LIV Golf

[Arthur Wedge]

Would this be a good addition to the LIV schedule? I'm not sure the Irish golf fans are onboard with LIV yet? I like the idea, but it probably needs to be a course that's more easily accessible, so somewhere in the south of England for me..

Jon Rahm says he'll push LIV to have links event ahead of future Opens

Still seeking his first Open Championship win, Jon Rahm says he'd like to see LIV Golf stage a link-style event before the U.K. major

www.golfdigest.com

Guess playing a parkland wasn’t the best preparation for a links event the week after - it’s part of the reason I believe why the Scottish Open moved to a links course

You would think that playing some sort of links would be preferable before the event

I guess he says Ireland because it’s at Portrush next year -not sure what courses would take the event in Ireland - maybe Trumps at Doonbeg , or play at Turnberry

 

[Beezerk]

Guess playing a parkland wasn’t the best preparation for a links event the week after - it’s part of the reason I believe why the Scottish Open moved to a links course

You would think that playing some sort of links would be preferable before the event

I guess he says Ireland because it’s at Portrush next year -not sure what courses would take the event in Ireland - maybe Trumps at Doonbeg , or play at Turnberry

Turnberry would be a great shout

 

[Bamberdele2.0]

One thing is for sure, it wil be very different to the experience you would get at a golf event on any other tour. Whether that's good or bad would depend on your point of view.

I believe this is the reason why I’m looking forward to it. The old traditional golf competitions would be a bit boring for myself and my tribe to attend

Get in in good time so you can do the fan village and merch tent before the golf if possible. There’ll be plenty of activities for the kids as well.
Once the players start their warm up drills, you could get a little starstruck, as you’ll have a bunch of some of the most famous players im the world all congregating in the practice areas at the same time.

Last year we walked out to a position where we could see some solid groups come through, then followed the last of those which had Sergio and Niemann in for a few holes, then picked up Phil, Brooks and Bryson followed them.

You’ll have a great day, its not overly long unlike our day at The Open last week, the music is great, loads of folk enjoying themselves - quality golf - enjoy

Cheers bud.

I have just looked up who is on the line up and I recognise 11 out of the 54 names who will be playing, and those are mainly from me getting betting tips.

I am hoping this event will kick start something in my better half. Although she is one of the reasons I play golf it would definitely go a long way if she could be interested to play it one day. Booking family holidays / hotels will have endless amounts of potential.

 

[Mel Smooth]

So be at the practice range at just the right time (along with everyone else) or you’ll miss all the action as you’ve only got the one opportunity & no matter what you paid for entry the golf will be over in short order compared to attending tournaments on other tours? Gotcha

oh, in the many many dozens of posts about attending Tour events and Majors on this forum I think this is the 1st time anyone’s ever been warned about being startstruck! So best make sure of the location of 1st aid tent in the fan village Cracking bit of advice

I’m up for watching golf from liv & any other tour but I didn’t realise just how much of a ‘fan’ one can be... I hope you all enjoy it anyway, I'll look forward to seeing the highlights on the box

It’s his first golf tournament mate, absolutely no need for the mocking tone to your post.

And if you think a condensed version of golf as an alternative to the long drawn format of tour golf is a bad thing, well there’s no point me having the debate.

 

[Slab]

It’s his first golf tournament mate, absolutely no need for the mocking tone to your post.

And if you think a condensed version of golf as an alternative to the long drawn format of tour golf is a bad thing, well there’s no point me having the debate.

Listen, I admire your passion and positivity for liv, I really do. But the overtly positive spin on that post just tickled me in a way you maybe didn’t intend or foresee & it prompted a post of the equally true flipside to it

I reckon he and the family will have a great day out (with or without the sugar coating)

 

[Mel Smooth]

Listen, I admire your passion and positivity for liv, I really do. But the overtly positive spin on that post just tickled me in a way you maybe didn’t intend or foresee & it prompted a post of the equally true flipside to it

I reckon he and the family will have a great day out (with or without the sugar coating)

I just tell it like it is Slab.

As you’ll know from following this thread.

I’m looking forward to drawing some close comparisons fresh off a trip to The Open last week - the size of which blew both myself and the youth away, but the product felt lacking - even on the Friday before many good players went home.

 

[Golf is fun]

I'm heading there tomorrow with my daughter in tow, so will see how it goes. She's been to a couple of Opens, PGA and LPGA events and now this, so it will be interesting (to me at least) to hear the perspective of a child with no clue as to the politics behind the different events.
The biggest impact on her opinion will likely be how accessible the players are, the LPGA events are fantastic for this, the mens events historically not so much.

 

[Singlefiguregokfer]

What time do they kick off?

 

[Orikoru]

What time do they kick off?

2:15pm I think.

 

[BubbaP]

Guess playing a parkland wasn’t the best preparation for a links event the week after - it’s part of the reason I believe why the Scottish Open moved to a links course

You would think that playing some sort of links would be preferable before the event

I guess he says Ireland because it’s at Portrush next year -not sure what courses would take the event in Ireland - maybe Trumps at Doonbeg , or play at Turnberry

Often wonder if that is overplayed.
Rose, Lawrence and Horschel all missed the cut the week before

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Often wonder if that is overplayed.
Rose, Lawrence and Horschel all missed the cut the week before

But they had at least 1 practise round and two comp rounds playing links the week before

It was discussed before with some claiming it doesn’t matter but then Rahm clearly seems to Think it does

 

[Swango1980]

Often wonder if that is overplayed.
Rose, Lawrence and Horschel all missed the cut the week before

I wonder if pre-season friendlies are overplayed as well, given there will often be a loser in a friendly match?

 

[simsini]

The queues to get in are massive, delayed start.

 

[Morfeen75]

The queues to get in are massive, delayed start.

Whats the cause? Fans turning up late? Poor organisation?

 

[Singlefiguregokfer]

How come Brooks doesn’t have to wear his team uniform?

 

[upsidedown]

Whats the cause? Fans turning up late? Poor organisation?

Id hazard a guess at road congestion the A50 is busy at best of times

 

[Green Man]

How come Brooks doesn’t have to wear his team uniform?

I think he is still under contract to Nike.

 

[simsini]

The Majesticks Arms was giving out free pints. No wonder the queue was so long.

 

[Bamberdele2.0]

if attending tomorrow what time would you say to leave as we are 1 hour away with no traffic

 

[Singlefiguregokfer]

if attending tomorrow what time would you say to leave as we are 1 hour away with no traffic

People I spoke to from Uttoxeter said the traffic was mayhem.
So I’d give it plenty of time.