It’s safe to say there’s a sense of genuine anticipation for the LIV Golf League’s debut in Australia this week at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide.
Reports say 63,000 tickets have been sold, while fans were allowed on the grounds during the Thursday pro-am (a LIV first). And the stadium style set-up on the par-3 12th, dubbed the “Watering Hole,” has the potential to give TPC Scottsdale’s 16th a run for its money.
Indeed, LIV’s “Golf But Louder” slogan might be more fitting than ever as the rival league holds its fourth event in 2023.
Some of that anticipation comes from a lack of top-level golf events being played in the area in recent years, with the last big event the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne. LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman’s following doesn’t hurt, nor does that of the four Aussies who play for Ripper GC—reigning Open champion Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Jed Morgan. And trying to see how Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed might follow up their impressive performances at the Masters two weeks ago.
As usual, LIV Golf Adelaide will be a no-cut, 54-hole event with a $US20 million individual prize money payout, $US4 million going to the winner. There’s also $US5 million on the line in the team competition, which takes a slight twist this week with team captains in the same group with each other while the other three players of each squad will comprise their own threesomes for the opening round.
Here’s the prize money payout for the field at Adelaide. Come back after the tournament and we’ll update the post with names and individual paydays.
INDIVIDUAL
Win: $US4,000,000 ($A5.93 million)
2: $2,125,000
3: $1,500,000
4: $1,050,000
5: $975,000
6: $800,000
7: $675,000
8: $625,000
9: $580,000
10: $560,000
11: $540,000
12: $450,000
13: $360,000
14: $270,000
15: $250,000
16: $240,000
17: $232,000
18: $226,000
19: $220,000
20: $200,000
21: $180,000
22: $172,000
23: $170,000
24: $168,000
25: $166,000
26: $164,000
27: $162,000
28: $160,000
29: $158,000
30: $156,000
31: $154,000
32: $152,000
33: $150,000
34: $148,000
35: $146,000
36: $144,000
37: $142,000
38: $140,000
39: $138,000
40: $136,000
41: $134,000
42: $132,000
43: $130,000
44: $128,000
45: $126,000
46: $124,000
47: $122,000
48: $120,000
TEAM
Win: $3,000,000
2: $1,500,000
3: $500,000
