JON Rahm believes the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor will be special - as long as the course is 'de-Americanised'.
The highly rated JP McManus course will host Europe's clash with the USA in five years' time on the centenary of the tournament.
It will be Ireland's first hosting of the Ryder Cup since the K Club in 2006.
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The world number four has missed three of the last four Irish Opens but is ready to return as it moves to the K Club next summer
Currently third ahead of Rory McIlroy in the world rankings, Rahm confessed he was only made aware of the serious nature of this week's Pro-Am on Saturday but he was blown away by the course and the welcome.
"(Tom) Fazio has done an amazing redesign of the golf course, it's beautiful and this golf course can be made as easy as they want and as hard as they want," said the Spaniard.
"Now with that said, for a European possibly in that Ryder Cup, they might need to spend a lot of time and resources on de-Americanising the golf course.
"Because right now, it would be pretty much what you would expect in a Ryder Cup in the US.
"Based on what I saw in Paris and what I've seen in other venues, Ryder Cup in Europe is a little different.
"They might spend some time and effort to do that obviously to suit our strength, right?
"But we'll see. Otherwise we will have the Irish crowd - the core of the crowd being Irish - supporting the European team, and we all know how the Irish can create a good after and a good time, and it will be really, really fun.
"For me it's only been a couple years since I was told about the Pro-Am, but we were able to visit after the Irish Open in Lahinch in 2019 and I've been thinking about it since, along with The Ryder Cup.
"I can't really say more or enough nice things about the venue, about JP, and about the event they have put together.
"The best way I can describe it is that it's special and unique."
Rahm marvelled at the extent of the crowds, with 40,000 plus packed into the Limerick venue for the second day running.
"They can host as many as they want here (for the Ryder Cup, they have the ability," he stated.
"I think from the times I've played the Irish Open, the Irish crowd is really, really unique.
"They understand the game of golf and they're thankful and their joy is infectious - you can see it here, you can see it at the Irish Open.
"They show up even if it's 40 degrees and blowing sideways and raining.
"I remember watching on TV an Irish Open in Portrush where the weather was awful and 100,000 people turned out for the week.
"Hopefully for The Ryder Cup where the weather is okay and you can expect a lot of people wanting to come and the atmosphere being quite electric."
Rahm is a two-time Irish Open winner and pledged to return in an attempt to Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie as hat-trick winners.
The 27-year-old said: " Faldo won three? I didn't know.
"But it's tough to say when I'll be back. Now the scheduling and family is getting a bit more in the way.
"I want to come back. I definitely want to come back. I can't tell you when - I don't know what I'm going to do after the Fed-Ex playoffs, really, let alone what I'm going to be doing next summer.
"But I love playing in Ireland. I will be back some day."
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