Jon Rahm the European team wants to Ryder Cup be as strong as possible in 2023, which has led him to take a cavalier tone when it comes to dropping golfers from LIV Golf (Arab Super League).
Speaking to the press at Preview of the PGA Tour CJ Cup in South Carolinathe Spanish player said it is “important” that the European team has a welcoming posture towards its potential players to keep the team’s chemistry balanced.
“So far in the two Ryder Cups that I’ve been a part of, once you come in and you’re in the environment of the team, it’s a rare situation where everyone can be themselves with players that are maybe not normal. Rahm said. “So you have to have that welcoming point. If there’s some animosity between the players, it’s not going to work. Very few teams can be successful when the players don’t get along,” he added.
However, the Basque made it clear that good vibes cannot be forced. “I don’t know if that can really happen. Yeah, so I want the best players at the time and the best Ryder Cup players out there, but if that includes having bad blood and creating some problem, I don’t know. if it will necessarily be a good thing, right?”, said the man from Barrika.
While his fellow sufferer in the European team, the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, said that old Ryder Cup ties were severed when some of his former teammates left for the Super League, Rahm took a different path. He defended compatriot Sergio Garcia, the highest-rated player in Ryder Cup history, saying he was “disturbed” that his loyalty to LIV could exclude him from future Ryder Cups.
And on October 9, after winning the Spanish Open, Rahm was publicly congratulated Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra after winning the LIV Golf Invitational in Bangkok.
He doesn’t understand Mickelson
None of this means that Rahm is necessarily sympathetic to LIV or contemplating defection. He responded to the recent observation of Phil Michaelson that the PGA Tour has “waned” with some disbelief.
“Man, I love Phil, but I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Rahm said. “I really don’t know why he said that. Some changes have been made, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s on the wane, right? I really don’t know why he said that,” said Jon.
“I think big changes and big changes are being made for the players on the PGA Tour. I really don’t know what made him say that,” the Biscayan concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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