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Jon Rahm has improved his accidental of playing successful adjacent year's Ryder Cup by appealing against the fines imposed connected him by the DP World Tour.
The Spaniard either had to wage his fines oregon entreaty against them to beryllium allowed to play successful the 3 DP World Tour events helium needs to clasp his rank of the European-based circuit and truthful beryllium eligible for the Ryder Cup.
Rahm, 29, said connected Wednesday helium did "not mean to wage the fines".
But with Thursday's 12 noon deadline approaching for entries to the Spanish Open, which begins connected 26 September, helium appealed against the fines.
A DP World Tour spokesperson told BBC Sport: "Jon Rahm has a pending entreaty against sanctions imposed connected him and successful accordance with the DP World Tour's regulations, helium is eligible to enactment successful the Open de Espana."
By contesting the fines, Rahm has followed his Ryder Cup and LIV team-mate Tyrrell Hatton, who was capable to play successful the British Masters earlier successful September.
They were among respective players fined for playing Saudi Arabian-funded LIV Golf tournaments that conflicted with DP World Tour events without requesting support from the European-based circuit.
Players indispensable play 4 DP World Tour events a twelvemonth to clasp their membership, with Rahm's information successful the Paris Olympics counting arsenic one.
He has besides entered adjacent month's Dunhill Links Championship successful Scotland and the Andalucia Masters astatine Sotogrande successful Spain.
The DP World Tour play ends successful November.
The Ryder Cup betwixt Europe and the United States volition beryllium played astatine Bethpage Black successful New York adjacent September.
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