{"id":520323,"date":"2026-03-05T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:53:10","slug":"rory-mcilroy-jon-rahm-rejcted-good-deal-ryder-cup-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520323\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy: Jon Rahm Rejcted ‘Good Deal’ & Ryder Cup Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy<\/a> says it’s a shame Jon Rahm refused to accept<\/a> the “pretty generous” deal offered to him by the DP World Tour, but insists the Ryder Cup is “bigger than any one person”.<\/p>\n

Eight players including Rahm’s LIV Golf teammates Tyrrell Hatton<\/a> and Tom McKibbin signed the deal to restore DP World Tour membership<\/a> – which included paying all fines, dropping their appeals and playing extra events specified by the Tour.<\/p>\n

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Rahm though refused to sign<\/a> and accused the DP World Tour of “extorting” the players – saying his refusal was mainly down to being told to play six events rather than the usual minimum four needed for membership.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy doesn’t agree though, and says compared to Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour<\/a> the deal for the European players offered by the DP World Tour is a good one.<\/p>\n

“In my opinion, it’s a really generous deal,” said McIlroy ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s a much softer deal than what Brooks took to come back and play on the PGA Tour. The European Tour can only do so much to accommodate these guys.<\/p>\n

“Look, there’s a reason eight of the nine guys took that deal, right. I think it’s a really good deal. Obviously Jon doesn’t think so, and he’s obviously well within his rights to think that way.<\/p>\n

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“If you asked any DP World Tour member about the deal that they have cut with the LIV guys I think they would all say that it was pretty generous. So, and again, there’s a reason that eight of the nine took it, because they probably think the same thing, and one guy thinks a little differently, and that’s a shame.<\/p>\n

“But I just don’t see what more the European Tour can do to accommodate these guys to retain their membership.”<\/p>\n

Rahm should just play six events<\/p>\n

Rahm said he would “sign tonight”<\/a> if he only had to play four DP World Tour events and not six – and being told which two extra ones to play was the main sticking point with the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy argues playing two extra events “isn’t a heavy lift” for Rahm, even if the Tour does have a say in what those two events are – likening it to being contracted to play all 14 events under his LIV Golf deal.<\/p>\n

“But I mean, I’m sure Jon doesn’t want to go to South Africa (for LIV Golf) next week, but he’s going there,” McIlroy added.<\/p>\n

“He signed a contract for LIV and he plays 14 events and the whole thing. Like I get all that. But the DP World Tour is well within its rights to protect itself as a members organization and as a business.”<\/p>\n

Ryder Cup bigger than one player<\/p>\n

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As for perhaps the biggest ramification of the whole saga – the Ryder Cup – returning European captain Luke Donald would be loathed to be without Rahm for Adare Manor next year.<\/p>\n

McIlroy and Rahm have traded opinion on this subject, with the Northern Irishman saying LIV golfers should be willing to do what it takes to get on the team – including paying their fines to resume DP World Tour membership.<\/p>\n

Rahm’s continued case put his eligibility in doubt as Donald looks for a third straight win as captain, but McIlroy insists the Ryder Cup is bigger than any one player.<\/p>\n

“Look, the Ryder Cup is bigger than any one person,” said McIlroy. “It’s bigger than all of us. We come and go. Players are – we pass through the system. Like, it’s the platform that’s the big thing.<\/p>\n

“I think we should all be grateful that we have a platform like the Ryder Cup that we can play on and that we can showcase our skills and be a part of something that’s obviously way bigger than ourselves.<\/p>\n

“So at the end of the day it’s about the team and no one player is bigger than the team.”<\/p>\n

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