LIV Golf close in on adding another new country to their schedule

LIV Golf is reportedly closing in on a deal to bring their breakaway league to South Africa.

The update was confirmed by South Africa's minister of sport, arts and culture Gayton McKenzie on X / Twitter. 

McKenzie met up with Scot O'Neil, who replaced Greg Norman as LIV Golf CEO earlier this season. 

The breakaway Saudi golf league currently visits nine different countries on the 2025 schedule.

LIV Golf League events are currently contested in United States, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, South Korea, United Kingdom and Spain. 

And while it's unknown at this stage exactly when South Africa could join the party, it sounds like a 10th country is going to be added very soon.

"We are close to bringing the world’s most exciting golf tournament LIV Golf to South Africa, 54 of the world’s top golfers will descend on South African soil in the near future," tweeted McKenzie.

"I met with the brilliant chief executive Scott O’Neil and the rest of his bright executive team at golf’s freshest new glob-spanning tournament, which has an all-south African team, Stinger GC.

"We are full of hope about bringing this festival of sport and culture to South Africa soon."

A first South African tourmament on LIV Golf makes a lot of sense, too, especially given the league is well represented by some of South Africa's best crop of talent right now. 

The all-South African Stinger GC consists of captain Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace. 

Stinger GC's social media account understandably reacted with plenty of enthusiasm to McKenzie's latest comment about a deal between South Africa and LIV Golf. 

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