Having the appeal decided before September's Ryder Cup at Bethpage ‘wouldn’t be good for anybody’ says Rahm, who is also lobbying hard to have Sergio Garcia involved with the 2025 team

Jon Rahm doesn't believe that Sergio Garcia should miss out on being a Ryder Cup captain someday. Unfortunately, a widely forgotten rule says that Garcia can't be a vice-captain to Luke Donald now and can't be a captain on his own in the future.

Like the skyscrapers that provide a stunning backdrop at Emirates Golf Club, Jon Rahm is a giant figure in the golf world and, as such, is never afraid to express his views on the game, as evidenced in a media chat ahead of the Spaniard making his debut in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic this week.

Jon Rahm's Ryder Cup plan requires some good fortune that is ultimately out of his control. Here's what he faces.

Luke Donald hinted that Sergio Garcia could be in line for a vice-captain role at the 2025 Ryder Cup. A rule that Donald was, at the time, unaware of prevents this from happening.

Sergio Garcia has discovered that he can no longer be an assistant captain for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup due to his LIV Golf defection. The 45-year-old was one of several PGA Tour stars to quit for the Saudi-backed breakaway series in 2022, before paying outstanding fines of over £1million to the DP World Tour.

Jon Rahm and two other golfers are appealing against the fines imposed for playing in LIV events and could lose their membership on the DP World Tour.

The field for 89th Masters on April 10-13 after the Latin American Amateur Championship, and now the players qualified for invitations.

Jon Rahm admits he hopes his appeal against fines imposed for playing LIV events will not be heard before the Ryder Cup

A look at the players currently qualified and expected to compete in the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia:

The LIV Golf League is on equal footing with the PGA Tour for the first time since its inception after it announced a media rights deal with Fox on Thursday. Some may find that assertion untrue, and others may think it is blasphemy to suggest that the PGA Tour and LIV are on equal footing.

The Madrid native, who joins the team in place of Eugenio Chacarra, will join his compatriots Sergio García and David Puig and the Mexican Abraham Ancer at Fireballs GC