Jon Rahm mentioned he intends to play in three DP World Tour occasions by the top of the season to stay eligible for subsequent yr’s Ryder Cup.
Rahm is not certain, nonetheless, whether or not the DP World Tour will enable 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 and not using a 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 the way to resolve the state of affairs.
“Effectively, I am entered into the match,” Rahm advised reporters Wednesday throughout a information convention at Bolingbrook Golf Membership exterior Chicago, the positioning 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 distinct factor. I am not a giant fan of the fines. I believe I have been outspoken about that. I do not intend to pay the fines, and we hold making an attempt to have a dialogue with them about how we will make this occur.”
Rahm additionally needs 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 group 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 believe it is my obligation to Spanish golf to be there, and I additionally wish to play in Sotogrande. At that time, it will nearly be doing not solely me however Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play.
“So yeah, that is why we’re making an attempt to speak to them and make that occur. I might love to have the ability to play all these occasions.”
Rahm, captain of the Legion XIII group, has a slim 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 capable of declare the title and the profitable $18 million bonus.
“Clearly, it will be a terrific accomplishment to return in in my first season and win it,” Rahm mentioned. “It’s the aim, but it surely’s not simple to do, particularly with how nice gamers like [Niemann] have performed. Even simply getting thus far, it has been yr. I believe total, what I felt like I’ve performed and possibly what I’ve learn within the media of how I have been taking part in hasn’t matched what I used to be feeling. I believe I used to be taking part in higher golf than I used to be given credit score for.”
Legion XIII is second within the group standings, only a half-point behind Bryson DeChambeau‘s Crushers GC.
LIV Golf’s season-ending group championship can be performed subsequent week at Maridoe Golf Membership in Carrollton, Texas.