McIlroy took a shot as his former Ryder Cup teammate, who also would have been his 2023 captain if he hadn’t joined LIV Golf.

Jon Rahm has admitted that signing with LIV Golf in a record deal worth upwards of £450 million ($566.4m) is a “big risk” to his Ryder Cup future.

Rahm made his move to LIV Golf official on Thursday, but wishes to retain his membership on the DP World Tour — a move that would keep him eligible for the Ryder Cup

Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup future has been thrown into doubt with speculation intensifying that he will imminently sign a record £450 million deal with LIV and join alongside another former world No 1 and one of Europe’s promising young players.

US Ryder Cup player Tony Finau is in talks to join LIV Golf and become the first member of Jon Rahm’s team following the Spaniard’s £450 million defection. Rahm is set to announce his side for the breakaway league after he shocked the PGA Tour and DP World Tour by going back on his previous statements and enlisting with the Saudi Arabia-funded enterprise in a record deal on Thursday.