speak his mind and called on LIV bosses to change the tour from it’s 52-hole format to a more traditional 72-hole one.

This year the green jacket was claimed by Scottie Scheffler, who shot 11-under-par to claim the crown for the second time.