Who will survive the ‘Watering Hole’? Here’s everything you need to know about LIV Golf Adelaide…
It’s time for LIV Golf’s finest to head Down Under and face 100,000 boisterous, beer-swigging Australians in Adelaide.
Cam Smith and his Ripper GC will be hoping to regain the team title they won in 2024, while new signing Elvis Smylie got off to the best possible start last week in Riyadh.
The showpiece of the tournament, of course, is The Grange’s own version of the famous 16th ‘Colesium’ hole at the WM Phoenix Open, the par-3 12th is surrounded by marquees and ‘sky boxes’, with players cheered for hitting the green, booed for missing it, and plastic beer cups raining down onto the tee regardless. It’s known as the ‘Watering Hole’ for a reason!
Here’s what you need to know…
LIV Golf Adelaide key details
Venue: The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide
Course: Par 72; 6,840 yards
Format: 54-hole strokeplay with no cut
Individual purse: $20 million ($4m winner’s share)
Team purse: $10 million ($3m winner’s share)
Favorites: TBC
Defending champions: Joaquin Niemann (-13); Fireballs GC, -21
LIV Golf Adelaide field
As was the case in Riyadh last week, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood will miss out on the trip to Australia. Mickelson is at home in the US dealing with a family matter and will again be deputized by Ollie Schniederjans in the HyFlyers lineup, while Ben Schmidt will stand in for Westwood, who hurt his wrist ahead during practice of the season-opener.
Meanwhile, a replacement for Patrick Reed in Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces team is yet to be signed, so LIV Golf reserve Miguel Tabuena will continue to fill in.
Details of the 57 players and 13 players who will tee up on LIV Golf this season can be found here.
LIV Golf Adelaide tee times
Adelaide is 10-and-a-half hours ahead of the UK (GMT) and 15-and-a-half hours ahead of the US east coast (ET). The shotgun start time for all four rounds at The Grange is as follows:
Thursday/Friday
Local: 11.45am
GMT: 1.15am
ET: 8.15pm (Wednesday/Thursday)
Saturday
Local: 1.45pm
GMT: 3.15am
ET: 10.15pm (Friday)
Sunday
Local: 11.35am
GMT: 1.05am
ET: 8.05pm (Saturday)
LIV Golf Adelaide TV coverage
Viewers in the US can catch the action on Fox Sports, while TNT will air the event in the UK. You can see the full breakdown of TV times here.
LIV Golf Riyadh prize money
The full breakdown of the purse at LIV Golf Adelaide can be found here.