Three LIV Golfers are playing at the Andalucia Masters 2024. The DP World Tour event will be held from Thursday, October 17 to 20 at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande in San Roque, Spain.
One hundred twenty-six players are listed on the field for the tournament. Jon Rahm, David Puig, and Eugenio Chacarra are three LIV Golfers who will be competing in the 10th edition of the tournament.
Jon Rahm is competing at the 2024 Andalucia Masters to remain eligible for the 2025 Cup. As per the new criteria, a golfer needs to play at least four DP World Tour events excluding Majors.
The Olympic golf competition was counted as his first tournament. He recently participated in two events on the DP World Tour. He finished as runner-up at the Open de Espana and a T7 finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
He is ninth in the European Ryder Cup rankings with 205 points. The top six players will automatically qualify for the biennial event. The 2024 Andalucia Masters is part of DP World Tour 'Back 9' events with 1500 Ryder Cup points.
A win would earn the LIV Golfer 250 Ryder Cup points while a second finish would earn him 166 points, enough to put him in the top six of the standings. Currently the Ryder Cup standings are as follows:
- Rasmus HØJGAARD (Denmark) – 399.03
- Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) – 354.07
- Niklas Nørgaard (Denmark) – 351.5
- Matt Wallace (England) – 350.5
- Tyrrell Hatton (England) – 295.84
- Dan Bradbury (England) – 274.95
- Angel HIDALGO (Spain) – 269.17
- Matteo Manassero (Italy) – 234.76
- Jon Rahm (Spain) – 205.3
- Alfredo GARCIA-HEREDIA (Spain) – 194.55
Further, David Puig and Eugenio Chacarra received a tournament spot through invites. Puig recently had two starts on the DP World Tour. He finished as T3 at the Open de Espana and T4 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
On the other hand, LIV Golfer Chacarra also recently had two starts on the DP World Tour. he had a T65 finish at the Open de Espana whereas he missed the cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
How have LIV Golfers Jon Rahm, David Puig and Eugenio Chacarra performed in the 2024 LIV Golf season?
Jon Rahm has had a phenomenal 2024 season. In 13 starts on the LIV Tour, he has had two wins, eight top-5 finishes and 12 top-10 finishes. He won the LIV Golf United Kingdom, LIV Golf Chicago and the 2024 LIV Golf Individual Championship.
His other notable finishes include a T3 at Mayakoba, a fifth finish at Jeddah, a T4 at Miami, a T3 at Adelaide, a T3 at Nashville and a runner-up at Greenbrier. He also tied for seventh at the Open Championship.
David Puig has had a decent 2024 season. He had one top-10 finish which came at LIV Golf Houston where he tied for third. He finished 26th in the LIV Golf individual standings.
Meanwhile, LIV Golfer Eugenio Chacarra has had a mixed 2024 season. In 14 starts on the LIV Tour, he has one top-10 finish, which came at LIV Golf Singapore where he tied for 10th.