Rahm's 'sad' response to LIV bans for Ryder Cup

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World No.2 Jon Rahm has thrown his enactment down LIV golfers banned from the Ryder Cup with the tourney opening successful conscionable nether 4 months.

Fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia volition beryllium absent from this year's edition, aft helium resigned from the European Tour successful May, having played successful LIV tournaments.

Garcia and Rahm went undefeated successful the 3 matches they played unneurotic successful 2021 with the second expressing his sadness astatine not having Europe's all-time grounds points scorer by his side.

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"I'm going to miss him. We had a large concern astatine Whistling Straits," helium said up of this week.

Jon Rahm is disappointed that his countryman won't beryllium astatine the Ryder Cup (Getty)

"I'm going to notation past again 1 much time. A Spanish duo successful the Ryder Cup ... to maine is embedded into the roots of the Ryder Cup. Look what Seve (Ballesteros) and (Jose Maria Olazabal) were capable to bash passim their partnership, right.

"So it's a small bittersweet to maine that authorities person gotten successful the mode of specified a beauteous event."

In February, the DP World Tour won an arbitration lawsuit to suspend and good players aft they played successful 2 LIV events without authoritative releases.

This coincided with Garcia asking European Ryder Cup skipper Luke Donald, successful the pb up to his resignation, whether helium was a accidental of making the team.

Sergio Garcia. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Garcia was told helium was "no chance".

Despite the rules and regulations down the decision, Rahm believes it's to the detriment of the tournament.

"Again, it's the champion Europeans against the champion Americans, period. And immoderate is going on, who is playing LIV and who is not playing LIV, to me, shouldn't matter," helium said.

"It's whoever is champion suited to correspond the European side. And I person a hard clip to judge that the champion subordinate Europe has ever had, the astir palmy subordinate Europe has had connected the Ryder Cup, isn't acceptable to beryllium connected the team."

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