LIV Golf's Australian expansion pauses despite Adelaide tournament earning top praise

The most lucrative competition this year on the Saudi calendar was the 2023 LIV Golf Adelaide. Nevertheless, despite drawing 70,000 spectators, the event's prospects in Australia for the next year appear uncertain. In 2024, there would be just one LIV Golf competition in Australia.

After Adelaide hosted the tournament this year, a number of Australian cities, namely Queensland and New South Wales, submitted bids to host the event in 2024.

However, according to a draft version of the LIV Golf schedule for 2024 that Sports Illustrated published, there would only be one tournament in Australia, which would be held in Adelaide. The Grange Course is expected to host the event again in 2024.

Noticeably, the LIV Golf Adelaide tournament was awarded the World Best Golf Event of the Year by the World Golf Awards. South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas shared the news on his X account, saying:

"It was our first. But not the last."

The Team Championship tournament last week marked the end of the 2023 season for LIV Golf. However, the schedule for 2024 has not yet been made public.

LIV Golf 2023 results

Here are the results of all the tournaments of LIV Golf held in 2023:

Mayakoba

Date: Feb. 24-26
Venue: El Camaleon Golf Club, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Individual Winner: Charles Howell
Team Champion: Crushers GC
Team Members: Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri

Tucson

Date: March 17-19
Venue: The Gallery Golf Club, Tucson, Arizona
Individual Winner: Danny Lee
Team Champion: Fireballs GC
Team Members: Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, Sergio Garcia, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra

Orlando

Date: March 31-April 2
Venue: Orange County National (Crooked Cat), Orlando, Florida
Individual Winner: Brooks Koepka
Team Champion: Torque GC
Team Members: Joaquin Niemann, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, David Puig

Adelaide

Date: April 21-23
Venue: The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide, Australia
Individual Winner: Talor Gooch
Team Champion: 4Aces GC
Team members: Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein

Singapore

Date: April 28-30
Venue: Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Singapore
Individual Winner: Talor Gooch
Team Champion: RangeGoats GC
Team Members: Talor Gooch, Bubba Watson, Thomas Pieters, Varner III

Oklahoma

Date: May 12-14
Venue: Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Individual Winner: Dustin Johnson
Team Champion: Stinger GC
Team Members: Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Dean Burmester

Date: May 26-28
Venue: Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C.
Individual Winner: Harold Varner III
Team Champion: Torque GC
Team Members: David Puig, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, Joaquin Niemann

Valderrama

Date: June 30-July 2\
Venue: Real Club Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain
Individual Winner: Talor Gooch
Team Champion: Torque GC
Team Members: David Puig, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, Joaquin Niemann

London

Date: July 7-9
Venue: Centurion Club, London, England
Individual Winner: Cameron Smith
Team Champion: 4Aces
Team Members: Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez, Patrick Reed, Peter Uihlein

Greenbrier

Date: Aug. 4-6
Venue: The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Individual Winner: Bryson DeChambeau
Team Champion: Torque GC
Team Members: David Puig, Sebastian Munoz, Mito Pereira, Joaquin Niemann

Bedminster

Date: Aug. 11-13
Venue: Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey
Individual Winner: Cameron Smith
Team Champion: Ripper GC
Team Members: Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Jed Morgan

Chicago

Date: Sept. 22-24
Venue: Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois
Individual Winner: Bryson DeChambeau
Team Champion: Crushers GC
Team Members: Bryson DeChambeau, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III, Paul Casey

Jeddah

Date: Oct. 13-15
Venue: Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Individual Winner: Brooks Koepka
Team Champion: Fireballs GC
Team Members: Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Eugenio Chacarra, Carlos Ortiz

Miami

Date: Oct. 20-22
Venue: Trump National Doral, Miami, Florida
Team Champion: Crushers GC
Team Members: Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri