Jon Rahm might have to be fine with sitting out the 2027 Ryder Cup if he is going to dig his heels in on not opening his wallet.
Rahm, who previously held the No. 1 ranking in the world, was not among the eight golfers who paid fines to the European-based DP World Tour and were granted conditional releases Saturday to compete in LIV Golf League events that have conflicting dates during the 2026 season.
Rahm previously said that he would not pay the reported $3 million in fines that he accumulated while participating in LIV Golf at the expense of the DP Tour.
The DP Tour granted releases to Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie.
The golfers are required to participate in more tournaments than the minimum four necessary to retain their DP World Tour membership and withdraw all appeals as conditions of the agreement, per ESPN.
Because Rahm’s long-running dispute remains unsettled, his eligibility with the DP Tour (and thus for the European team in the Ryder Cup) in 2027 remains murky at best.
Rory McIlroy, Rahm’s Ryder Cup teammate, urged him and others to pay the fines and move forward earlier this year.
“I think any organization or any members’ organization like this has a right to uphold its rules and regulations,” McIlroy said at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. “What the DP World Tour is doing is upholding its rules and regulations. We, as members, sign a document at the start of every year, which has you agree to these rules and regulations. The people that made the option to go to LIV knew what they were. So, I don’t see what’s wrong with that.”
Rahm competed in the 2025 Ryder Cup while appealing his sanctions.
Rahm still has another 18 months before he needs to be ruled eligible to participate in the 2027 Ryder Cup. It is not known when a third-party arbiter will hear his appeal if he doesn’t pay the fines before then.