The 2025 LIV Golf League season gets underway at the start of February and, with the full schedule released, the circuit is set to play six tournaments in the United States and eight worldwide.
New venues, like Korea and Mexico City, have appeared on the 14-tournament list but, one country that has been left out, is South Africa, despite there being a four-man South African side since the very first LIV event in June 2022.
Stinger GC, who are made up of captain Louis Oosthuizen, as well as Dean Burmester, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel, finished seventh in the team standings for 2024 and, going into the future, are trying hard to force an event in their home country.
Stinger GC have two LIV Golf team wins, including the first ever event in June 2022
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Speaking to Golf Monthly, captain Oosthuizen stated: “There’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes and being put in (for an event in South Africa). We are fighting hard to get it in but there needs to be a lot of things to align.
“We are talking to the Sunshine Tour back in South Africa and we don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. We want to work together with everyone and get a team there as soon as possible. It’s a lot of things that need to happen before we can have a tournament, but it is one of our big goals to get everything there.
“We need to do it right in how we want to do it. We are in talks with them (Sunshine Tour) on how it can be done. Everyone knows the South African public want a LIV tournament and to bring this type of field to South Africa would be an unbelievable thing. The Sunshine Tour gets that and it’s a matter of coming together and getting a sponsor and getting everyone together to get it.
“In an ideal world it will happen in 2026 but, if it doesn’t happen in 2026, we’ll work hard to get it in 2027. It’s something we’ve been working hard on since March 2024. So, it’s a lot of things that we have to sort, but we are working hard and we are moving forward.”
Oosthuizen has numerous wins in his home country of South Africa, including the country’s open in 2018
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As the idea and build-up to a possible LIV event in South Africa continues, one other aspect that has been mentioned is the possibility of Major exemptions being…
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