Jon Rahm may nonetheless play on the DP World Tour subsequent month regardless of his defection to LIV Golf. Rahm has been suspended by the PGA Tour from their occasions for his “association with a series of unauthorised tournaments” after signing his £450m cope with LIV.

However the DP World Tour takes a special disciplinary method to its LIV rebels than the PGA Tour, requiring them to hunt releases from conflicting occasions as a substitute of banning them outright.

And because the LIV season doesn't begin till February, Rahm may select to tee it up on the Middle East swing subsequent month with out a difficulty.

“One of the great things about LIV Golf is that it gives me that flexibility to go play some other events,” mentioned Rahm.

The Masters champion has tended to start out his yr within the United States slightly than within the desert and ordinarily would have defended his titles on the The Sentry in Hawaii and The American Express in California subsequent month.

But with that possibility having now been closed to him by the hardline PGA Tour response to his beautiful announcement, he may look to the DP World Tour as a substitute.

The Dubai Invitational on January 11 is adopted by the high-profile Dubai Desert Classic the next week the place Rory McIlroy is the defending champion.

Rahm, who stays a member of the DP World Tour having taken up his membership once more final month, has till two weeks earlier than the beginning of the event to resolve whether or not to enter.

He expressed his want to play in September’s Spanish Open on the DP World Tour when he signed up with LIV. “I’ve expressed how important the Spanish Open is to me in the past,” he mentioned.