Shane Lowry gives his verdict on Jon Rahm playing the Ryder Cup, dubs him an ‘absolute animal’

Jon Rahm’s role in the upcoming Ryder Cup remains uncertain due to sanctions placed on him. On Wednesday, the Spanish golfer revealed his plan to take part in three DP World Tour events in the coming weeks to ensure his eligibility for the team competition. However, his plan might not follow through as he has refused to pay the fines placed on him by the tour.

Taking after this, Shane Lowry has come out to uncover his wish to see Rahm on the European Ryder Container side. The Irishman famous that the Spaniard is an “absolute animal” within the competition and he’d cherish to play nearby the LIV golfer. The six-time European Visit victor repeated US captain Keegan Bradley’s comment and said he wished to see ‘the 12 best players’ within the group.

Answering to a media inquiry on the significance of letting Jon Rahm play DP World Visit occasions and qualify for the Ryder Container, Lowry said the choice didn’t lie in his hands. He diverted discussions with respect to shaping conceivable exceptions for LIV golfers by expressing that it wasn’t for him to choose.

“I know what you’re insinuating to, and I know that — do I need Jon Rahm on the Ryder Container Group? Yes. You know, appear be permitted to break the rules and make the Ryder Glass Group? Ought to there be exclusions made? I’m not beyond any doubt. That’s not for me to decide… But at the conclusion of the day, we need to undertake to have the 12 best players able to another year in Bethpage and in the event that he’s one of them we likely do need him.

I’m not attending to make those decisions. I need to be there on myself. Rahmbo within the Ryder Container is an supreme creature. I’ve seen him in two Ryder Mugs and he’s extraordinary. In case there’s as it were one individual greater than the Ryder Glass, I’m not beyond any doubt. We’ll see.”

Jon Rahm announced his arrange to compete in DP World Visit occasions within the coming weeks. It is relevant to note that golfers like Rahm, who joined LIV Golf, should compete in four DP World Visit occasions — with the Olympics tallying as one — to qualify for the Ryder Glass as an programmed choice. Tending to the same, the Spaniard expressed his wish to compete within the circuit’s occasions in spite of having denied to pay the fines set on him.

The 29-year-old golfer said he plans to play in his domestic Spanish Open later this month. He is looking to follow it up with the Alfred Dunhill Joins Championship and the Andalucia Aces. In any case, his qualification remains far fetched as the golfer owes around $1.7 million in fines to the European Visit.

Jon Rahm said ahead of LIV Golf Chicago:
“Whether they (DP World Tour) let me play or not is a different thing. I’m not a big fan of the fines… I don’t intend to pay the fines and we keep trying to have a discussion with them about how we can make this happen… I don’t go to the Spanish Open for the glory or anything else. I think it’s my duty to Spanish golf to be there and I also want to play (the Andalucia Masters) in Sotogrande.”

Rahm, who joined LIV Golf last year in December alongside European Ryder Cup teammate Tyrrell Hatton, noted that the circuit officials will be doing Spanish golf a ‘disservice’ by not letting him compete.