Flashback: The Watering Hole at The Grange in Adelaide is one of the more popular party holes on the LIV Golf circuit. Image courtesy LIV Golf.
By Rahul Banerji
Riyadh will hold its maiden LIV Golf event in February, the first leg of the 2025 season which will also visit Hong Kong, Singapore and Adelaide in the early part of the new schedule, it was announced on Wednesday.
In a statement, LIV Golf said its third official full season would tee off in February at marquee global markets across Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
“As we set our sights on 2025, LIV Golf is gearing up for our most ambitious season start, to date,” LIV Golf commissioner and CEO Greg Norman was quoted as saying.
“Since our debut in 2022, LIV Golf has played 34 tournaments in nine different countries across four continents.
“We are a global league with a global footprint, and we’re excited to kick off next season with four truly international events that will deliver our unique blend of elite golf, entertainment and culture to fans around the world,” Norman added.
LIV Golf Riyadh will see Riyadh Golf Club host the league’s debut in the Saudi Arabian capital from February 6 to 8.
Riyadh GC has in the past been the venue for the Aramco Team Series, the Saudi Open presented by the PIF, and the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers in December.
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The following week (February 14 to 16 ) will see LIV Golf return to The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, reigning winner of the World’s Best Golf Event at the World Golf Awards.
This April, the tournament welcomed more than 94,000 fans to the South Australia venue which reset the bar for LIV Golf turnouts across the three days.
Making a return was the popular Watering Hole on the par-3 no. 12, and the event had a standout performance by individual champion Brendan Steele.
It also played host to the League’s first-ever team playoff, won by the all-Australian Ripper GC and captain Cam Smith, in front of a fired-up home crowd.
Two weeks after Adelaide, the League travels to Hong Kong for a second consecutive year of competition at Hong Kong Golf Club from March 7 to 9.
Venue of some of the region’s most prestigious events for the last 60 years, Hong Kong GC will once again serve a test to many of the sport’s biggest stars, including defending individual champion Abraham Ancer as well as team champions Crushers GC and their captain Bryson DeChambeau.
From March 14 to 16, action shifts to Sentosa Golf Club for the third consecutive edition of LIV Golf Singapore and reigning individual champion Brooks Koepka as well as team champions Ripper will defend their titles on the club’s Serapong course, recently voted the World’s Best Golf Course.
The championship venue has received many prestigious accolades in golf and is widely regarded as one of the most sustainable golf clubs in the world.
LIV Golf’s 2024 regular season concludes next week in Illinois at LIV Golf Chicago, teeing off from September 13 to 15 at the Bolingbrook Golf Club.
The following week, the 13 teams travel to Texas for the season-ending LIV Golf Dallas Team Championship from September 20 to 22 at the Maridoe Golf Club.
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