Over the coming weeks, it is likely that those involved in the European Ryder Cup team will be basking in the glory of what was a tremendous victory over the USA at Bethpage.

Prior to this year, you had to back to 2012 to find the most recent occasion that an away team had lifted the Ryder Cup. The Europeans came into this edition full of belief that this streak was about to come to an end.

Despite some nervy moments during Sunday’s singles, Luke Donald’s men would eventually get over the line. It has capped off what has been a remarkable couple of years for this group, 11 of whom were also part of the winning side in Rome in 2023.

In saying that, there remains some question marks over whether some members of the current team will even be allowed to play for Europe again in the future.

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Paul McGinley Explains Doubts Over Futures Of Europe Ryder Cup Stars

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The addition of LIV Golf onto the professional golf scene has complicated the Ryder Cup selection process quite a bit.

The two teams involved are traditionally linked to the PGA and European Tours, with representatives from those two bodies making up the 12-man rosters. Qualification for the team is also linked to ranking points, something that are not handed out on LIV.

Of course, on the European side there also remains issues surrounding players losing their tour membership. The likes of Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood have been forced to give up their European Tour cards and will not regain them unless they pay substantial fines due to a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton were the only LIV Golf members on the European team at this year’s Ryder Cup, but their eligibility for future editions is very much up in the air at the moment.

Speaking on NBC, Paul McGinley explained why Rahm, Hatton, and other LIV players may not be eligible for the European team moving forward unless certain rules are changed.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling was very much in favour of the European Tour, that they could defend themselves and give fines to the guys that went to LIV.

They won that quite emphatically. The guys who were part of that court case, Sergio [Garcia], Ian Poulter, and Lee Westwood, they are now not part of the European Tour unless they pay massive fines, which Sergio did to try and come back and be part of this team.

What happened with Rahm and Hatton, because they were later to join LIV, they have appealed that ruling. That appeal is still not heard yet, it will be heard quite shortly.

While that appeal was pending, they were allowed to play in this edition. That question remains, if they lose that appeal, that puts them in the same brackets as the other guys.

So what happens there? Are they going to pay fines to make themselves eligible? We are talking into the millions here in terms or the fines. Or are they not going to play Ryder Cup?

There are some big decisions for the European Tour in the months ahead.

It remains to be seen what the outcome of the current appeal will be. If it goes against Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, they could be forced to pay massive fines in order to become eligible for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor.

While the celebrations on the back of this win will be going on for quite some time, this is one cloud that will hang over the European team for the foreseeable future.

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