The LIV Golf event in Hong Kong will start on Thursday with the full roster of players thanks to a generous move by Jon Rahm, who paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to fly all the golfers out of Dubai. They were being held in the emirate due to the war conflict that Iran has started against strategic positions of Western countries and other countries in the Persian Gulf, following the attack by the United States and Israel.The Barrika golfer, who had among that group of players two teammates in the Legion XIII, Tom McKibbin and Caleb Surratt, has managed to bring to Hong Kong, the third stop of the season, also Thomas Detry, Adrian Meronk, Anirban Lahiri, Lee Westwood and Sam Horsfield, as well as Terry Mundy, the caddie of the latter.
According to sources consulted by MARCA, Laurie Canter, who had also had problems with the flights, did not travel on that plane.The Spaniard, who lives in Arizona with his wife and three children, had arrived in Hong Kong via Los Angeles on a regular Catai Pacific flight. The organization had already recruited eight substitute players in case they could not make it to the tournament. Rahm, who has won the circuit in the two seasons he has been on it, leads the overall standings.
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