LIV Golf Adelaide is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Australia, held at The Grange Golf Club in Grange, south of Adelaide. It debuted in April 2023. The first event was also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Grange, South Australia, Australia |
| Established | 2023 |
| Course(s) | The Grange Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,946 yards (6,351 m) |
| Tour(s) | LIV Golf |
| Format | Individual and team stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000,000 (individual) US$5,000,000 (team)[1] |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 197 Talor Gooch (2023) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Brendan Steele | |
| Location map | |
  The Grange Golf Club Location in Australia  The Grange Golf Club Location in South Australia | |
Format
editThe tournament is a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams are chosen, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth.[2]
Winners
editIndividual
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brendan Steele |
198 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Louis Oosthuizen
|
| 2023 | Talor Gooch |
197 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Anirban Lahiri
|
Team
edit| Year | Winners[a] | Score (to par) |
Margin of victory |
Runners-up[a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ripper GC[b] | −53 | Playoff | Stinger GC[c] | |
| 2023 | 4Aces GC[d] | −47 | 1 stroke | RangeGoats GC[e] | |
Notes
edit- ^ a b (c) – Team captain
- ^ Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith (c)
- ^ Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen (c) and Charl Schwartzel
- ^ Dustin Johnson (c), Pat Perez, Patrick Reed and Peter Uihlein
- ^ Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III and Bubba Watson (c)
References
edit- ^ Woodard, Adam (23 April 2023). "LIV Golf Adelaide prize money for each player, team". Golfweek. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.