Jon Rahm remains unlikely to feature at the Ryder Cup following the latest DP World Tour update regarding conditional releases.
The DP World Tour granted conditional releases to eight players: Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig, and Elvis Smylie.
Rahm’s absence from this list was the biggest talking point.
The Spaniard’s biggest grip appears to be centred over his refusal to pay the reported $3 million in fines due to his participation in LIV tournaments without DP Tour clearance.
Rahm managed to play in last year’s tournament but that was only because his sanctions were under appeal at the time. He was part of the victorious Team Europe who secured a memorable win at Bethpage Black in New York.
The DP Tour’s announcement stated that the players accepted three key conditions to receive their release:
- Payment in full of all outstanding fines for breaches of the DP World Tour’s regulations.
- Participation in additional stipulated DP World Tour tournaments, as well as associated media activity and promotion. (Typical golf pros must play at least four tournaments to maintain DP World Tour membership, per ESPN.)
- Withdrawal of all pending appeals.
“Provided each member satisfies the conditions of their individual releases, no disciplinary action under the Regulations will be taken against them for playing in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf in 2026 and they will retain their membership status,” the announcement read.
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