Jon Rahm makes Ryder Cup intentions crystal clear with four-word message

Jon Rahm has made it clear that he expects victory from Team Europe at the Ryder Cup this weekend. The Spanish golf sensation is back in action at Bethpage Black under Luke Donald's stewardship, and will be eager to hit the ground running in the team tournament.

The 30-year-old has enjoyed an incredible career to date, clinching 11 wins on the PGA Tour before defecting to LIV Golf in December 2023. And as captain of the Legion XIII team with the Saudi-backed breakaway league, Rahm has continued to clinch his fair share of accolades. As of September 2025, Rahm has achieved two titles with LIV in the form of the circuit's events in the UK and Chicago last year.

However, 'Rahmbo's' attention is evidently fixed on the Ryder Cup at present, as the biennial Team Europe vs Team USA tournament fast approaches. And taking to Instagram to share his thoughts about this weekend's event, Rahm didn't mince his words with regards to his hopes for the competition.

Sharing a selection of snaps from previous outings on the Ryder Cup, Rahm wrote: "Let's run it back," nodding to how he hopes to defend the title that Team Europe snagged two years ago under Donald. During that tournament, Rahm managed to take three points from four matches as his side ran out winners with a total score of 16.5 to USA's 11.5.

And a number of Rahm's fans were quick to flood the comments section of his throwback post to share their faith in the OWGR No. 73 - who doesn't pick up ranking points as a result of playing under the LIV banner. One fan wrote: "Vamos jon!!!" while another added: "LETS GO RAHMBO," with a string of flame emojis.

However, Rahm knows all too well the challenge that awaits him in New York this year, given just how rowdy and ruthless home crowds can be to visiting teams. And while Rahm has struggled to contain his emotion in the past, he will be taking a slightly different approach at Bethpage.

Speaking during his captain's pick press conference on Monday, Rahm said: "I'm not going to lie and say that I've been perfect with handling my emotions with the crowds in the past. But I think the more I've experienced, not only in the Ryder Cup, but in regular events, as well, not the easier it gets but the better I understand how to handle things."

He added: "Last time at Whistling Straits, I think fact that it's a team event knowing that I'm going to have the home crowd against me, feeling that, it's what happens in any other sport, right, in Europe, the US and every country in the world when you're playing rivals and you go in an away game, the crowd is going to be against you. I think just understanding that I know that's going to happen and I know I'm going to hear a lot of things that I don't like."

"You think of a final of a Champions League, if somebody were to be able to host it in their home country, there would be a very big disparity on the crowd. I try to base myself on that, knowing that, okay, starting 95 per cent of the fans out there want me to lose, and they are going to try their hardest to cheer against us and say things we don't like.

"But at the same time, there are some creative people out there that are fun and if you can use some of the funny things they say, though they can be hurtful in a good way, you can almost use that energy to help you out. So I'm really looking forward to it.

"Plus, I'm going to say, the best people in New Yorkers a lot of times are fairly similar in character, and usually when I've gone to that part of the country I've gotten along very, very well and I've done really, really well in the northeast, as well. So I'm looking forward to it."

The 2025 Ryder Cup gets underway at Bethpage Black on Friday, September 26. You can keep up to date with all of the action from the tournament with Express Sport's live blog, here.