Liv Golf is in England this week for 2025 Liv Golf in the UK. But on Saturday, New CEO liv Held a press conference to make a major announcement: a new Liv Golf event is coming to the 2026 league schedule.
The place given with the new tour is South Africa.
“I will tell you that old saying, really need a village to bring an event of this size and stretch to a new place,” said CEO I Liv Scott O’neil on Saturday. “I will speak myself by saying me and the minister in five minutes, and talking to Ross Hallett and Chris Bentley, my two colleagues here, we immediately knew (South Africa) is a place we want to be for a very long time.”
He went on, “I’m humble. I’m excited. I’ll tell you that in the amazing South African place, we bring in an amazing group of people. We bring the best players to the Golf world, and we bring plane flights, and fill the hotel rooms, and fill restaurants. social. ”
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The new tour will take place March 20-22 at the club in Stey City, a Jack Nicklaus design located in Midrand, South Africa.
As the event is debuting in 2026, the plan goes beyond that. O’neil said Liv Golf made “a many years of commitment on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Minister” to play the event in South Africa.
Gayton McKenzie, Minister of Sports, Arts and South African culture, had this to say about the announcement.
“Liv Golf has taken a step that I think is worth immulating for all the leading sports bodies around the world. Liv Golf realizes that it really cannot be called an international competition if it lacks a continent. I thought it will be very difficult to convince Liv Golf that they should go to South Africa. I have nothing but Pracien for them. “
Louis oosthuizen It is the captain of the Liv Stinger GC, which consists of three other benefits from South Africa. He joined the press conference to express his excitement for the new tour in his native country.
“Very excited to have the tournament in South Africa. All those involved in doing so, I remember meeting Mr. McKenzie in Korea for the first time, and I think the idea was just to introduce it to Liv, and all of a sudden, he is like, we are coming to South Africa in ’26.
“For everyone involved – Stinger management, Liv, you guys – it’s incredible to make this happen,” Oosthuizen said on Saturday. “I can’t wait to see the faces of 10-, 11-, 12-year-olds watching Golf in South Africa, seeing Euro Play, Phil, Bryson, Brooks, all these boys. It will be a massive thing for our country and to increase the game.”
