Jon Rahm will not be teeing it up in his national open, while speculation continues to build over his LIV Golf future.

Jon Rahm has withdrawn from the Open de Espana.

The Spaniard will miss his home tournament at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid this week, DP World Tour officials have confirmed to TG.

The former world No.1 had been considering his participation in the tournament as he and his wife Kelley have been expecting the birth of their fourth child in October.

Rahm and his family are based in Arizona and the two-time major champion said earlier in the summer that there was a chance he would need to miss the return to his homeland for a tournament he has won on three occasions.

It is a blow to the tournament, but a strong field in Madrid includes major champions Patrick Reed, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia.

Rahm’s withdrawal means he is still stuck on three DP World Tour starts as we reach the final leg of the season. Rahm agreed a deal with Wentworth HQ earlier this year to play in a minimum five events, rather than the usual four, on the circuit in return for playing on LIV Golf without incurring fines and suspensions.

Rahm, therefore, will likely need to play the DP World Tour playoffs in November. He is 43rd in the Race to Dubai standings, meaning he is comfortably inside the top-70 cutoff for the Abu Dhabi Championship.

But only the top-50 will advance through to the season-closing DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, so Rahm is not guaranteed to fulfil his quota in the Middle East.

Rahm also has the option of playing the DP World India Championship in Delhi and the Genesis Championship in Korea this month to reach his minimum number of starts.

In the meantime, speculation continues to swirl over Rahm’s LIV future.

BC Partners, LIV’s lead investor, has delayed the date for players to decide whether they will join LIV 2.0 – the reimagined league with fewer events and more modest prize funds – until October 25 as the private equity firm plots an initial $300million investment.

Before missing the cut with a nightmarish performance at the BMW PGA Championship last month, Rahm was quizzed on whether he will remain a LIV player in 2027.

“There’s a long legal process they have to go through before a lot of things fall into place,” he told reporters at Wentworth. “I really can’t give you an answer right now.”