Jon Rahm has opened up on the moment he was left in tears alongside Tommy Fleetwood after the European Ryder Cup team received messages from their family and friends ahead of last year’s event.

Rahm played his part in Europe’s victory over the United States in Rome, and one year on the DP World Tour are set to release a behind-the-scenes documentary on December 3 named ‘Una Famiglia’. The documentary provides an inside look at the European team who were led by Luke Donald.

During the show, it was revealed that Donald and his wife Diane provided every player with a personal message from a friend or family member before the event got underway at Marco Simone.

Having watched them separately, the players then came together with each clip put together to make one video. Reflecting on the special gesture, LIV Golf star Rahm revealed he could not hold back his emotions when Fleetwood’s young son Frankie sent his message.

“It really hit hard afterward in the team room,” the Spanish star told the documentary camera crew. “On the couch are Tommy, myself, Nicolai [Hojgaard], and Ludvig [Aberg]. The first part of the video is Frankie Fleetwood talking to Tommy. Tommy starts crying, and then I start after him.

“This is full-on movie break-up [tears]. And then you see the two stoics, 21 and 23-year-old just looking at me and Tommy like ‘What is this?’” The cameras also panned to Fleetwood, who also opened up on the emotional moment he shared with a player he usually competes against week in, week out.

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“How many times are you going to sit there crying next to someone you play with every week and be absolutely OK with it?” the Englishman commented. “You just let everything out. You let everything go.” The clip from his son was clearly a special moment for Fleetwood.

“I had Frankie, and I can’t even talk about it now,” he said of his video. “I think I played it about six times before I could actually see it with tears in my eyes. At the end of the video, there was a line that said, ‘The sun is shining on you now’. Wow yeah, it was intense. It was amazing.”

And the inspiring messages clearly helped Fleetwood and co, as they went on to reclaim the title they lost in record-breaking fashion two years earlier at Whistling Straits. The Englishman was able to secure the winning point for his team, defeating his American rival Rickie Fowler, who was forced to concede on the 16th hole after finding the water hazard.