Golf’s bitter civil warfare continued its prickly relationship over the weekend, with LIV defector Adrian Otaegui claiming a six-shot win at Valderrama.
It was the 29-year-old’s fourth win on the DP World Tour, and got here regardless of the Spanish golfer enjoying in three LIV tournaments within the inaugural season.
Otaegui managed to play within the event as a result of he was one among three professionals – together with Ian Poulter and Justin Harding – who sought and gained an injunction to play within the Scottish Open. A February listening to will decide whether or not the likes of Otaegui can proceed enjoying on the tour.
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The Telegraph’s golf correspondent James Corrigan stated his victory was a bit of win for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Collection.
“Though Adrian Otaegui’s victory within the Andalucia Masters on Sunday hardly triggered a vitriolic explosion – social media aside, in fact – there will be little question that the Spaniard’s dominating success would have been celebrated on the Saudi circuit and lamented within the corridors of the DP World Tour’s Wentworth HQ,” Corrigan wrote in The Telegraph.
Certainly, there was little fanfare surrounding Otaegui’s course document, the place he completed the event at 19-under – six photographs away from Joakim Lagergren and an additional three photographs away from Australian Min Woo Lee.
As he began the ultimate day six photographs clear, tour veteran and fellow LIV defector Lee Westwood fired a shot on the DP World Tour, asking why such little consideration had been proven to Otaegui.
Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald additionally had individuals speaking about his personal tweet, the place the Brit wrote a pointed message.
“A fairly dominant efficiency from Adrian Otaegui setting a event document round Valderrama – spectacular management mentally & bodily round one among Europe’s hardest tracks,” Donald tweeted.
His tweet comes with many questions nonetheless hanging over subsequent yr’s event in Rome, with LIV’s defectors unlikely to be granted permission to play.
It comes regardless of Jon Rahm calling for the gamers to be allowed to play, insisting “The Ryder Cup is just not the PGA Tour and European Tour towards LIV – it’s Europe versus the US, interval.”
As Corrigan identified, the irony is Otaegui was scratched from the previous three LIV occasions, with the sphere restricted to 48 gamers.
Otaegui’s win, nevertheless, confirmed he can be ranked inside the highest 20 gamers of LIV was it ranked purely on present kind slightly than pedigree.
Nonetheless, February’s ruling carries vital weight given he hasn’t earned choice for the LIV Golf Collection in current weeks.
It comes as Brooks Koepka ended his dropping run on the LIV Golf Collection, successful in a playoff to take dwelling the $AU7.6 million first-prize.
By comparability, Otaegui took dwelling simply $AU792,656 for his win.
Golf’s bitter civil warfare continued its prickly relationship over the weekend, with LIV defector Adrian Otaegui claiming a six-shot win at Valderrama.
It was the 29-year-old’s fourth win on the DP World Tour, and got here regardless of the Spanish golfer enjoying in three LIV tournaments within the inaugural season.
Otaegui managed to play within the event as a result of he was one among three professionals – together with Ian Poulter and Justin Harding – who sought and gained an injunction to play within the Scottish Open. A February listening to will decide whether or not the likes of Otaegui can proceed enjoying on the tour.
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The Telegraph’s golf correspondent James Corrigan stated his victory was a bit of win for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Collection.
“Though Adrian Otaegui’s victory within the Andalucia Masters on Sunday hardly triggered a vitriolic explosion – social media aside, in fact – there will be little question that the Spaniard’s dominating success would have been celebrated on the Saudi circuit and lamented within the corridors of the DP World Tour’s Wentworth HQ,” Corrigan wrote in The Telegraph.
Certainly, there was little fanfare surrounding Otaegui’s course document, the place he completed the event at 19-under – six photographs away from Joakim Lagergren and an additional three photographs away from Australian Min Woo Lee.
As he began the ultimate day six photographs clear, tour veteran and fellow LIV defector Lee Westwood fired a shot on the DP World Tour, asking why such little consideration had been proven to Otaegui.
Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald additionally had individuals speaking about his personal tweet, the place the Brit wrote a pointed message.
“A fairly dominant efficiency from Adrian Otaegui setting a event document round Valderrama – spectacular management mentally & bodily round one among Europe’s hardest tracks,” Donald tweeted.
His tweet comes with many questions nonetheless hanging over subsequent yr’s event in Rome, with LIV’s defectors unlikely to be granted permission to play.
It comes regardless of Jon Rahm calling for the gamers to be allowed to play, insisting “The Ryder Cup is just not the PGA Tour and European Tour towards LIV – it’s Europe versus the US, interval.”
As Corrigan identified, the irony is Otaegui was scratched from the previous three LIV occasions, with the sphere restricted to 48 gamers.
Otaegui’s win, nevertheless, confirmed he can be ranked inside the highest 20 gamers of LIV was it ranked purely on present kind slightly than pedigree.
Nonetheless, February’s ruling carries vital weight given he hasn’t earned choice for the LIV Golf Collection in current weeks.
It comes as Brooks Koepka ended his dropping run on the LIV Golf Collection, successful in a playoff to take dwelling the $AU7.6 million first-prize.
By comparability, Otaegui took dwelling simply $AU792,656 for his win.
