Jon Rahm has a decision to make and he needs to do so quickly. How much does he want to play in next year’s Ryder Cup?
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JonRahmwillonlyhavehimselftoblameifheisnotpartofLukeDonald’sRyderCupteamnextyear–GettyImagesNorthAmerica/IsaiahVazquezJonRahmhasadecisiontomakeandheneedstodosoquickly.Howmuchdoeshewanttoplayinnextyear’sRyderCup?
TheanswermightbeprovidedbytheentrylistfortheSpanishOpen,whichclosesaweekThursday.Ifthetwo-timemajorwinnerisnotdowntoplayinMadridthenitbecomesincreasinglydifficulttoseehowhe willbeeligibleforthematchinBethpage.
UnlesshefulfilstheminimumquotaoffoureventsrequiredtoremainaDPWorldTourmember,thennevermindqualifyingfortheteambyright,ashehasdoneforhisthreeEuropeappearancestodate,LukeDonaldwouldnotevenbeabletopickhimasoneofhissixwildcards.
RahmwouldbeunavailableandEurope’shopesofwinningonUnitedStatessoilforthefirsttimein13yearsatavenuethatmayturnouttobethemosthostileinthenear-100-yearhistoryoftheevent,wouldsufferahugeblow.
Inevitably,therewouldbechargesofself-sabotagele
