After taking a player or 50 from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf is set to borrow the best idea in golf: the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Consistently the most raucous non-Major event of the PGA Tour season, the powers behind the Saudi-backed league must have thought, “Let’s get one of those,” and they’ll do so at Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, because… why not?
It is golf but louder: Adelaide will take centre stage when the @LIVGolf_league series arrives in town next month, bringing with it the global sporting spotlight. Fans from around the world will get to see the first Australian golf party hole at Grange. @theodrop #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/4JtR74L34y
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) March 6, 2023
Dubbed The Watering Hole, the 12th at The Grange will host DJs, grandstands full thousands of (most likely inebriated) fans and of course plenty of cheers, jeers and chaos.
It makes sense for LIV as the WM Phoenix Open has rapidly become beloved for its circus-like atmosphere, and these two tours stealing from each other is the new normal in professional golf.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Congratulations PGA Tour. Welcome to the future.#LIVGolf
— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) March 1, 2023
But remember, too, that a ‘Party Hole’ caused a stir at the much more austere Australian Open a decade or so ago.
Everything always circles back. But, just because we’ve seen it before doesn’t mean we’re not a little bit excited to watch a bunch of drunk South Australians lose their minds at a stadium-style par 3 as The Chainsmokers’ music fills the air.
