LIV Golf will return to Korea in May, adding a 14th stop and 10th country to the tour’s increasingly international schedule.
The league announced on Monday that it had signed a multi-year deal with Asiad Country Club in Busan, and Martin Kim, general manager of LIV team Korean Golf Club (KGC), said he had been “waiting for this for the last six months”.
Tasked with reinvigorating a franchise that struggled on and off the course during its previous existence as Iron Heads GC, Kim hopes the move to the large port city will be a step in the right direction.
“There’s a reason the biggest Asian Film Festival is not in Seoul, but is in Busan,” Kim said. “There’s something about that place that adds a little more flavour to things. We’re very excited about going.”
There is evidence that Korea is ready to embrace the team as their own. According to Kim, unofficial merchandise sporting the KGC logo sprang up online almost as soon as it was made public.
“That’s when I was like, Oh, I think we did something good here,” Kim said.
Korean Golf Club captain An Byeong-hun. Photo: LIV Golf