{"id":228838,"date":"2025-10-21T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228838\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:52:09","slug":"rahm-vs-the-dp-world-who-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228838\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahm vs. the (DP) World: Who wins?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"Jon Rahm hopes to be on future Ryder Cup teams without paying fines. Oscar J. Barroso, Europa Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: \u201cIn Case You Missed It\u201d is a GGP+ feature that highlights a story from Global Golf Post\u2019s Monday magazine.<\/p>\n

There is an argument to be made, though Bryson DeChambeau can make a strong counterclaim, that of all the players that left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf\u2019s riches, Jon Rahm is the one who is most missed.<\/p>\n

Not only is Rahm one of the best players of his generation, with two major championship trophies to prove it, his presence is immense. While DeChambeau has cultivated his brand online and by embracing the semi-manufactured notion that he is the people\u2019s champion, Rahm radiates both a simmering intensity and a weighty gravitas.<\/p>\n

Rahm and DeChambeau are as different as chocolate and vanilla. And in a supposedly revolutionary league that has not yet sparked a revolution, they are the two most important reasons that LIV Golf continues on, drip, drip, dripping away at the seemingly bottomless bottom line of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund.<\/p>\n

When Rahm sent a shudder through the golf world by accepting LIV\u2019s massive offer nearly two years ago, he had to believe his move would be the trigger to solving the PGA Tour-LIV war. Instead, it did nothing but give him generational wealth while cutting a hole in his eventual legacy.<\/p>\n

Rahm made news recently when he announced that he won\u2019t compete again until LIV Golf\u2019s 2026 season begins in Saudi Arabia in February, the longest break in his professional career.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve never had three months off, but I\u2019m looking forward to it,\u201d Rahm told Spanish reporters after the Open de Espa\u00f1a. \u201cOther athletes have it, and we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m lucky to be able to go home now, have a preseason, be a father, be with my family. And well, if I see that it\u2019s too much, then maybe I won\u2019t do it next year, but I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A true offseason \u2013 what a concept. The PGA Tour may be edging in that direction and it would be a very good thing. Give fans time to miss tournament golf.<\/p>\n

The backdrop to Rahm\u2019s story reaches beyond his nearly four-month sabbatical. The question of his eligibility for the 2027 Ryder Cup in Ireland remains unanswered and while the victorious Europeans can still hear choruses of \u201cOl\u00e9, Ol\u00e9, Ol\u00e9\u201d ringing in their ears, retaining the cup at Adare Manor is the next order of business.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to imagine a European Ryder Cup team without Rahm (and his buddy Tyrrell Hatton) but the event went on without Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter when they bolted for LIV. It also happened without Sergio Garc\u00eda at Bethpage Black but, having done what was asked to be eligible, the state of Sergio\u2019s game sidelined him.<\/p>\n

Players who left knew what was coming (or they should have) and left anyway. It\u2019s only right that they pay their required restitution as Garc\u00eda did earlier this year.<\/p>\n

At issue is Rahm\u2019s refusal to pay the fines instituted by the DP World Tour, a tab that increases by a reported six figures every time he tees it up in a LIV event. Rahm (and Hatton) steadfastly refuses to pay those fines and LIV Golf is no longer willing to pay those fines for its players.<\/p>\n

The DP World Tour, meanwhile, has gone to court and been victorious in defending its right to set the rules, including suspending players who have not paid their fines. Players who left knew what was coming (or they should have) and left anyway. It\u2019s only right that they pay their required restitution as Garc\u00eda did earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Rahm, who played the minimum number of events to retain his DP World Tour eligibility in 2026, apparently doesn\u2019t see it that way. He and Hatton were eligible for the Ryder Cup last month only because they have appealed their fines and \u2013 how convenient \u2013 the hearing was pushed back more than a year until after the matches so that both remained eligible.<\/p>\n

Asked recently about the appeal process, Rahm said he \u201ccompletely forgot\u201d about it and hopes not to think about it until whenever the appeal is heard. Like that weird noise your car makes, ignoring it doesn\u2019t mean it will go away.<\/p>\n

At some point, barring an unlikely negotiated settlement, Rahm\u2019s appeal will be heard and should it go against him, what then?<\/p>\n

Rahm is at the core of Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup brilliance. Though it\u2019s impossible to quantify, there is an undeniable camaraderie and shared passion that pulses through the European side and, like fellow Spaniards Seve Ballesteros, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal and Garc\u00eda before him, Rahm fuels the fire.<\/p>\n

The Ryder Cup will be played in Spain in 2031 and Rahm both wants and needs to be part of it, something he recently addressed in his home country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most emotional, the most special thing has been the Ryder Cup,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cThe only week that has a chance of matching this Ryder Cup on an emotional level will be the Spanish Ryder Cup in 2031 (at Camiral in Barcelona).\u00a0It would be special, but as tough as the New York Ryder Cup was and ending up winning, I find it difficult for another week to match it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Rahm (center) knows the joy of hoisting the Ryder Cup. David Cannon, Getty Images<\/p>\n

The simple solution would be for Rahm to pay what he owes \u2013 he can no doubt afford it \u2013 and move on. That, however, seems unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n

Is he being stubborn? Probably.<\/p>\n

Is he standing on perceived principle? That\u2019s likely.<\/p>\n

Will he budge? Doesn\u2019t sound like it.<\/p>\n

Will the DP World Tour blink and make accommodations for both Rahm and Hatton, knowing what they mean to the Ryder Cup? It would reflect weakness.<\/p>\n

Might the appeal buck precedence and go in Rahm\u2019s favor? Perhaps.<\/p>\n

It seems hard to imagine \u2013 for both sides \u2013 that Rahm won\u2019t be part of the 2027 Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n

The harder part may be determining how both sides can be comfortable with making sure that happens.<\/p>\n

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