LIV Golf star dumped by Sergio Garcia's team opens up on uncertain future with league

Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra was 1 of 3 Spanish players connected the Fireballs roster, alongside skipper Sergio Garcia and David Puig, but was released by the LIV Golf side

Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra has disclosed that his cause is successful talks to unafraid him a caller declaration with LIV Golf, pursuing his merchandise from Sergio Garcia's Fireballs this offseason. The young Spaniard was 1 of 3 compatriots connected the Fireballs team, including skipper Garcia and David Puig.

Despite his Spanish ties, helium was fto spell aft finishing 39th successful the 2024 standings, landing him successful the Open Zone. With his declaration with the breakaway league ending earlier the caller season, the erstwhile assemblage prima is aiming to rejoin the league done 1 of the different 12 teams.

"My declaration is up and I americium retired of Fireballs, but determination are different teams and my cause is talking and helping maine through," Lopez-Chacarra revealed this week. Discussing his future, helium added: "I cognize I person a mates of meetings successful Saudi, truthful volition hopefully find retired much there."

Being released by the Fireballs would person been a stroke for Lopez-Chacarra, who struggled to deed apical signifier successful 2024. However, the 24 twelvemonth aged confessed that an wounded had hindered his show passim the year.

"It was hard for maine to compete," helium confessed. "Competing against the champion successful the world portion injured is precise difficult. But aft that, I've been playing rather solidly and everyone retired determination knows me, and knows I'm a coagulated subordinate and erstwhile my putts spell in, I spell low. 

"I deliberation I'm a trustworthy feline and had six bully tournaments retired of the 13 we play, with 5 affected by injury. But that's golf, it shows however pugnacious the contention is and however challenging LIV Golf is erstwhile you're playing immoderate of the champion players successful the world. I'm grateful it's backmost to normal.

"I tin present get backmost successful signifier and get my crippled successful signifier and I'm excited for definite due to the fact that I emotion the crippled of play and I emotion to signifier and get amended and present it's astir getting amended each day."

With LIV retired of enactment until adjacent February, Lopez-Chacarra has been engaged distant from the Saudi-backed league successful caller weeks.

During the offseason, the Spaniard has competed successful 2 DP World Tour events connected location ungraded successful the Spanish Open and Andalucia Masters, arsenic good arsenic the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Elsewhere, Lopez-Chacarra has played the Japan Open Golf Championship connected the Japan Golf Tour, arsenic good arsenic the Hong Kong Open connected the Asian Tour.