Jon Rahmformer world number one and individual winner in 2024 of LIV Golfwill air its 2025 season this Thursday with a dispute of Bayani Dubai Desert Classica competition in which eight other Spanish golfers will also participate, in addition to figures such as the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroywinner of the last two editions, English Tommy Fletwood and the American Patrick Reed.
A DP World Tour tournament, former European circuit with which Rahm still has a dispute after competing in LIV a year ago and is waiting for the resolution of the appeal on the fines imposed after his transfer to one sponsored by Saudi Arabia, which throughout its history have ‘illustrious’ cattle like the Spanish Seve Ballesteros, José María Olazábal and Sergio García or the legendary American Tiger Woods.
This edition of ‘Desert Classic’ It marks Rahm’s season debut, in a year that will bring a new edition of the Ryder Cup where the man from Barrica wants to be. “I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I can tell you that my plan is to be with that team in Bethpage (site of the United States/Europe duel),” he said this Tuesday in the press conference before. at the start of the contest.
The challenge of the Basque golfer, in addition to preparing for the start of the LIV and adding tournaments on the European circuit for a possible presence in the Ryder, is to include his name in a list of Spanish winners that are forming. Seve Ballesteros (1992), Chema Olazabal (1998), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2010), Álvaro Quirós (2011), Rafa Cabrera (2012) and Sergio García (2017).
The event will not be missed by Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, seeking his third consecutive victory at the Emirates Golf Club, his fifth in a tournament he has already won in 2009 and 2015, or Norwegian Viktor Hovland, who won its in 2022.
The Spanish will also come Manuel and Nacho Elvira, Ángel Hidalgo, Jorge Campillo, Iván Cantero, Pablo Larrazábal, Alfredo García-Heredia and Álex del Rey.
Also, at the Emirates Golf Club you will find Adrián Otaegui from San Sebastián, who has been playing under the flag of the United Arab Emirates for many months and knows the course very well since he lived in Dubai for 13 years.
Latin American representation will fall to Paraguayan Fabrizio Zanottia regular on the European circuit.
Source: La Verdad
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