Given all he has achieved in golf, it feels surprising that Jon Rahm, the European Ryder Cup hero, is only making his first trip to Abu Dhabi this week. And, given the company he has kept for much of the recent past on the LIV Tour, it is a surprise he has bothered coming to Yas Links at all. The 31-year-old Spaniard was a long-time teammate of Tyrrell Hatton on the breakaway tour, which both have subsequently left.