Adrian Otaegui might have thought he had made his last appearance in a LIV Golf invitational event in its inaugural season. But a magnificent victory at the Andalucia Masters two weeks ago has drastically enhanced the Spaniard's appeal for organisers of the rebel series, and he will now tee it up in the mega-money season finale in Miami.
Otaegui has only featured in three LIV events since defecting to the Saudi-backed breakaway, and has not played in one of Greg Norman's 48-man invitationals since a 45th place finish in Boston in September. CEO Norman has poached some of the world's biggest names in golf, including Open champion Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau, to his rival tour that has caused a huge division in the sport.
It appeared Otaegui had been indefinitely demoted to the sidelines, albeit still competing for elusive world ranking points on the DP World Tour that LIV remain without access to. The 29-year-old was one of the LIV rebels to successfully campaign to lift the ban imposed by DP World Tour chief Keith Pelley that stopped defectors playing on his tour.
