LIV Golf Adelaide

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LIV Golf Adelaide
Tournament information
Location Grange, South Australia, Australia
Established2023
Course(s) The Grange Golf Club
Par72
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Tour(s) LIV Golf
FormatIndividual and team stroke play
Prize fund US$20,000,000 (individual)
US$5,000,000 (team) [1]
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate197 Talor Gooch (2023)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele
Location map
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The Grange Golf Club
Location in Australia
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The Grange Golf Club
Location in South Australia

LIV Golf Adelaide is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Australia, held at The Grange Golf Club in Grange, south of Adelaide. It debuted in April 2023. The first event was also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour.

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Format

The tournament is a 54-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams are chosen, with a set number of their total scores counting for the team on each day. Each round commenced with a shotgun start, with the leaders beginning on the first hole for the final round, in order to finish on the eighteenth. [2]

Winners

Individual

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele 198−181 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Talor Gooch 197−193 strokes Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri

Team

YearWinners [lower-alpha 1] Score
(to par)
Margin of
victory
Runners-up [lower-alpha 1]
2024 Ripper GC [lower-alpha 2] −53CountbackStinger GC [lower-alpha 3]
2023 4Aces GC [lower-alpha 4] −471 strokeRangeGoats GC [lower-alpha 5]

Notes

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References

  1. Woodard, Adam (23 April 2023). "LIV Golf Adelaide prize money for each player, team". Golfweek. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. Scrivener, Peter (8 June 2022). "LIV Golf - all you need to know about Saudi-funded series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2022.