Matt Fitzpatrick says he isn’t “100% comfy” with the prospect of travelling to Dubai for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in November when he is because of be defending champion.
Fitzpatrick is anxious that the United Arab Emirates may very well be a goal within the ongoing battle between Iran, the USA and Israel.
“You’ve got solely acquired to take a look at the lodge that acquired hit earlier this yr,” Fitzpatrick advised BBC Sport. “I used to be having dinner the week I received in that lodge.
“That is clearly very scary when you concentrate on the way it was just a few months away however how shut you had been to that exact spot and for one thing like that to occur. It is clearly fairly scary.”
Fitzpatrick want to see the occasion switched to a distinct host nation, a call he referred to as a “no brainer, for my part” earlier than including: “However I am not a sponsor, I am not paying the payments and all that form of stuff.
“I am positive there’s extra to it than simply the meets the attention.”
Led by chief government Man Kinnings, DP World Tour officers are assessing issues of safety for his or her ultimate two play-off occasions in Abu Dhabi after which Dubai.
Each tournaments are backed by key sponsors of the European-based tour and supply a profitable finish to the season for the circuit’s main cash winners.
“I believe it is annoying, however on the identical time, Man Kinnings cannot management what Iran are doing,” Fitzpatrick added.
“It’s irritating as a result of as somebody who likes to plan and be ready, it’s tough to sort of work out what is going on on. Clearly, issues as they stand are a bit bizarre over there.
“I am unable to say I am like 100% comfy, however I assume you simply must see nearer the time and, you realize, I nonetheless have to qualify as effectively.”
Fitzpatrick’s Ryder Cup team-mate Shane Lowry mentioned the tour faces essential decisions over find out how to finish the present season. “They’re big selections for everybody,” mentioned final week’s winner of the Irish Open.
“I am not going to sit down right here and touch upon the entire thing as a result of I believe it is as much as the powers above to type that each one out. I believe if the tournaments are on, the gamers are going to go. And if they don’t seem to be, they may discover an alternate.”
A spokesperson for the DP World Tour mentioned: “We’re in fixed dialogue with our members and their administration groups in regards to the tournaments they play in, however finally gamers’ particular person schedule decisions are a matter for them to resolve.
“So far as our play-offs are involved, it stays our intention to play as scheduled within the UAE however we proceed to watch the scenario and take recommendation from our worldwide journey advisors.”
