CARROLLTON — Three hours after teeoff at Maridoe Golf Club, Carrollton Fire Chief Michael Thomson said he and his colleagues had seen between 75 and 80 people with heat related illnesses during Day 2 of the LIV Golf Dallas tournament.
When fans entered the club Saturday morning for the 12:05 p.m. shotgun start, they were handed paper fans adorned with the face of golfer Bryson DeChambeau and LIV branded bandanas to keep cool. The accessories didn’t work for everyone.
The high was 96 degrees, but by 3:30 p.m. it felt like 103 according to The Weather Channel.
Dallas is LIV Golf’s ninth stop in the 2025 season, and also the hottest. The temperature in Singapore hit 90 degrees when LIV was there March 14-16, but the weather has sat comfortably below the 90s for the rest of the season that started in February.
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As a Texas native now living in a suburb of Houston, 4Aces GC team member Patrick Reed said that with how hot it is, LIV Golf got lucky there’s a breeze this week.
Reed finished Saturday in the lead, 9-under through the first two days. No matter how many times he’s competed in Texas though, he said it’s hard to ever get too used to the high temperatures.
“At at the end of the day, when it’s hot, it’s hot,” Reed said Saturday. “It’s hard to really get that used to it. You just have to really try to stay focused because it’s very easy to start getting your mind wandering rather than focusing on what you’re trying to do when it’s this hot outside.”
In Sept. 2024, the first time LIV Golf was in Dallas for its team championship, it was even hotter with a high of 99 degrees.
Easton Rodgers cools off by the misting fan during the second day of LIV Golf Dallas, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton. (Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer)
This year, there were six hydration stations and sunscreen stations around the course. These were areas for people to fill their water bottles and apply sunscreen without having to purchase anything new.
“I think [LIV has] done a fantastic job,” fan Charles Peyton said. “I think they’ve got a wonderful course. I think they set it up to make sure people are well-supported.”
Peyton, a 67-year-old from the area, was chatting with a woman about food on the course when all of a sudden her eyes rolled back and she hit the ground. He picked her up and took her to the medical tent.
ER doctors and over 30 paramedics were on site Saturday taking care of calls across the course. There were also multiple misting machines, two first aid rooms and a cooling station to assist people with the heat.
“We got all the supplies we need,” Thomson said. “We got all the IV fluids, we got everything to take care of everybody … We’re set up for success. It’s just up to mother nature and how people are when they’re outside, if they’re taking care of themselves out there.”
Another fan, 63-year-old Eddie Rice, said that with the breeze and the shade he found under a tree in between the first and ninth holes, the heat didn’t feel as bad as the number on his weather app.
“It doesn’t bug me,” said Rice, a Dallas resident. “People might have flown in from another state, they might be having a cow.”
While the course has few shady spots, the Fan Village near the first tee had plenty of shade, picnic benches and screens showing the action.
Kody Chapman, who was at LIV Dallas with his two sons ages 3 and 5, split his time between Fan Village and the rest of the course.
“It’s nice they have all the big screens, so you can still watch while the kids play,” said Chapman, a Longview native.
His sons both got temporary tattoos during their time in the Village. The area had a sandbox, a mechanical bull and video games to keep kids entertained.
Despite the heat, the crowd spread across the 212-acre property to watch Grapevine resident and SMU grad Bryson DeChambeau along with the rest of the LIV golfers. The final day of the tournament Sunday is predicted to have a high of 97 degrees.
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