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Rory McIlroy: 'A shame' Jon Rahm rejected DP World Tour deal
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Rory McIlroy says it's "a shame" that Jon Rahm is the only LIV Golf player unwilling to accept the terms of a DP World Tour deal to eliminate future fines, and he brushed off concerns the Spaniard might not be eligible for the Ryder Cup team.
"The Ryder Cup is bigger than any one person," McIlroy said Wednesday.
Rahm's future in the matches was placed in doubt this week when he refused the terms of the European tour's offer — pay previous fines for not getting a release to play LIV Golf events, drop any appeals and add two tournaments to the minimum four required for DP World Tour membership.
‘What more can they do?’: Rory issues Ryder Cup warning to LIV star after ‘extortion’ claims
Rory McIlroy has responded to Jon Rahm’s claims that the DP World Tour is “extorting players” with a pointed warning for the former world No.1’s Ryder Cup future.
The European-based Tour came to an agreement with eight LIV players last month to play more DP World Tour events in return for their release to play on LIV as well as their fines being paid.
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Rahm did not see eye-to-eye however, telling reporters in Hong Kong ahead of this week’s LIV event that he disagreed with the terms – namely being asked to play a minimum of six European events, two of which are determined by the tour, to keep his membership.
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Lynch: Won’t anyone tell Jon Rahm he’s not the victim in his own mess?
There must scarcely be a splinter of wood remaining in Jon Rahm’s Scottsdale neighborhood, given the frequency with which he fashions crosses to which he might nail himself. His complaints have now become so commonplace that it’s a dizzying exercise to catalog the myriad ways in which the recipient of Saudi largesse imagines himself being unfairly victimized.
It’s almost quaint to look back at the 2024 PGA Championship, a few months after his move to LIV Golf, when Rahm bemoaned hearing that he was on “the other side” from the PGA Tour because he considered himself still a member in decent standing, despite being suspended for jumping to a competitor. Since then, LIV’s heavyweight star has been taking swings at all of the punchbags favored by the league’s lightweight lackeys.
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