There was no complaining, no bitterness. Carlos Ortiz stood over a pitch shot on the final hole of LIV Golf Houston confident he would win, and certain he would be asked later about the fact he will not be playing in this week’s US Open at Pinehurst.
The LIV Golf League filled the last open spot on its 2024 schedule overenight when officials announced that Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, will be the site for its season-ending $US50 million LIV Golf Team Championship.
Kim posted a venom-fuelled diatribe on X/Twitter about NBC Sports commentator Brandel Chamblee, who has been one of the most outspoken critics about LIV and its financial backers from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Receiving invites were Australia’s Lucas Herbert, Dean Burmester, Adrian Meronk and David Puig. Two of those players – Herbert and Meronk – are also inside the top 100 of the OWGR.
No clip from the weekend summed up the chaotic action quite like this video of a fan in the grandstands at the Watering Hole snagging a flying beer out of the sky like a slips-cordon maestro and then chugging it.
The second edition of LIV Golf Adelaide was a reminder that the idea that putting the fans first and working backward from there is guaranteed for success.