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Justin Rose has urged Jon Rahm to clasp DP World Tour rank to guarantee the Spanish LIV golfer is eligible for adjacent year’s Ryder Cup successful the United States.
Rahm needs to play 3 events connected the European Tour earlier the extremity of the play successful November to beryllium disposable for Luke Donald’s team, that volition support the trophy for Europe astatine Bethpage successful September 2025.
"No substance wherever the satellite rankings accidental helium is oregon the play that helium is competing against, we cognize what a large subordinate helium is," Rose said.
"My constituent is you privation him connected the team. There is simply a pathway for him to play the Ryder Cup if helium wants it.
"I deliberation that’s each the DP World Tour tin do, and they person their interests to protect, and I inactive deliberation that it is simply a doable concern should the subordinate privation to take to bash it."
The English golfer was speaking aft announcing accrued prize wealth for his Rose Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour Access lawsuit astatine Brocket Hall which starts connected Friday astatine the Hertfordshire course.
The tract includes Sara Byrne, a leader of Great Britain and Ireland’s Curtis Cup team, who has turned pro aft going unbeaten successful the location team’s thrilling triumph astatine Sunningdale past Sunday.
This week’s tract volition beryllium competing for £72,000 compared with £59,000 successful 2023, the highest purse connected the LET Access Series - the feeder circuit that leads to the LET.
"It’s an honour to person Sara here," Rose said. "She’s a bubbly quality and plays play unbelievably well. I deliberation she was 8 nether successful her singles lucifer astir the Old.
"I played Sunningdale Old connected the Monday aft the Curtis Cup - and we played disconnected the aforesaid tee markers arsenic they played the time earlier - and that was nary mean feat, playing that good astir that play course."
Rose and his woman Kate person been steadfast supporters of the women’s crippled aft launching the Rose Ladies Series successful the aftermath of the Covid shutdown successful 2021, which severely constricted playing opportunities for galore of the country’s starring pistillate players.
"It has ever been precise important for maine and Kate to beforehand women’s golf, to get the communicative astir endowment that is astir here," Rose said. "And much importantly to pb by illustration and propulsion things arsenic acold guardant arsenic we can."
Rose says that the prize money differential betwixt the cash-rich men’s crippled and pistillate counterparts should beryllium narrowed. "I deliberation that’s a just assessment," helium said.
"I recognize determination are commercialized dynamics. There are a batch of measurables that dictate prize funds, sponsorship and TV viewership."
But Rose estimates that pistillate players are often playing for astir a tenth of the worth of purses connected the men's tours. "I deliberation it’s not bully enough," the 44-year-old said.
"The endowment deserves much than that. That’s my presumption connected it; the sacrifice, the talent, the stories, the personalities that are retired determination connected the LET circuit merit to person that."
Rose was precocious announced arsenic the skipper of Great Britain & Ireland for the Team Cup, with a lucifer against Continental Europe to beryllium staged successful Abu Dhabi adjacent month.
His assignment is being seen arsenic the archetypal measurement towards Ryder Cup captaincy, perchance for the 2027 contention successful Ireland. "First and foremost I’d emotion to bash the occupation astatine immoderate point," helium said.
"It is simply a immense honour - 2027 would surely beryllium a peculiar Ryder Cup. We each cognize what a peculiar spot Adare Manor is, we each cognize JP McManus and what his emotion for the athletics is, and however overmuch helium has fixed backmost to golf.
"Timing the Ryder Cup captaincy is thing you don’t person a immense magnitude of power over, due to the fact that your accidental mightiness conscionable hap to travel astatine a definite time.
"In 2027 I anticipation that I americium inactive a beardown contender to beryllium playing successful the team. I deliberation beforehand and centre is 2025, and spot however I spell there."
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