Jon Rahm rejection of DP World Tour deal a ‘shame’, says Rory McIlroy
The Straits Times
Rahm has rejected the DP World Tour’s deal to settle his fines for playing on the breakaway LIV Golf tour. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MIAMI – Rory McIlroy said on March 4 that it is a “shame” that Jon Rahm’s dispute with the DP World Tour has put his Ryder Cup future in doubt, but said the matchplay tournament can survive without the Spaniard.
“The Ryder Cup is bigger than any one person,” he said, as he prepared for the PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida.
Rahm has rejected the DP World Tour’s deal to settle his fines for playing on the breakaway LIV Golf tour.
The European-based circuit announced in February that eight LIV players had signed the agreement, which included a commitment to play more DP World Tour events, in return for a release to play in LIV Golf in 2026.
Rahm said on March 3 that the DP World Tour was “extorting players” and said he would play four of its events, in line with current membership rules, but not six.
But McIlroy said he thought the conditions offered by the DP World Tour were “much softer” than those imposed on five-time Major winner Brooks Koepka to return from LIV to the PGA Tour.
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