Last Updated: December 08, 2023, 14:16 IST
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Jon Rahm (left) and LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman pose for a photograph in New York. (AP Photo)
Jon Rahm’s transfer comes because the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf try and finalise the small print of their bombshell merger introduced in June.
Rory McIlroy stated the European aspect must “rewrite the rules” for Ryder Cup eligibility after Spain’s reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm jumped ship to LIV Golf.
Saudi-backed LIV pulled off a coup Thursday when Rahm confirmed weeks of hypothesis by saying he was becoming a member of the circuit in a deal reportedly price a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.
Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia have all been declared ineligible to play for Europe on the Ryder Cup after signing for LIV.
Henrik Stenson was eliminated as captain.
World quantity two McIlroy, a fierce and outspoken opponent of LIV, stated Rahm following the opposite gamers to LIV would require the DP World Tour — previously the European Tour — to rethink its stance.
Rahm is a mainstay of the European group and helped it win the Ryder Cup this yr.
The subsequent Ryder Cup is in Bethpage, New York.
“Jon is going to be in Bethpage in 2025,” Northern Ireland’s McIlroy informed Sky Sports on Thursday, after Rahm’s transfer to LIV was confirmed.
“So because of this decision, the European Tour are going to have to rewrite the rules for Ryder Cup eligibility.
“There’s absolutely no question about that — I certainly want Jon Rahm on the next Ryder Cup team.”
McIlroy stated earlier this yr that no LIV rebels ought to be capable of play for Europe on the Ryder Cup.
Rahm’s transfer comes because the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf try and finalise the small print of their bombshell merger introduced in June.
A deadline of December 31 has been set to agree on a framework for the brand new PGA-LIV three way partnership.
With Rahm arguably the largest star but to hitch LIV, McIlroy fears that skilled golf is in peril of “cannibalising itself”.
“My fear is that we continue down this path where we have competing tours and it divides the eyeballs that are on the game,” McIlroy stated.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
