From humble beginnings, here’s what made LIV Golf Adelaide in 2023 such a memorable experience. Now it shapes as being an even greater spectacle this April.
LIV Golf’s 2023 individual champion Talor Gooch is disappointed he is without a Masters invitation while former world No.1 Lee Westwood says golf’s majors will lose credibility if they continue to use an “obsolete” Official World Golf Ranking when issuing invitations.
Despite now being in their 40s, Marc Leishman and Adam Scott continue to leave no stone unturned as they seek to improve and potentially author an unlikely victory at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
A talented foursome of golfers including a 2023 DP World Tour winner, two PGA Tour winners and an American with a strong pedigree will be in the fields for the Aussie ‘majors’ in the Summer of Golf.
The Cathedral Invitational will be played as a 36-hole event over two days, competing over scaled tees with one overall winner walking away with the $100,000 first prize.
The win is an important shot of confidence for 29-year-old Smith before defending his Open title at Royal Liverpool next week. The LIV victory ends a six-month win drought, an odd feeling for a player who won five times in 2022.
Feeding off home crowd support, local course knowledge and familiar turf conditions are reasons to believe the Cameron Smith-led Ripper GC can break through for a first team victory when LIV Golf makes it Australian debut in Adelaide on Friday.
With just eight days remaining before the inaugural LIV Golf event in Australia, two of our nation’s most prominent golfers talk about what lies ahead in Adelaide.
Australian Golf Digest
