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David Puig has his eyes on the prize of taking part in in a home Ryder Cup in Spain in 2031, but the LIV Golf participant plans to make his mark on the crew nicely before then.

Puig transitioned from Arizona State to skilled standing and joined LIV in 2023. Since then, he is emerged as one of golf’s rising stars, making waves on both the DP World Tour and Asian Tour, as nicely as on the breakaway circuit.

His 2025 season with LIV has been his most profitable yet, with the younger expertise rating tenth in the season-long standings forward of this week’s occasion at the JCB Golf and Country Club in the UK.

Spain boasts a wealthy historical past of {golfing} expertise, including the likes of Seve Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia, and Jon Rahm, to title a few. Notably, Spain also has a strong Ryder Cup legacy, initially established by Ballesteros.

Garcia adopted swimsuit, incomes a repute as one of the matchplay occasions’ most expert gamers, having received more Ryder Cup factors than anybody else in historical past. Rahm, the previous world No. 1, has since change into Spain’s newest Team Europe stalwart, set to take part in his fourth Ryder Cup later this 12 months.

In recognition of Spain’s illustrious Ryder Cup historical past, the nation has been chosen to host the occasion in six years at Camiral in Girona. The alternative to play a Ryder Cup on home turf is high on Puig’s record of priorities, as he’ll seemingly be in or close to his prime when the occasion comes around.

“It is great. Close to where I live, I have played the course over 100 times,” Puig informed Mirror U.S. Sports of the 2031 venue. “It is six years away, but time flies when you are doing what you love. I feel like it is around the corner, and hopefully I can put myself in the position to be there.”

Before that occurs, the matchplay occasion will make its rounds through New York, Ireland, and Minnesota. While New York is perhaps a bit soon for Puig, he is obtained his sights set on the next occasions.

“I am looking forward to the challenge, and I am hoping I can play Ryder Cups before that,” he continued. “At the end of the day, it is a dream. I have plenty of dreams, one of them is to make the Ryder Cup first.

“Then to make a Ryder Cup and win it. Then, transferring even more ahead, to make a Ryder Cup, win it, and have or not it’s in Spain could be legendary.”

Puig has the ideal Ryder Cup role model, playing alongside fellow Spaniard Garcia with the Fireballs.

Following the recent announcement about Girona hosting the 2031 Ryder Cup, speculation surged about who would captain the European team, with many thinking of the Masters champion. “I feel he could be an unbelievable captain, he positively deserves that,” Puig remarked about Garcia.

“With all the success he has had at the Ryder Cups and in Spain, there are a lot of connections that join with that [course] in specific, so it might be great to see him do it there.”