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Following a day of high drama in the desert, the story should have been all about Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington and Englishman Andy Sullivan, and their desperate hard luck in missing out on this week’s season-ending finale, the DP World Tour Championship.
Instead, the focal point proved to be another man who will be absent for rather more contentious reasons, as world No 1 Jon Rahm confirmed he has opted to stay at home in Arizona rather than take his place as the leading attraction.
Naturally, the Spaniard has sound reasons. What a year he has had, from winning his first major, becoming a father, contracting Covid-19 twice — while his back must still be weary from carrying Europe’s Ryder Cup team.
Jon Rahm has chosen to stay at home rather than play at the DP World Tour Championship
The Spaniard won his first major at the U.S. Open in June and became World No 1 this year
‘The long season with my ups and downs has taken a lot out of me,’ conceded Rahm (below), in a statement.
The timing, however, could hardly have been worse. It is less than a week ago that DP World publicly committed to a ‘game-changing’
