Overview
- Speaking in Hong Kong, Rahm said he will not sign the DP World Tour’s conditional-release contract and labeled its terms “extorting players.”
- Eight LIV members — including Tyrrell Hatton — accepted one-year releases after paying fines, withdrawing appeals, and agreeing to extra DP World Tour appearances with two events dictated.
- Rahm says the six-event requirement exceeds the tour’s four-start membership minimum and offered to sign immediately if it were reduced to four.
- Multiple reports place Rahm’s unpaid fines at roughly $2–3 million, which he has resisted settling under the proposed terms.
- His September 2024 appeal of DP World Tour sanctions remains unresolved, and an adverse ruling could cost him membership needed for 2027 Ryder Cup selection.