Justin Rose thinks Jon Rahm should pay the fines due to the DP World Tour to allow him to continue his Ryder Cup career.
In February, the DP World Tour announced that it had given eight players conditional releases, allowing them to compete in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf during the 2026 season. However, Rahm’s name wasn’t among them.
The Spaniard has never relinquished his DP World Tour membership, but that alone isn’t enough to save his Ryder Cup career, with the fines imposed for LIV Golf participation also needing to be paid.
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The stipulations allowing the agreement to be struck with the eight other LIV Golfers included payment of all outstanding fines for breaches of the DP World Tour’s regulations, but as things stand, Rahm’s remain outstanding.
He has appealed the fines, which allowed him to play in last year’s Bethpage Black match alongside Rose, but it is expected he will lose it whenever it is finally heard.
It’s a situation that threatens not just Rahm’s participation in the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor but future editions, too, although Rose believes paying the fines is the first step to resolving the impasse.
Speaking to the media before The Players Championship, Rose said: “Yeah, listen, I would like to see Jon – how many guys, eight? The other seven did it. So obviously eight did it and Jon didn’t.
“So I mean, there’s pretty decent precedent that the deal wasn’t outrageous that they were proposing.
“But at the same time, I would like to see Jon pay his fines for sure and be a part of the Ryder Cup.”
Rahm is a key member of the European Ryder Cup team
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Rose also believes that Rahm should see it as a business transaction. He added: “For me, obviously playing on LIV was a decision that he made and wanted to make, and fair play to him for making it and good for him.
“He’s playing good golf out there. He’s winning. He’s making a lot of money, and he’s – you know, you can’t argue, can’t knock what he’s been able to achieve out there. So I would just see it as a cost of doing business for Jon.”
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