Greg Norman and Asian Tour eye Hong Kong for new events, with city’s Open expected to return in 2023
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After almost three years without a major professional golf tournament, Hong Kong could host two in 2023, as LIV Golf and the Asian Tour eye regional expansion.
While the Tour has been discussing the possibility of reviving the Hong Kong Open, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said he had the city and mainland China firmly in his sights when it came to growing his invitational events and working with the Tour on expanding its International Series.
Norman is no stranger to the city, having won the Open twice in the space of three years early in his career, and has long touted growing the game in the region as being a driver behind his new venture.
“We haven’t finished our schedule for 2023 yet, but yes, we are working with the Asian Tour very closely with what we are doing with the International Series,” he told the Post at this week’s LIV Golf Invitational event in Bangkok.
“We are expanding the International Series from where we are today, which is an eight event series, and will grow that number out. What that number is gonna be we’re not too sure yet, we’re just running our logistics on that.
“When I go to different places around the world, like for example Vietnam, they want LIV, but they also want the International Series, so we need to figure out how we give them both. But what a great position to be in for the game of golf.”
