Asian Tour: International Series Oman offers glimpse of what LIV Golf’s future could look like
- Season opener in Middle East takes place a week before LIV Golf Jeddah, and has attracted 21 players from the team circuit
- Officials have hinted that more Tour and LIV events outside North America could be played in proximity as ties deepen
The International Series gets under way in Oman this week, the first of 10 elevated events expected to happen over the course of the Asian Tour’s 2024 season.
Officials have confirmed six of those tournaments so far, with stops in Macau, Morocco, Indonesia, Qatar and Hong Kong also on the schedule.
At least one more is likely to be held in the UK, while Thailand, Vietnam and mainland China all hosted the series in 2023, and the Tour has said there were a “significant number of important tournaments to be added”.
The stated aim has always been to surpass the 23 weeks of golf and US$35 million in prize money on offer last year, but in the current climate officials are also seeking to take the next step in raising the Tour’s profile.
The Hong Kong Open
The city’s flagship tournament will again be played towards the end of the year, as the race to capture the series’ order of merit, and the guaranteed spot in LIV Golf that brings, reaches its conclusion.
