Rahm who paved the way<\/a> for Detry and several other players to get to Hong Kong in time by arranging for a private plane to pick them up in Doha after they traveled there from Dubai earlier this week. Several airports in the region were operating well below capacity after being closed for a time.<\/p>\n\u201cI was sort of nervous that I wasn’t properly prepared, but I managed to take a good week off the week after Adelaide and do some great work with my coach last week, and actually, I haven’t touched a club since Saturday,\u201d said Detry, a Belgian who plays on Dustin Johnson\u2019s 4Aces team along with Anthony Kim and countryman Thomas Pieters.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that conflict in the Middle East actually in a way was beneficial to me because it sort of forced me to leave the clubs behind and not touch a club for a couple of days. I feel like it had a beneficial side effect on me, in a way.\u201d<\/p>\n
An uncertain last-minute flight<\/p>\n
And yet there was a time when Detry wasn\u2019t sure if he\u2019d make it to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing here was definitely a bonus because Tuesday morning I did not see myself being here and teeing it off on Thursday,\u201d Detry said. \u201cTo be honest, on Tuesday morning I was even thinking next week was going to be a push, as well. That was sort of what I was thinking. But here we are, and life is all good.\u201d<\/p>\n
There has been little disclosed about the arrangement that saw Rahm help provide transportation for Detry and LIV players Lee Westwood, Anirban Lahiri, Sam Horsfield, Adrian Meronk, Tom McKibben and Caleb Surrat. All had headed to the United Arab Emirates following LIV\u2019s first two events in Australia before the current three-week swing of Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa.<\/p>\n
Detry said he has homes in London and Dubai.<\/p>\n
Although Rahm has so far not commented, Detry thanked him in media comments after his round on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve got to pay that plane back, so I’d better play well hopefully to be able to pay that back,\u201d Detry said. \u201cThat was incredibly generous from Jon, with all the uncertainty. In hindsight, I was booked on an Emirates flight to Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, and it actually took off. So I would have been here on Wednesday night late, but obviously that was very unknown on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, that was incredible of Jon to put on that plane, and it seems like he’s always there on top of the leaderboard, so you know if you’re playing well you’re always going to have to fight with Jon anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
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