Patrick Reed is the latest LIV Golf League star to compete in the DP World Tour’s Spanish Open later this month.
Reed will compete for the first time in the iconic event, which has been won by the likes of Seve Ballesteros and Arnold Palmer, from September 26 to 29 after receiving an invitation from tournament organizers.
The tournament comes just one week after LIV Golf’s team championship in Dallas and two weeks after LIV Golf’s individual championship in Chicago. Reed’s 4Aces were already out of the team championship, and the American, who sits 20th in the individual rankings, will likely still be in the “lock zone” after his final putt dropped at Bolingbrook Golf Club.
However, the 4Aces player will face off against several LIV Golf League peers, including Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm, at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid after they formally appealed the sanctions imposed by the DP World Tour for participating in the concurrent tournaments as members.
Rahm was initially told he would not be allowed to compete on home soil due to his ongoing ban, but he challenged that decision before the deadline, giving him the chance to compete on home soil again.
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That, in turn, would keep him in the Ryder Cup race, as Rahm would have to play four DP World Tour events per season – not counting the majors – if he wanted to maintain his membership, a prerequisite for joining Luke Donald's team.
While Reed is currently only competing in the Spanish Open, Rahm revealed that he also plans to play the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the Andalucia Masters in the coming weeks.
Both will compete in the Spanish Open alongside two of the three remaining Spanish LIV golfers – Eugenio Chacarra and David Puig, both selected through the national quota category.
As of this writing, Sergio Garcia is the only Spaniard playing in the LIV Golf League who does not have a tee time at the Spanish Open. If he wants to play, his only way to get into the event is likely to get an invitation to a professional tournament like Reed did.
Other Spaniards confirmed to compete include 2024 U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester, the first Spaniard to win the event in its history.
