Garcia, who’s still one of LIV Golf’s biggest names, believes Ballester made the right call. “At least here, you’re getting round after round. You can find your rhythm,” Garcia said. “On other tours, if you don’t start well, you miss cuts. That snowballs mentally.”

After leaving the LIV Golf League last year—with a few haymakers thrown on his way out—Eugenio Chacarra said the long-term goal was to play on the PGA Tour. The 25-year-old Spaniard gets his wish, albeit for just one event,