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The U.S.-based PGA Tour has suspended those who joined the rebel
circuit but the DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, has
yet to decide whether LIV players can play in the Ryder Cup.
Spaniard Rahm said it would not be a smart move to have one team
with LIV players and one without.
"There's some people that are going to have to make some tough
choices, right? A little bit of that is out of my reach," Rahm
said at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
"I hope the PGA of America and European Tour make a decision
together."
Critics say LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's
Public Investment Fund, amounts to "sportswashing" by a nation
trying to improve its reputation in the face of criticism over
its human rights record.
The Ryder Cup will be played from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 in Rome
with Europe looking to rebound from their thrashing at Whistling
Straits in 2021 when the United States fielded their youngest
ever team.
"Even if they decide not to on that side, I think it's going to
give an opportunity for a lot of great young players to show up
and have the chance in Europe. It's just going to be an
opportunity for all of them," Rahm added.
"We saw a younger U.S. team last Ryder Cup and they did what
they did. So I'm hoping these younger guys who've grown up
watching the Ryder Cup and seeing their idols ... it energises
the team a little in any manner and we show up there to win."
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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