Jon Rahm fires ‘silly’ Ryder Cup warning to Europe captain Luke Donald

When Europe attempt to claw again the Ryder Cup from the United States on the outskirts of Rome later this month, they are going to be doing so with out the providers of arguably the competitors’s biggest participant of all time. No one within the 43-edition historical past of this titanic tussle has ever yet one more matches then Sergio Garcia. His report stands at 25 wins, 13 defeats and seven halves. British legend Nick Faldo is subsequent nearest with 23 victories whereas the legendary Arnold Palmer is the highest-ranked American consultant with 22 wins.

Garcia has been at each Ryder Cup since Brookline in 1999, taking part in in all of them other than 2010 when he was a vice-captain. But because of his defection to the Saudi-backed LIV tour and subsequent resignations from each the PGA and DP World Tours, the Spaniard will likely be watching the motion on his TV this time.

As is the European workforce’s coverage, there aren’t any LIV golf members on both the taking part in employees or the captaincy workforce. The USA virtually adopted go well with, however couldn’t carry themselves to depart PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka out of their workforce, however the former world No. 1 is the one exception to the rule.

All of Luke Donald’s European workforce are at Wentworth this week for the DP World Tour’s flagship occasion, the BMW PGA Championship. The 12 gamers have been grouped collectively for the primary two days of the occasion, with Jon Rahm grouped with Tyrrell Hatton and Nicolai Hoejgaard.

Masters champion Rahm spoke about Garcia’s absence on Wednesday and it was clear that he would miss the presence of his compatriot in Rome, believing that his expertise ought to be utilised, even when the 43-year-old will not be alongside them in Italy.

Rham stated: “I think it would be really stupid of anybody not to lean on Sergio Garcia’s experience in the Ryder Cup.

“I imply, he’s the very best participant Europe has ever had, gained essentially the most factors and has proven it time and time once more. If he had been in a position to be a vice-captain, I completely would lean on him. Same as we’re going to lean on (Jose Maria Olazabal) this coming Ryder Cup, proper.”

Three of Europe’s biggest names, including Garcia, effectively ruled themselves out of a role at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club by defecting to the LIV tour. The English pair of Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter have played significant roles in the past, particularly Poulter who was nicknamed ‘the Postman’ because he always delivers at the match-play team event.

When asked about the potential for LIV players to return to the Ryder Cup fold for Europe, Rahm said: “When it involves the sport and all these gamers having the ability to be again, it has been a tough time. Obviously, issues have modified slightly bit. I would not know methods to reply as a result of we’re going to need to see if it is attainable or not, proper?

“I would like to see it, but unfortunately we’ve seen some of those players give up their (DP World) Tour status where that’s no longer a possibility. So I would like to see it but we don’t know what the future holds, right? I think with this agreement or this possible union between the PGA Tour, DP World and PIF (Public Investment Fund – owners of LIV) might change things a little bit.”