He also rejected one of the key conditions<\/a> \u2013 playing an additional two events to the four that allow him to keep his tour membership. With Rahm steadfast and unwilling to make these concessions, another awkward stalemate has been reached.<\/p>\n\u201cMy job is very straightforward,\u201d Kinnings told reporters. \u201cWe are just administering the rules that we have in place, and we announced the approach we were taking on conditional releases, which is a precedent we\u2019ve set, and a number of the guys signed up and Jon didn\u2019t. That was his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can imagine, all we are looking to do is do what\u2019s best for the Tour as a whole, for the membership as a whole, and the arrangements we have struck will support the Tour. It will help improve the product and that will lead to happier promotors, sponsors, broadcasters. It\u2019s our job to deal with those rules that are in place and have been tested and proven to be fair, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kinnings, who was thrilled to welcome Donald back into the European hot seat, was later asked what Rahm\u2019s options are as uncertainty around his eligibility for Adare Manor grows.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty straightforward,\u201d he replied. \u201cHe either withdraws an appeal and settles fines or he goes through the appeal process \u2013 and that process is underway \u2013 and then we\u2019ll obviously then have to go with whatever the decision is made in that appeal hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hearing in question, presuming it does indeed go ahead, is finally expected to be heard by an independent panel before the summer.<\/p>\n
Donald, meanwhile, was typically pragmatic when repeatedly asked about the Rahm situation. It is one of the big issues the Englishman must overcome as he looks to make his history by becoming the first captain to win three Ryder Cup matches in a row. Donald plans to have talks with Rahm in due course.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst day on the job, so I haven\u2019t talked to him yet but obviously I will talk to Jon,\u201d Donald said. \u201cWe have a great relationship, and he\u2019s been a tremendous teammate and player for me the last two Ryder Cups. It\u2019s great to see the clarity amongst the other players that have signed the conditional releases and understand that they are available.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyrrell Hatton was among the octet who agreed to the conditional releases, meaning Donald\u2019s only headache left is now Rahm. He was asked if the DP World Tour coming to a compromise with Hatton was a factor in why he took on the role. <\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to catching up with him and really hope that he\u2019s available,\u201d Donald said. \u201cBut no, [that] really that wasn\u2019t a factor in my decision. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy decision was having the backing of players and the backing of my family, and the opportunity. The last two Ryder Cups have been an amazing focus and an amazing purpose for me and given me something to really get my teeth around. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed the experience of being captain. So to have the opportunity to go a third time was something I couldn\u2019t say no to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donald added: \u201cThere\u2019s 16, 17 months till we tee off. There\u2019s plenty of time. Every time I\u2019ve been captain, there\u2019s always challenges to overcome. So it\u2019s never a smooth road. There\u2019s always bumps in the road. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously my plan and my hope is that Jon is available for that team. As I said, he\u2019s been a tremendous teammate, a tremendous player and has given us so much. I\u2019ll have to have that conversation soon and see where his head is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm has put himself in a sticky situation with Ryder Cup Europe and the DP World Tour.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-505926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}