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LIV Golf will lean into its strategy of reaching out to global markets at the start of its 2025 season.
Officials with the league revealed the first four events on what’s expected to be a 14-tournament schedule for next year. The season will kick off from February 6-8 in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, with a second event the next week at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide.
In March, the league will then compete in back-to-back weeks in Hong Kong (March 7-9) and Singapore (March 14-16).
In all four cases, LIV is returning to tournament venues where it has play in its first three seasons. The Grange stop in Australia has twice hosted tournaments and has drawn the largest crowds and best support of any LIV event since the league launched in June 2022.
“As we set our sights on 2025, LIV Golf is gearing up for our most ambitious season start, to date,” said Greg Norman, LIV Golf commissioner and chief executive, in a press release. “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.”
Most notable about the release of the early schedule is what events the LIV tournaments will be going up against on the PGA Tour. The opener in Saudi Arabia is the same week as the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open and the event in Adelaide will coincide with the Genesis Invitational. Meanwhile, LIV’s Hong Kong spot will be played the same week as the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Singapore overlaps with the week of the Players Championship.
There are two events remaining on LIV’s 2024 schedule. LIV’s regular season concludes next week with a stop in Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club. A week later, LIV hosts its season-ending team championship in Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club.
