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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ewan Murray

Jon Rahm free for 2027 Ryder Cup after striking deal with DP World Tour

Jon Rahm holds a trophy and giving a thumbs-up after winning a LIV Golf event in Mexico last month.
Jon Rahm won the LIV Golf event in Mexico last month. Photograph: José Méndez/EPA

Jon Rahm has revealed he has ended his dispute with the DP World Tour, which returns the Spaniard to contention for next year’s Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, but he played down the sense of golfers sharply exiting LIV. Rahm, who has been tipped to make a return to the PGA Tour, has cited tight contractual terms as a reason he and others are not completely in control of their own destiny.

The abrupt exit of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) from LIV – the Saudis will remove finance at the end of this year – has left the tour scrambling for alternative investment. Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are LIV’s biggest names, whom many assumed would already be glancing towards a playing future elsewhere. Rahm urged caution.

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