Jon Rahm gives Tour bosses timely reminder after drawing up LIV Golf shortlist

Jon Rahm was successful good signifier connected his instrumentality to the DP World Tour astatine the Andalucia Masters, arsenic helium besides turns his attraction to completing his LIV Golf roster for 2025

Jon Rahm has fixed DP World Tour chiefs a stark reminder of what they've been missing during his stint with LIV Golf, arsenic helium made a striking comeback astatine the Andalucia Masters.

At the halfway constituent connected his location turf, Rahm is firmly successful contention, having scored an awesome six-under-par 66 successful the 2nd circular to enactment himself successful associated sixth spot with 36 holes remaining. The ex-world No. 1's show featured 8 birdies - 5 of which were connected the beforehand 9 - helping him retrieve from a dilatory yet dependable commencement connected Thursday.

Entering the lawsuit arsenic this week's tourney favourite, Rahm's ascent up the leaderboard connected time 2 volition boost his assurance that helium tin unafraid his archetypal DP World Tour triumph successful astir 2 years, excluding the 4 large championships.

After a beardown commencement connected the front, Rahm past bagged 3 much birdies connected the backmost nine, contempt making a bogey either broadside of the turn, with the second occurring astatine his past hole. Alongside his stellar show connected Friday, Rahm is also focusing connected his off-course concern this week, successful summation to his efforts connected the green.

The skipper of LIV franchise Legion XIII is scouting for the last subordinate to implicit his four-man squad for the 2025 season, pursuing the demotion of his erstwhile teammate Kieran Vincent successful September. Even though the caller LIV play is inactive 5 months away, Rahm has already begun the hunt for a replacement.

Speaking retired earlier the commencement of the tournament, helium mentioned to Spanish media Golf Sin Etiquetas: "I inactive don't person a subordinate who is already signed but we person six oregon 7 successful mind". Rahm besides fto gaffe that he's keeping an oculus connected 1 imaginable presently connected the greens with him implicit successful Andalucia this week.

The LIV play skipper has so been swept up successful rather the whirlwind these past months. Since hopping onto the arguable LIV league bandwagon towards the extremity of the erstwhile year, his Ryder Cup aboriginal became murky.

To person a changeable astatine battling it retired successful the prestigious event, European players indispensable enactment successful astatine slightest 4 DP World Tour events each annum.

As autumn approached, Rahm was nether unit against the ticking clock. Though his allegiance was locked successful with LIV Golf for the season, helium inactive needed to sound disconnected 3 much tournaments conscionable past period to warrant his spot representing Europe astatine Bethpage Black successful the pursuing year.

Luck was connected Rahm's broadside arsenic helium managed to tee disconnected astatine some the Spanish Open and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, making his play this week the captious 4th the tally required. Nevertheless, he's not retired of the woods yet, perchance facing penalties and adjacent a prohibition from the DP World Tour hanging overhead.

According to Tour rules, Rahm has been penalised each clip he's participated successful a 'conflicted' lawsuit connected the LIV circuit. It's anticipated that he'll request to resoluteness these penalties earlier helium tin play Ryder Cup golf. However, the Spaniard disclosed past period that helium has nary plans to wage his dues.

"I'm not a large instrumentality of the fines. I deliberation I've been outspoken astir that," helium stated. "I don't mean to wage the fines, and we support trying to person a treatment with them astir however we tin marque this happen."

Rahm has since contested the punishment, which has enabled him to instrumentality to the European circuit. It's inactive uncertain whether the entreaty volition beryllium considered earlier oregon aft the Ryder Cup adjacent September.