Why I like LIV Golf so much

This weekend, for the first time in Spain, the round tournament of the LIV Golf League will be held (this Friday through Sunday, LIV Golf Plus and LIVGolfPlus.com, 1:15 p.m.) and I don’t miss it because it awakens an illusion in me that I haven’t felt in a long time.

The main reason is the team of players. When was the last time names like Mickelson, García, Koepka, Bubba Watson, DeChambeau, Cam Smith, Niemann or Dustin Johnson played in Spain? The answer is “too long ago”. I love that they play here because the national golf academy will be able to learn from them.

The next innovation of LIV Golf is in the competition format. Playing for “only” three days, compared to the traditional four, reduces the viewer’s attention window, in a global context where countless entertainment platforms are killing for it. Players appreciate this because with a calendar with fewer competitions, they compete fresher and spend more time with their families. We all win.

I love the effect of the “shot” because it concentrates the action into less than five hours and levels the playing field, making the tournament more fair and promoting the team competition of golf, which I am in love with and believe in its potential. infinite, yet to be used.

Music, another of my passions, surprises me that it works at LIV Golf tournaments. DJs playing great tunes as you play from 160 speakers spread across the course are contributing to the modernization of a golf environment that has long begged to be opened up to air out the strong smell of mothballs.

An event of this level helps position Spain as a great destination for global golf tourists. More tourists will create more fields, and competition will improve the quality of your services.

Ultimately, I like LIV Golf because its distraction from golf invites me to dream of a new context in which a major club based in Spain is located. Difficult, but even more difficult was bringing the Ryder Cup in 1997. Can we bet that Seve will help “from above”?