Shergo Al Kurdi speaks to Golf Digest Middle East in Jeddah. Motivate Media Group

By Matt Smith
For the second time this season, Shergo Al Kurdi will come to the rescue for an ailing player in LIV Golf — but it won’t be quite a last-minute rush as last time.

The Jordanian 19-year-old stepped in for Henrik Stenson in Boston after the Bedminster champion had to withdraw through vertigo just before tee-off at the fourth event of the season.

And now the young alternate will once again tee it up in the $50 million Team Championship in Miami this weekend as Cleeks captain Martin Kaymer has been forced to withdraw with a wrist injury.

“Obviously it was a bit of a shock and also a panic as I did not have my dad with me and he was my caddie, and I didn’t even have any golf balls in my bag as I did not expect to play,” Al Kurdi told Golf Digest Middle East in Jeddah of his late inclusion in the field at Boston. “I had no putting practice on the green. Luckily it all came together as Stenson’s caddie — Gareth Lord — graciously offered to caddie for me, and we all made it time to tee off.”

Al Kurdi will team up with Graeme McDowell, Laurie Canter and Richard Bland, and the Jordanian will face a tough task against Torque skipper Joaquin Niemann on Friday.

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