- LIV Golf is set to remain in Adelaide until 2028
- A new course will host the event for 2029 onward
Adelaide’s contract to host a LIV Golf tournament had been due to expire next year, which will be the fourth LIV event in the SA capital.
But amid other Australian cities pitching interest to host, Malinauskas moved to extend the agreement.
LIV Golf’s Adelaide tournament is being held at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide’s seaside western suburbs – the current tournament, attended by more than 100,000 spectators, concludes on Sunday.
But the event will shift to the redeveloped North Adelaide site, which currently has three public courses – a championship length par-72 course, a shorter par-68 course and a par-3 course.
Malinauskas said the government would fund the redevelopment with exact costs to be determined.
‘It’s critical to lock in to 2028,’ Malinauskas told reporters on Sunday.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has penned a new deal making sure LIV Golf’s Aussie leg will remain in Adelaide until at least 2028
The event will later shift to the redeveloped North Adelaide site, which currently has three public courses
‘But beyond that we see another opportunity, we see a big opportunity in North Adelaide.
‘Getting LIV Golf into the city unlocks yet more economic potential … we want to make it easy for patrons and guests coming from interstate and overseas by having the golf in the CBD on a world championship, Greg Norman designed golf course.
‘We will now have something that is globally unique … to have the world’s best golfers teeing off on one of the world’s best public golf courses in the middle of a metropolitan city.’
LIV Golf chief executive Scott O’Neil committed to the plans.
‘One, there’s no place we’d rather be than right here in Adelaide,’ O’Neil told reporters.
‘Number two, the excitement of partnering once again with Greg Norman, the world’s best golf course designer and Australia’s favourite son, to deliver what we believe will be a world class golf course.’
The current tournament, attended by more than 100,000 spectators, concludes on Sunday
Norman has spent two days this week says assessing the North Adelaide lay-outs.
‘I’m extremely proud of the opportunity that we can breathe a little bit more fresh life into the opportunity here in Adelaide,’ Norman told reporters.
‘As a golf course designer you very seldom get the opportunity to be involved with a project downtown.
‘North Adelaide Golf Club is basically a diamond in the rough and we’re going to unpick it.’
