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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ewan Murray

Jon Rahm accuses DP World Tour of ‘extorting players’ by issuing LIV fines

Jon Rahm lines up a putt at the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Jon Rahm at the 2025 Ryder Cup. ‘I don’t like what they’re doing with the contract,’ he said of a dispute with the DP World Tour over LIV. Photograph: Peter Casey/Imagn Images/Reuters

Jon Rahm’s dispute with the DP World Tour has escalated after the Spaniard accused the ­organisation of “­extorting” golfers over fines for competing on the LIV circuit. Rahm’s Ryder Cup future remains in peril with no resolution to the matter in sight, with insiders at the DP World Tour and Europe’s Ryder Cup fans baffled by his stance.

Rahm incurred fines and suspen­sions as a DP World (formerly European) Tour member playing on what are regarded as ­competing Saudi‑backed LIV events. Rahm signed for LIV in 2023 in a deal ­reportedly worth hundreds of ­millions of dollars.

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