LIV Golf Adelaide sätter nytt besökarrekord i Australien

LIV Golf Adelaide-evenemanget lockade en rekordstor publik på över 115 000 fans under fyra dagar på The Grange Golf Club. Det var den högsta publiksiffran för både ligan och någon professionell golftävling i Australien. Ökningen kom under Anthony Kims upphämtning till seger, hans första på 16 år.

LIV Golfs övergång till 72-hålsformat har ökat populariteten, som syntes vid det senaste evenemanget i Adelaide. South Australias premiärminister Peter Malinauskas meddelade att den fyradagars totalen översteg 115 000 besökare och slog det tidigare australiska rekordet för professionell golf på 112 698, som sattes vid Australian Open 2025 på Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Saturday's attendance reached more than 38,500 fans, the highest single-day figure in LIV Golf's four-plus seasons. Over three years, the Adelaide events have attracted more than 400,000 fans in total. For comparison, the 2026 event averaged over 28,750 fans per day, while the 2025 edition saw 102,000 attendees averaging 34,000 daily over three days. Malinauskas prisade milstolpen i ett uttalande: «Denna publiksiffra sätter ett nytt rekord som alla i South Australia och sportfans runt om i landet kan vara mycket stolta över.» Han framhävde evenemanget som en uppvisning av världsklassgolf och South Australias attraktionskraft, tackade The Grange Golf Club för gästfriheten och noterade det stärkta partnerskapet mellan delstatsregeringen och LIV Golf. LIV Golf-vd:n Scott O'Neil uttryckte tacksamhet till de australiska fansen: «Det finns något verkligen speciellt, nästan magiskt, med upplevelsen när man går runt på denna bana.» Han erkände rekordet och bekräftade det långsiktiga åtagandet, då evenemanget flyttar till Kooyonga Golf Club i mars 2027 och därefter till North Adelaide Golf Course från 2028. Framgången understryker det växande intresset för ligans utvidgade format.

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