Jon Rahm plans to participate in three DP World Tour occasions within the coming weeks to make sure he’s eligible for the Ryder Cup however the former world primary mentioned on Wednesday he’s not sure he’ll be capable of play after refusing to pay their fines.
Rahm, who made the change to LIV Golf final yr, should play in 4 DP World Tour occasions — with the Olympics counting as one — to qualify for the Ryder Cup as an automated choice or seem for reigning champions Workforce Europe as one of many captain’s picks.
However with LIV Golf occasions clashing with the DP World Tour, the 29-year-old is refusing to pay their fines for taking part in within the Saudi-backed league with out being launched.
Rahm mentioned he plans to play in his house Spanish Open later this month, the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship and the Andalucia Masters however he’s nonetheless in talks with the DP World Tour.
“Whether or not they let me play or not is a special factor. I’m not an enormous fan of the fines… I don’t intend to pay the fines and we preserve making an attempt to have a dialogue with them about how we will make this occur,” Rahm instructed reporters forward of LIV Golf’s subsequent occasion in Chicago.
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“I don’t go to the Spanish Open for the glory or the rest. I believe it’s my responsibility to Spanish golf to be there and I additionally need to play (the Andalucia Masters) in Sotogrande.
“At that time, it could virtually be doing not solely me however Spanish golf a disservice by not letting me play. So yeah, that’s why we’re making an attempt to speak to them and make that occur.”
Rahm additionally mentioned he would fly again house this month together with his spouse Kelley Cahill anticipating their third little one after overcoming a “darkish second” with the being pregnant.
The Spaniard mentioned they may induce labour after the LIV Golf occasion in Dallas from Sept. 20-22 if the child doesn’t come earlier, earlier than he flies out to Madrid for the Spanish Open from Sept. 26-29.
“It may very well be a case the place I am going house, ship the child, after which fly Tuesday or Wednesday to Madrid,” Rahm added.
“So I might have a case of flying Thursday morning and teeing off Thursday afternoon, might have a case of flying Wednesday afternoon and teeing off Thursday morning.
“I’d say proper now we now have that happening, but when the child comes early we’ll see what occurs. I in all probability would nonetheless attempt to return house and spend a while with them earlier than I’m gone for the opposite weeks.”