Ryder Cup captains past and present will collide under heated circumstances at this year's Abu Dhabi Championship after LIV Golf rebel Henrik Stenson was named on the tournament's start list.
The Rolex Series event—which boasts a £7.5million prize purse—will be Stenson's first DP World Tour event since he was stripped of the Ryder Cup armband in July 2022. And former world No. 1 Luke Donald —who replaced him in the role —may well hope to ensure the Swede's return to the Tour is an unceremonious one.
Donald, 45, stoked the rivalry between the pair after he was unveiled as Team Europe's new skipper for the 2023 tournament, which takes place at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome, Italy. “I will live up to my word and see it through," he commented at the time. "I wouldn't be doing a Henrik.”
