Two LIV Golf stars follow in Jon Rahm’s footsteps as Spaniard ramps up Tour return in Ryder Cup bid

Jon Rahm volition vie successful his 3rd DP World Tour lawsuit successful 4 weeks astatine the Andalucia Masters, but the Spanish prima volition not beryllium the lone subordinate from LIV Golf teeing it up

Jon Rahm volition beryllium joined by 2 different members of the LIV Golf roster erstwhile teeing it up astatine the Andalucia Masters successful his autochthonal Spain adjacent week.

Rahm returns to location ungraded successful a bid to unafraid his Ryder Cup status, with the Spaniard required to vie successful 4 DP World Tour events by the extremity of the year to stay a subordinate of the Wentworth-based circuit. Following his show astatine the Olympic Games this summer, the erstwhile world No. 1 has besides featured astatine the Spanish Open and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

His instrumentality his autochthonal Spain astir resulted successful triumph astatine the extremity of the past month, aft Rahm was denied winning his location open for a record-breaking 4th clip by chap countryman Angel Hidalgo successful a tense playoff.

A week aboriginal his DP World Tour task continued, this clip successful Scotland, wherever the Legion XIII skipper banked different top-10 decorativeness aft finishing tied-seventh astatine the Dunhill Links, his 3rd Tour commencement of the season. Rahm has opted to skip this week's French Open, but will gain commencement No. 4 successful Andalucia adjacent Thursday.

The erstwhile Masters champion is not the lone LIV rival successful the tract though, with 2 of his chap Spaniards, David Puig and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra. Like Rahm, the Fireballs GC teammates were besides talented a spot successful their location unfastened done tourney invites, with the aforesaid connection made by tourney hosts successful Scotland a week later.

Puig and Lopez-Chacarra person present been handed different invite, this clip to marque the travel to Andalucia. The duo escaped immoderate punishment from the DP World Tour successful the mode of fines and suspensions having ne'er been members of the circuit, turning pro from assemblage golf to marque the determination to LIV 2 years ago.

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Rahm nevertheless has not been arsenic lucky, having been sanctioned by his location Tour for competing successful 'conflicting events' connected the breakaway circuit. In bid to stay a subordinate and vie astatine adjacent year's Ryder Cup, the Spaniard is expected to wage the fines that helium owes.

Rahm nevertheless has revealed he has nary plans to cough up what helium owes. "I'm not a large instrumentality of the fines. I deliberation I've been outspoken astir that," the 2024 LIV Golf champion said past month. "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."

The erstwhile satellite No. 1 has been capable to instrumentality and vie connected the DP World Tour successful caller weeks having appealed the sanctions enactment against him, with his Legion XIII and Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton successful the aforesaid boat. It remains to beryllium seen whether their appeals volition beryllium settled earlier oregon aft adjacent year's clash with Team USA astatine Bethpage Black.

For present Hatton and Rahm look to person done what is required, thing welcomed by Team Europe captain Luke Donald. "It was large to spot Jon bash what helium needed to bash to stay eligible and to spot him successful Spain, and past week helium played precise good astatine the Dunhill," Donald said this week.

"We're successful changeless communication, Again, I'm talking to each the players, to him, to Tyrrell. It was large to spot Tyrrell triumph past week astatine the Dunhill. You know, again, bully connection betwixt myself and each these players is vital, and I've surely been keeping up with that."