Don’t anticipate Jon Rahm to fill the emptiness left by Rory McIlroy on the PGA Tour’s coverage board.

Rahm was requested for his response to McIlroy’s abrupt resignation as a participant director throughout his pre-tournament press convention Wednesday in Dubai, the place he’s competing within the DP World Tour’s finale. The 29-year-old Spaniard stated he didn’t anticipate the information, and he didn’t waste any time in shutting down the opportunity of him taking the place earlier than anybody might ask a follow-up.

“Oh, you gained’t see me there,” Rahm stated. “Completely no probability. I’ve been requested a pair instances if I’ve any curiosity, and I’m not going to spend, I don’t know what number of conferences they’ve, however they’re six, seven, hour plus lengthy. I’m not right here for that.”

Rahm then continued: “On the subject of Rory, he’s clearly been put in a scenario the place loads has been anticipated of him, and I don’t know the precise purpose why he left the board. However I actually wouldn’t blame any individual like him to simply wish to focus a bit extra on his recreation and his household and benefit from the little bit of time he’s really earned. Once more, it’s a giant dedication for any individual to be a part of it.”

Rahm lately backed out of McIlroy’s tech golf league, TGL, citing the additional calls for of his time, which Rahm believes might negatively have an effect on his efficiency on the golf course.

“Being a part of the PAC and the chairman, it does require a while,” Rahm stated. “I don’t know. I believe it’s a vital dedication, so it might have an impact. It’s not solely the conferences. It’s the telephone calls and the gamers wanting to speak to you. So these hours you spent on the golf course are just a little bit busier. So, I believe it might hinder just a little bit, and there’s a purpose most likely why I can’t recall any nice participant being a full-time board member and profitable tournaments and majors on the similar time, at the very least in latest historical past. Possibly there was, perhaps again at some point on the PGA Tour.

“However I can see how the shortage of sleep undoubtedly will restrict your skill to compete.”

Whereas we don’t know Rahm’s definition of “nice participant,” there have been a handful of participant administrators who’ve gained majors throughout their phrases. Nonetheless, Stewart Cink is the final one to take action, in 2009, and there have been simply 5 since Larry Mize in 1987 – Tom Lehman (1996), Davis Love III (1997), Mark O’Meara (1998) and Cink.