Dustin Johnson's extended break from golf sums up difference between him and Jon Rahm

While a number of stars have turned to participate in the DP World Tour and Asian Tour for the 2024 season, has chosen a different path.

Severing all professional ties with the PGA Tour following his controversial jump to LIV in 2022, his banishment from the traditional circuit brings an abrupt end to his 15-year tenure. As a result, the former Masters winner's calendar is now dominated by LIV competitions, excluding his four scheduled major appearances.

Johnson's loyalty to the divisive tour confirms he won't be seen swinging his clubs in tournament play until February next year, courtesy of LIV's generous five-month offseason ahead of the 2025 series kick-off in Riyadh. Half a year off the green seems to float Johnson's boat as he reveals, speaking to Netflix's Full Swing cameras for the docu-series' first season, that his switch was motivated by the allure of "playing less, making more money."

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He quipped: "Pretty simple. Someone offers anyone a job, doing the same thing they're already doing but less time at the office and they're gonna pay them more. Pretty sure you're gonna take it. And something's wrong with you if you didn't."

The same can't be said for a number of Johnson's LIV colleagues though. Just this week, five members from the 2024 LIV roster are in Asian Tour action at the International Series Thailand event, with RangeGoats star Peter Uihlein leading the pack after 36 holes at fourteen-under-par, reports .

The DP World Tour has also seen a surge of LIV players since the end of the breakaway league's season in September.

Most notably Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have become regulars with both needing to play four events by the end of the year to maintain their DP World Tour membership and eligibility for next year's Ryder Cup. Hatton's quest will then continue in November, with the Englishman qualified to compete at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and DP World Tour Championship.

The likes of Brooks Koepka, Talor Gooch, and Patrick Reed also made appearances on the European-based Tour. In October, the American trio were among a 13-man strong group of players from the LIV setup to tee it up at this month's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Also involved at the event was LIV chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who participated in the Pro-Am side of the event, with the Saudi chief partnering PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan in the opening round in , the two names at the heart of ongoing peace talks.