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LIV golfers experienced travel difficulties over the past few days as the conflict in the Middle East exploded as the US and Israel went on a joint offensive against Iran.
Nearly a dozen LIV golfers were stranded in the region as the players were in Dubai to prepare for the Asian leg of the 2026 season. The series is set to be in Hong Kong this weekend with a tournament in Singapore next week.
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Caleb Surratt gives a thumbs up to teammate Jon Rahm on the 15th green during the first round of the LIV Golf Dallas golf tournament at Maridoe Golf Club on June 27, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Images)
Lee Westwood, Laurie Canter, Sam Horsfield, Adrian Meronk, Thomas Detry, Caleb Surratt, Tom McKibbin and Anirban Lahiri were among the affected golfers, according to Flushing It Golf.
Surratt told the Golf Channel that he traveled with his wife to Dubai to prepare for the upcoming Hong Kong tournament.
“And then (the) world was just turned upside down on Saturday,” he said. “It was scary. But since then it’s been OK. It was bad Sunday and Monday here with missile interceptions, but all day today (Tuesday) was fine.”
McKibbin wrote on his Instagram Stories that he was in Hong Kong.
Adrian Meronk of Cleeks Golf Club lines up a putt on the second green during the quarterfinals of the LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship at The Cardinal at Saint John’s Resort on August 22, 2025. (Aaron Doster/Imagn Images)
“Thanks for sure to Hong Kong, thanks to everyone who helped reach and thanks for your messages and concerns,” Meronk wrote on X. “Stay safe everyone in the UAE and I hope I can (go) home soon.”
The State Department on Monday urged Americans to immediately travel from more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, warning of “serious security risks” as the Iran war intensifies.
Smoke rises in Tehran after an explosion on March 2, 2026 amid ongoing US and Israeli military strikes. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar said US citizens should travel from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
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