struck a deal<\/a> with the DP World Tour earlier this month that allowed him to retain his membership and secured his eligibility to face the United States in Limerick from 17-19 September, 2027, when the biennial contest celebrates its centenary.<\/p>\n“It’s not my job to tell Jon what to do, but [I’m] delighted that a resolution has happened and that he’s available [for] the Ryder Cup team,” said Donald, prior to the opening round of this week’s US PGA Championship in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
“Jon has proved how valuable he can be in a Ryder Cup. He’s played four and done extremely well. So to have him available for selection is pretty cool.”<\/p>\n
Donald will become the first European to serve three consecutive terms at the helm since Bernard Gallacher led the team to one win and two defeats between 1991 and 1995.<\/p>\n
And Rahm’s potential presence and ability to deliver clutch moments is only likely to buoy a strong Europe side who have not lost on home soil since The Belfry in 1993. <\/p>\n
The two-time major champion has collected 10\u00bd points since making his debut at Le Golf National in 2018 and been part of a winning team on three out of four occasions. <\/p>\n
He boasts a formidable foursomes record, collecting a maximum six points from six matches in the alternate-shot format, and he was also Europe’s top points scorer in their heavy 19-9 defeat at Whistling Straits in 2021, which proved to be a changing-of-the-guard moment. <\/p>\n
When asked if Rahm has any bridges to build on the European side, Donald added: “It’s obviously my job to make sure everyone is aligned.<\/p>\n
“I like to use the phrase even brothers fight sometimes. But deep down, they love each other, and the mission is pretty clear when we play a Ryder Cup, and that’s to win. <\/p>\n
“They understand that putting those feelings, those egos of different personalities, personal things to one side is important if you’re going to be successful.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have any real qualms or issues that the team room won’t be unified.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Donald says he is “delighted” that Jon Rahm will be available for Ryder Cup selection after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-957574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116568647957841095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}