It’s positively totally different.
I’ve had the fortune of doing and seeing a whole lot of issues on the earth of golf and on Friday I did one thing that I by no means had in experiencing an occasion placed on by LIV Golf. Friday marked the start of LIV Golf Dallas and I, our resident Dallas Cowboys skilled round these components, figured this was the proper place to take a look at what LIV is all about.
You will have heard that LIV is totally different from what you thought skilled golf is or was like. It actually is.
Friday featured a ton of golf, let’s set that straight. Harold Varner and Patrick Reed, teammates on 4Aces, completed the primary spherical tied for the lead at 5-under as proof of it.
However LIV is sort of the expertise when it comes to issues occurring exterior of the particular golf. If I needed to describe it in any form of approach it appears like a competition occurring the place world-class golf is the primary act that’s accessible at any level on property.
That is partly the case for LIV given their shotgun begin. Motion started at Maridoe Golf Membership at 11:05am native time and you can step foot wherever you needed to go to any gap and be part of the expertise.
Implausible meals choices are round each nook the place all types of households and teams are gathered. Strolling across the property I noticed full-on household teams, younger pals sporting merchandise from well-known YouTube golf creators and golf fans with merchandise from tournaments just like the Open Championship. All factors of the spectrum had been represented.
One of many issues I discovered fascinating is that LIV has an tools truck on the property that travels from event to event. This truck stays by your entire competitors, a element that’s totally different on different excursions in golf, and exists as a spot for the golfers to tinker with their tools on a second’s discover. If a level must be altered or a shaft doesn’t really feel proper or some other variety of hypotheticals… they’ll are likely to it within the title of giving every athlete the very best likelihood attainable within the competitors at hand.
If you need a extra upscale expertise at LIV Golf you possibly can spring for Membership 54, one other level on property the place you possibly can enter (solely the professionals get to enter the tools truck, clearly). A wide selection of meals choices exist, all that I noticed seemed unbelievable… there have been even brownies formed like golf balls, and there are a variety of cooling mechanisms in place to maintain issues comfy when it’s sizzling prefer it was on Friday at Maridoe. If you need a extra energetic expertise you possibly can head to the Birdie Shack the place equally scrumptious choices await alongside a vibe that is a little more loud and dialed up.
This in the end describes what LIV was and is in my estimation. By now individuals are conscious of what they assume are the variations in it with it being a shotgun begin, “solely” being 54 holes and no matter else you need to add to the checklist for conjecture. When you can hunt for issues you might not like what I skilled was golf performed on the highest degree attainable with followers from all walks of life and with various ranges of expertise in golf at giant having fun with it at a most degree. Who can’t get on board with that?
Each a part of my Friday at LIV Golf Dallas was enjoyable and crammed my cup as an enormous golf fan. I even modified my thoughts on the shotgun begin of all of it (I used to be initially towards this) on condition that I used to be out of the occasion properly in time to get pleasure from the remainder of my Friday. There’s room for all the things in golf, at the least there must be, and I’m a fan of the room that LIV is turning into. I’m trying ahead to what Saturday brings and sharing my ideas from there as properly.
If solely the Texas warmth might settle down a bit!
