{"id":567933,"date":"2026-05-05T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/567933\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:36:08","slug":"jon-rahm-eligible-for-ryder-cup-after-striking-dp-world-tour-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/567933\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm eligible for Ryder Cup after striking DP World Tour deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jon Rahm will be eligible for next year&#8217;s Ryder Cup in Ireland after striking a deal to continue playing on the DP World Tour and end a &#8220;stand-off&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Spaniard had been embroiled in a long-running dispute with the European tour and had refused to pay fines for playing LIV Golf events without official permission since he made his debut on the breakaway tour in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rahm, 31, had become ineligible for DP World Tour events and, as a member not in good standing, would not have been available for Ryder Cup selection next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Throughout the dispute, Rahm had argued a solution would be found. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He will now pay fines believed to be about \u00a32m and be required to play a minimum of five DP World Tour events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The deal comes a week after Saudi Arabia announced it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/articles\/cp3p9we4v0yo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not be funding the LIV Golf League<\/a> beyond the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There&#8217;s no longer a stand-off,&#8221; the two-time major winner said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We were able to reach an agreement. There [were] some concessions on both sides. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I offered some, they extended an olive branch. That will not be a stress any more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A DP World Tour spokesperson said: &#8220;The DP World Tour and Jon Rahm have come to an agreement on conditional releases to play in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf during the remainder of its 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This involves payment of all outstanding fines accrued from 2024 to date, along with participation in agreed DP World Tour tournaments (outside the majors) in the remainder of the 2026 season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Europe&#8217;s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will be thrilled the Spaniard will be available for the next tournament at Adare Manor in County Limerick from 17-19 September 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rahm has played in four contests, with Europe winning three of them &#8211; including the last two in Rome and New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In those events he was a stalwart for Donald and forged a formidable partnership with fellow LIV star Tyrrell Hatton. They are unbeaten in five matches, celebrating four victories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In all Rahm has played 17 matches, winning nine, losing five and halving three. In foursomes he has a perfect record, winning all six contests against American pairings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hatton is among eight other players who had already agreed terms with the DP World Tour to continue playing LIV events without incurring sanctions. They are required to play at least six events on the European tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Laurie Canter, Tom McKibbin, Thomas Detry, Victor Perez, Adrian Meronk, David Puig and Australia&#8217;s Elvis Smylie are the others to agree a deal which allows the tour to stipulate two of the tournaments they must play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The deal struck by Rahm is said to be &#8220;akin&#8221; to what the other eight players agreed last February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm will be eligible for next year&#8217;s Ryder Cup in Ireland after striking a deal to continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-567933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}