Jon Rahm will be eligible for the 2027 Ryder Cup at Ireland’s Adare Manor after reaching an agreement with the DP World Tour to continue playing its events outside of his LIV Golf commitments.
On Wednesday (AEST), a DP World Tour spokesperson confirmed to Golf Digest that Rahm had been granted a conditional release – similar to an agreement reached in March between the circuit and eight members who play on LIV Golf.
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Rahm, a two-time major winner, had refused to agree to conditions set out by the DP World Tour that allowed Tyrrell Hatton, Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie to continue playing LIV events in 2026 that conflicted with DP World Tour tournaments without accruing fines.
The conditional releases for those eight players came under three stipulations: that they pay all outstanding fines, participate in a set number of DP World Tour events (along with associated media activity and promotion) and withdraw all pending appeals.
“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,” a DP World Tour spokesperson said via a statement provided to Golf Digest.
“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’s conditions were similar, although there were conditions specific to the 10-time DP World Tour winner. The 31-year-old has settled all fines including participation in three conflicting tournaments in 2026.
Golf Digest has previously reported Rahm’s penalties were less than $US3 million.
“There’s no longer a standoff,” Rahm told reporters at LIV Golf Virginia. “We were able to reach an agreement. 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.”
It was believed some of the players who accepted the conditional releases were required to play in six DP World Tour events this year. Rahm’s minimum number has been pro-rated from six to five because he had been sanctioned for three conflicting tournaments.
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Rahm had been particularly annoyed with the minimum six events in addition to 13 LIV events and four majors. DP World Tour members need to play four events to maintain membership, which is also a requirement for eligibility on the European Ryder Cup team.
The 11-time PGA Tour winner has been a member of four European Ryder Cup teams, winning three of those. At Bethpage last year, Rahm collected three points from five matches.
“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,” Rahm said. “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 [DP World Tour] events in October, is the due date [for the birth of his daughter] that we have. That’s the only issue I have that would make me not be at the Spanish Open. Besides that, I think they can count on my participation.”
In terms of the DP World Tour’s season-long points race this year, Rahm did not earn Race to Dubai points at the Masters because he had breached the regulations by not paying his fines. Now, he is now eligible to earn points at next week’s PGA Championship and any Race to Dubai event for the rest of this season.
The nine conditional releases granted by the DP World Tour were in accordance with a principle upheld by Sport Resolutions UK that stipulated signing up to be part of a members’ organisation meant players had to accept there were limitations to participating freely across multiple golf tours.
Rahm was readying to compete at LIV Golf Virginia this week, where the league was responding to news the Saudi Public Investment Fund would no longer finance the league and that Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the PIF and creator of LIV Golf, who had held the position of chairman of LIV’s board, had stepped down. LIV had retained Ducera Partners LLC (“Ducera”) as its investment banking advisor to guide the league as it seeks long-term investment partners.
