Rose hopes Rahm remains eligible for Ryder Cup

Justin Rose has urged Jon Rahm to clasp DP World Tour rank to guarantee nan Spanish LIV golfer is eligible for adjacent year’s Ryder Cup successful nan United States.

Rahm needs to play 3 events connected nan European Tour earlier nan extremity of nan play successful November to beryllium disposable for Luke Donald’s team, that will take sides nan trophy for Europe astatine Bethpage successful September 2025.

"No matter wherever nan world rankings opportunity he is aliases nan play that he is competing against, we cognize what a awesome subordinate he is," Rose said.

"My constituent is you want him connected nan team. There is simply a pathway for him to play nan Ryder Cup if he wants it.

"I deliberation that’s each nan DP World Tour tin do, and they person their interests to protect, and I still deliberation that it is simply a doable business should nan subordinate want to take to do it."

The English golfer was speaking aft announcing accrued prize money for his Rose Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour Access arena astatine Brocket Hall which starts connected Friday astatine nan Hertfordshire course.

The section includes Sara Byrne, a leader of Great Britain and Ireland’s Curtis Cup team, who has turned pro aft going unbeaten successful nan location team’s thrilling triumph astatine Sunningdale past Sunday.

This week’s section will beryllium competing for £72,000 compared pinch £59,000 successful 2023, nan highest purse connected nan LET Access Series - nan feeder circuit that leads to nan LET.

"It’s an honour to person Sara here," Rose said. "She’s a bubbly characteristic and plays play unbelievably well. I deliberation she was 8 nether successful her singles lucifer astir nan Old.

"I played Sunningdale Old connected nan Monday aft nan Curtis Cup - and we played disconnected nan aforesaid tee markers arsenic they played nan time earlier - and that was nary mean feat, playing that good astir that play course."

Rose and his woman Kate person been patient supporters of nan women’s crippled aft launching nan Rose Ladies Series successful nan aftermath of nan Covid shutdown successful 2021, which severely constricted playing opportunities for galore of nan country’s starring female players.

"It has ever been very important for maine and Kate to beforehand women’s golf, to get nan communicative astir talent that is astir here," Rose said. "And much importantly to lead by illustration and push things arsenic acold guardant arsenic we can."

Rose says that nan prize money differential betwixt nan cash-rich men’s crippled and female counterparts should beryllium narrowed. "I deliberation that’s a adjacent assessment," he said.

"I understand location are commercialized dynamics. There are a batch of measurables that dictate prize funds, sponsorship and TV viewership."

But Rose estimates that female players are often playing for astir a tenth of nan worth of purses connected nan men's tours. "I deliberation it’s not bully enough," nan 44-year-old said.

"The talent deserves much than that. That’s my position connected it; nan sacrifice, nan talent, nan stories, nan personalities that are retired location connected nan LET circuit merit to person that."

Rose was precocious announced arsenic nan skipper of Great Britain & Ireland for nan Team Cup, pinch a lucifer against Continental Europe to beryllium staged successful Abu Dhabi adjacent month.

His assignment is being seen arsenic nan first measurement towards Ryder Cup captaincy, perchance for nan 2027 title successful Ireland. "First and foremost I’d emotion to do nan occupation astatine immoderate point," he said.

"It is simply a immense honour - 2027 would surely beryllium a typical Ryder Cup. We each cognize what a typical spot Adare Manor is, we each cognize JP McManus and what his emotion for nan athletics is, and really overmuch he has fixed backmost to golf.

"Timing nan Ryder Cup captaincy is thing you don’t person a immense magnitude of power over, because your opportunity mightiness conscionable hap to travel astatine a definite time.

"In 2027 I dream that I americium still a beardown contender to beryllium playing successful nan team. I deliberation beforehand and centre is 2025, and spot really I spell there."