{"id":651028,"date":"2026-05-06T06:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651028\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:54:07","slug":"jon-rahm-free-for-2027-ryder-cup-after-striking-deal-with-dp-world-tour-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651028\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm free for 2027 Ryder Cup after striking deal with DP World Tour | Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Rahm has revealed he has ended his dispute with the DP World Tour, which returns the Spaniard to contention for next year\u2019s Ryder Cup<\/a> at Adare Manor, but he played down the sense of golfers sharply exiting LIV. Rahm, who has been tipped to make a return to the PGA Tour, has cited tight contractual terms as a reason he and others are not completely in control of their own destiny.<\/p>\n

The abrupt exit of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund (PIF) from LIV \u2013 the Saudis will remove finance at the end of this year \u2013 has left the tour scrambling<\/a> for alternative investment. Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are LIV\u2019s biggest names, whom many assumed would already be glancing towards a playing future elsewhere. Rahm urged caution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of right now, I have several years on my contract left,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m pretty sure they did a pretty good job when they drafted that. So I don\u2019t see many ways out and as of right now, I\u2019m not really thinking about it since we still have a season to play and majors to compete for. So it\u2019s not something I want to think about just yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rahm did admit PIF\u2019s change of approach towards LIV, after more than $5bn (\u00a33.7bn) of commitment, left players in shock. \u201cI would say, like everybody, surprised, obviously unexpected,\u201d he added. \u201cWe did [previously] hear the news that there would be funding through for many years, so [it was] unexpected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen as the future of the league goes, I think that\u2019s obviously a question for the business people. We want to be here. It\u2019s been a lot of fun. I want to keep competing. I want to keep sharing some time with them. But only time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Rahm congratulates Shane Lowry on securing the 2025 Ryder Cup for Europe at Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York. Photograph: Erik S Lesser\/EPA<\/p>\n

Rahm had been engaged in a lengthy and high-profile standoff with the DP World Tour over fines relating to LIV participation. He is once again eligible to play in that domain after settling overdue monies and committing to play in five, non-major DP World Tour events in 2026. \u201cThere was some concessions on both sides,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cI offered some, they extended an olive branch. Obviously we\u2019ve reached an agreement. That will not be a stress any more.\u201d Including, that is, for the European captain, Luke Donald, who otherwise faced the prospect of defending the trophy in Ireland next September minus Rahm.<\/p>\n

Scott O\u2019Neil, LIV\u2019s chief executive, is the man faced with the invidious task of plugging the gaping hole about to be created by a Saudi departure. O\u2019Neil explained he was still in the early phases of piecing together a plan aimed at attracting investors. Intriguingly, he refused to clarify whether PIF wants a form of monetary return. The fund remains the majority shareholder in LIV. \u201cIn a situation like this, it would be too early to be speculating on what will happen with the value creation, what our new investor or investors will be looking for,\u201d O\u2019Neil said. \u201cThat will all come out in the wash, if you will, in the next few weeks as we go to market. So it\u2019s a bit early for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neil claimed to have received \u201ca dozen inbound calls\u201d in recent days from potential funders. He added: \u201cIt was a split between private equity, family office, and then your traditional high net worth; you probably know who they are, the guys who invest in sports and sports teams. So that\u2019s been really positive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm has revealed he has ended his dispute with the DP World Tour, which returns the Spaniard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-651028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}