Jon Rahm will remain eligible to compete for Europe in the 2027 Ryder Cup with the Spaniard reaching an agreement with the DP World Tour regarding outstanding fines and requirements to retain tour membership.
Rahm, 31, said both sides made concessions and that the agreement will allow him to play the tour without accumulating more fines. He had also taken issue with the tour requiring LIV Golf members to play in a minimum of six events — two determined by the DP World Tour — to retain membership.
“There’s no longer a standoff. We were able to reach an agreement,” Rahm said at LIV Golf’s Virginia event on Tuesday. “There was some concessions on both sides. I offered some; they extended an olive branch. Obviously we’ve reached an agreement. That will not be a stress anymore.”
Eight LIV Golf players had previously agreed to drop their appeals, pay pending fines to the DPWT and play in the mandatory minimum of six events rather than the typical four required. Rahm, who reportedly faced more than $3 million in fines, had balked at the conditions, saying they amounted to “extorting players like myself.”
However, Rahm softened his stance a bit at last month’s Masters, saying that discussions remained ongoing and that he was confident he would compete in next year’s Ryder Cup in Ireland. The tour confirmed the agreement Tuesday, adding that it includes Rahm paying outstanding fines and playing in agreed-upon tour events, without providing specific details.
“The DP World Tour and Jon Rahm have come to an agreement on conditional releases to play in conflicting tournaments on LIV Golf during the remainder of its 2026 season,” the DPWT said in a statement. “This involves payment of all outstanding fines accrued from 2024 to date, along with participation in agreed DP World Tour tournaments (outside the Majors) in the remainder of the 2026 season.”
Rahm is expected to compete on the DP World Tour later this year. He said at the Masters that he hoped to play in multiple events following the conclusion of the LIV Golf season in late August. He mentioned the Irish Open, the Spanish Open, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and “maybe even the (Alfred) Dunhill” as DPWT events he is looking forward to potentially playing.
“There was some things I believed in that I wanted them to agree with me, and I knew it was a matter of time,” Rahm said Tuesday when asked if he was relieved to have reached an agreement. “I also understand they have their bylaws and their way to go about things and they have to follow certainly procedures, and things are never as easy or as fast as you would think they would be, or at least I would have liked, but I was never worried.
“The Ryder Cup is still really, really far away, but I’m happy that hopefully I won’t have to think about any worries or any predicaments come to Adare Manor then or hopefully ever. I want to support the DP World Tour. There’s a lot of events I want to play.
“My only concern right now, when it comes to those events in October, is the due date that we have. That’s the only issue I have that would make me not be at the Spanish Open,” he said. “Besides that, I think they can count on my participation.”
–Field Level Media
