Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay at odds with controversial idea: "Doesn't make sense!"
Jon Rahm says he has gone 'back-and-forth' on this hot topic.
Whilst Jon Rahm hasn't changed his mind about politics getting involved in the Ryder Cup team selections, the PGA Tour superstar has gone back-and-forth on the debate about having a cut.
Cast your mind back to February 2022 and all hell was breaking loose in the men's professional game.
Rahm was at Riviera getting ready to play the event Tiger Woods hosts when he was asked whether he would be accepting a multimillion dollar offer to join LIV Golf.
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The answer was clear if not a little bit hilarious as the Spaniard pledged his 'fealty' to the PGA Tour. Shotgun start? 54 holes? No cut? "It's not a golf tournament," Rahm said.
It is obvious the PGA Tour have had to adapt since Rahm offered that opinion.
Phil Mickelson has suggested those at the tour are copying LIV's blueprint when it was announced the 'designated' events would likely have no cuts in 2024.
Speaking in March, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan they were very much 'in the middle of figuring all this' out. Still, it was transparent the preference would be not to have cuts.
After Rahm sounded off on not being able to partner Sergio Garcia in Rome for Ryder Cup Europe later this year, he said he had also gone back and forth on the issue, adding:
What would happen if it went away?
Rahm said:
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Patrick Cantlay offered a different stance.
"Yeah, I think there's, with it being a limited field I don't think it makes sense to have a cut," Cantlay said.
"I think there's real power in knowing that the best players are going to be there all four days no matter what."
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