At LIV - Boston

[GolfSpy Barbajo]

Sitting in the media center at the LIV Tour stop in Bolton, MA - about 45 minutes outside of Boston right now. Today is Pro-Am day, and there are no fans in attendance (by design). It's been an interesting afternoon, so if you'll indulge me, I'd like to share some thoughts...

1. You can't to a leak without seeing LIVGolf signage. It's literally everywhere.

2. For better for worse, LIV is all in on the team thing. Team names are on banners all over the course. 

3. Plenty of music on the range - looks like it will be a party atmosphere.

4. There's an expansive "Fan Village," with a long putt contest, chipping contest, concert stage, a playground, food trucks and other things to keep you occupied if you get bored with golf. 

5. The grandstands and hospitality stands are all first class - very nice with air-conditioned enclosures along with patios to watch the action. 

6. Player access is pretty informal - you could talk with players as they left the 18th after their rounds (the pro-am is not shotgun). 

7. Spoke with a guy who was Sergio's pro-am partner. Said he got a call about a week ago from a friend involved with LIV who said they had an opening if he was interested. He plopped down $10K for the opportunity - said he had a blast. 

8. All in all a very relaxed vibe on pro-am day. They look prepared to make it a party atmosphere over the weekend. 

9. There's a merch tent - they're still setting it up but it will all be LIV-branded stuff, as you'd expect. 

10. The course itself is not set up for a big tournament - it wasn't built to handle it. LIV has said they're limiting tickets to about 6,500 - or it could be that they couldn't sell any more than that. Hard to tell and no one here to ask. 

Also had an interesting chat with Anriban Lahiri after he finished his round. He gave me some honest answers - how you feel about it all is kind of up to you...

 

[Chris Taylor]

Did LIV Boston sell out? I tried getting tickets to LIV Portland, but it was sold out. Weird since the crowds didn't look too big on the screen.

[cnosil]

13 minutes ago, Chris Taylor said:

Did LIV Boston sell out? I tried getting tickets to LIV Portland, but it was sold out. Weird since the crowds didn't look too big on the screen.

Per the LIV website all but the $1000 seats for tomorrow are sold out or no longer for sale:  https://www.tixr.com/groups/livgolf/events/2022-liv-golf-invitational-boston-45948