Hong Kong’s LIV Golf vision: Fanling club ‘working with government’ on multi-year plan
Last year’s LIV Golf event in the city estimated to have generated more than HK$320 million and earned HK$33 million in direct tax revenue
Hong Kong Golf Club said on Thursday it was excited by plans to bring LIV Golf to the city long-term, adding it would be “actively working with the government” to make it happen.
In responding to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s 2025-26 budget statement the previous day, in which Chan referred to the possibility of it happening, the Fanling course said it would work to promote the tournament “as the most exciting annual golf event in the Greater Bay Area”.
LIV Golf returns to the club next week for the second year running, and officials are expected to make an announcement then on what a long-term deal may look like.
The Saudi Arabia-backed team competition has already announced one extensive partnership this year, signing on to host its signature event in Adelaide until 2031.
As part of that deal – unveiled earlier in February by South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil and LIV Golf board member Greg Norman – North Adelaide Golf Course would be redeveloped, “transforming the facility into one of the world’s best public golf courses”.