Jon Rahm mentioned he intends to play in three DP World Tour occasions by the top of the season to stay eligible for subsequent 12 months’s Ryder Cup.
Rahm is not certain, nevertheless, whether or not the DP World Tour will permit him to compete in these tournaments as a result of he is refusing to pay fines levied towards him for taking part in within the LIV Golf League with no conflicting-event launch.
Rahm entered the Spanish Open on Sept. 26-29 and mentioned his representatives are nonetheless speaking with DP World Tour officers about how one can resolve the state of affairs.
“Effectively, I am entered into the match,” Rahm advised reporters Wednesday throughout a information convention at Bolingbrook Golf Membership outdoors Chicago, the location of this week’s LIV Golf match. “We entered a very long time in the past. Whether or not they let me play or not is a unique factor. I am not a giant fan of the fines. I feel I have been outspoken about that. I do not intend to pay the fines, and we preserve attempting to have a dialogue with them about how we will make this occur.”
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Rahm additionally desires to play within the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland on Oct. 3-6 and the Andalucia Masters at Actual Membership de Golf Sotogrande in Spain two weeks later. That schedule would meet the DP World Tour’s necessities for remaining eligible for the Ryder Cup. Rahm would most likely want European crew captain Luke Donald to make use of one in every of his six captain’s picks on him.
Rahm’s spouse, Kelley, is anticipating their third little one within the subsequent few weeks.
“I’ve mentioned many occasions, I do not go to the Spanish Open for the glory or the rest,” Rahm mentioned. “I feel it is my obligation to Spanish golf to be there, and I additionally need to play in Sotogrande. At that time, it could nearly be doing not solely me however Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play.
“So yeah, that is why we’re attempting to speak to them and make that occur. I’d love to have the ability to play all these occasions.”
Rahm, captain of the Legion XIII crew, has a slender lead of about three factors over Torque GC captain Joaquín Niemann within the LIV Golf particular person factors race. They’re the one golfers who’re nonetheless mathematically in a position to declare the title and the profitable $18 million bonus.
“Clearly, it could be a terrific accomplishment to come back in in my first season and win it,” Rahm mentioned. “It’s the purpose, nevertheless it’s not straightforward to do, particularly with how nice gamers like [Niemann] have performed. Even simply getting up to now, it has been an excellent 12 months. I feel total, what I felt like I’ve performed and possibly what I’ve learn within the media of how I have been enjoying hasn’t matched what I used to be feeling. I feel I used to be enjoying higher golf than I used to be given credit score for.”
Legion XIII is second within the crew standings, only a half-point behind Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC.
LIV Golf’s season-ending crew championship might be performed subsequent week at Maridoe Golf Membership in Carrollton, Texas.
