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At the recently ended Masters, LIV Golf and its players stole the show. With outstanding performances, they showed the golf world that they were a league to be taken seriously. They won over many fans’ hearts and garnered a lot of attention at Augusta that week. And now with their latest move at the Adelaide event, it seems like Greg Norman and the Saudi-backed league plan to try and steal the show once more. This time by replicating a huge PGA Tour success!

LIV Golf steals a bit of history from the PGA Tour

Ever since its emergence nearly a year ago, the breakaway tour has been poaching from the PGA Tour. From some of its top-ranked players to even one of its courses, they won over many on the other side. And now that continues, but with an idea! The Tour’s party hole at the Phoenix Open.

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For years, the WM Phoenix Open has been one of the Tour’s highlight events because of its 16th hole. Also known as ‘the Colosseum,’ the 16th hole at the event is surrounded by a 200,000-seat, 3-story grandstand, providing the fans with a bird’s-eye view of the shots to be played there. The event has been a huge hit because of it. And now LIV has gone on to try to cash in on that success!

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This time, they didn’t take over the stadium as a whole, but instead created their own grandstands and “party hole”, certainly upsetting the Tour’s commissioner, Jay Monahan, just as much. On the 12th hole of the Grange Club, at its Adelaide event in Australia, Norman and the tour of defectors have gone to great lengths to pull off something as close to the Tour’s mega-successful hole as possible.

Greg Norman creates a party hole at the Grange Golf Club

As the series heads over to Australia this week, there’s one big change to the Grange course: the “party hole”. At the 12th hole, also known as the watering hole, Norman made sure no expense was spared. Along with huge grandstands so close to the hole that fans could almost touch the players, the hole will also feature music, DJs, and alcohol for the thousands of fans.

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The Adelaide, is expecting a huge turnout, event considering they already sold their 75,000 tickets. And with the Aussie fans loving a party, it is almost certain that LIV Golf’s party hole will be as successful as they hope!

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Do you think LIV’s latest attraction can be just as big a success as it was at the Colosseum at the Tour’s Phoenix Open? Let us know in the comments below.