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Scorching off his U.S. Open win at Pinehurst No. 2, LIV Golf celebrity Bryson DeChambeau was a significant attraction at LIV Golf Nashville which set a brand new attendance document within the US for the tour.
It’s arduous to overstate how a lot Bryson DeChambeau’s picture and likability has been overhauled within the three brief seasons he’s been on the LIV Golf Tour. Bryson was an outcast on the PGA Tour regardless of consistently being within the combine to win main tournaments. Many followers have been turned off by his outsider strategy to the sport (and his bizarre hats).
Between LIV Golf and YouTube, Bryson DeChambeau has discovered his lane. He has discovered novel methods to attach with followers that didn’t appear doable earlier than. And that has, in flip, bought tickets to LIV Golf occasions with a record-setting turnout in Faculty Grove, Tennessee.
In LIV Golf’s recap of the occasion, they introduced a brand new attendance document for a LIV Golf event in america. The ultimate 2 rounds at The Grove in Nashville have been bought out an dover 3 days of competitors, over 40,000 followers turned as much as The Grove for LIV Golf Nashville and to see Bryson DeChambeau make mince meat of the course hitting 13 of 14 fairways on Sunday and 16 of 18 greens in regulation.
Bryson’s Crushers GC got here on robust Sunday and completed LIV Golf Nashville at -35 however trailed Jon Rahm’s Legion XII who have been -40 because of Tyrell Hatton who went OFF in Tennessee. Hatton fired off rounds of -6, -7, and -6 to complete -19 for his first LIV Golf victory in three seasons on the tour.
Impressively, Hatton additionally stored his streak going of securing factors in each LIV Golf occasion this season (9 tournaments) and he’s third total on the season.
What to make of LIV Golf Nashville’s attendance document
Information are nice. Bryson DeChambeau shot a 58 within the remaining spherical at The Greenbrier in LIV’s 2023 season. That’s a document.
LIV Golf introduced in over 94,000 followers to Adelaide, Australia this 12 months and so they had 77,000 followers final 12 months. It’s evident there’s a huge world viewers for LIV.
However is 40,000 followers for 3 days of golf within the US really good? Nicely, the Traveler’s Championship (PGA Tour) pulls in round 70,000 followers only for Sunday alone.
That is evaluating apples to oranges, nonetheless. We’re speaking a few tour in its third season versus probably the most established skilled golf tour within the historical past of the game. So whereas 40,000 over three days could appear paltry compared, it truly is a powerful quantity and one which exhibits curiosity in LIV Golf is continually on the rise.
Bryson DeChambeau’s degree of play and guys like Brooks and Rahm consistently being within the combine in majors will solely proceed to develop that tour. It wouldn’t be stunning to see that 40,000 attendance quantity double when LIV Golf takes Bolingbrook Golf Membership in Chicago for the person participant championship.
