With the 2024 LIV Golf League now in full swing having already visited Mayakoba, Las Vegas and Jeddah. The fourth stop on their 14-event season see’s the league head east, to a new destination of Hong Kong.

LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman is chomping at the bit in bringing LIV to Hong Kong at the beginning of March. “It’s been a dream of mine to bring golf to the Asian market,” said Norman.

“I think this has been a sleeping giant for decades and decades. I recognised it back in the 1980’s. I could see where Hong Kong was, where it is today and where it’s going to go into the future. It’s the epicentre of Asia,” said the two-time Hong Kong Open winner.

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“For me to bring LIV to Kong Kong is extremely important on multiple fronts. I think it’s going to reinvigorate Hong Kong to some degree, because when you look at Hong Kong and the history of sport around here we can actually take it to the next level.

“To bring LIV Golf to Hong Kong and showcase 48 of the best players in the world in the team format, I know Hong Kong is going to embrace it like Australia did in 2023.”

One of those 48 players and another with fond memories of Hong Kong Golf Club, is Majestics’ member Ian Poulter, who claimed the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open on the then European Tour. Poulter’s fellow team member, Sam Horsfield, is hoping his injury worries are behind him now and is looking for a positive start to one of his top destinations. “Hong Kong is one of my most favourite cities in the world,” said Horsfield. “I have been one time before and it is such an amazing place with unbelievable food. That will be a great place.”

Hong Kong Golf Club’s traditional layout features tree-lined fairways and small greens which places a premium on accuracy rather than length.

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“I am really looking forward to Hong Kong. It will be my fourth time there,” commented RangeGoats player Peter Uihlein. “I have played two European Tour (DP World Tour) events there and then I have played there in November on the Asian Tour’s International Series. It’s one of my favourite courses in the world, with a great old-school golf club,” said the 34-year-old.

“A lot of people will turn up and it will feel condensed and packed. It’s a beautiful place, beautiful course and I am really looking forward to it.”

Cleeks Captain Martin Kaymer is another member of the league who has fond memories out east, having started his DP World Tour career in Hong Kong soon after graduating from the Challenge Tour, “I have been many times to that golf club. In my early twenties it was one of the first tournaments I played on the European Tour (DP World Tour)” said the two-time major winner.

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“It is one of the best golf courses in Asia. So when I saw we were playing in Hong Kong I was hoping we would be going to that golf course, not just because I know it, but because it’s such a good place to play.”

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