The Washington Post reports:
This weekend’s LIV Golf event at Trump National Golf Club involved serious money — a total purse of $25 million — and took great efforts to present itself as golf with attitude. Or at least a personality. There were paratroopers before the first tee shot and T-shirt guns during breaks in the action.
Top 40 and dance music blared from speakers across the course, even as players lined up tricky putts. But thus far, with relatively thin crowds, modest online viewership numbers and much of the attention focused on peripheral controversies, it’s not yet clear whether there’s an audience for LIV’s version of the sport.
Mediaite reports:
Fewer than 1,000 people were concurrently watching the Facebook Live feed for much of the first two rounds this weekend. On the course, there were far fewer people.
Event officials didn’t announce attendance, though most estimates suggested only a few thousand spectators.
Tickets sold for $75 per day but could be had on the secondary market for $1 apiece (plus $5.05 in fees via StubHub).
LIV Golf’s Big Tournament at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course Totally Bombs: $1 StubHub Tickets and Anemic Viewership https://t.co/sqN1S3PqVD
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 1, 2022
Got $1 tickets for LIV golf yesterday at the Trump Bedminster. It is such a boring product. Their tagline is “don’t blink” probably because they’re afraid that if you blink you’ll fall asleep. pic.twitter.com/zNJq7fZDr7
— Jason Selvig (@jasonselvig) July 30, 2022
Tickets to see Trump at the LIV Invitational this weekend at Bedminster are going for $1 on StubHub. ? pic.twitter.com/iLr6CIQsZr
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 30, 2022
Tix for Trump’s Bonesaws/Bonespurs
GolfTournament going for one
dollar, raising speculation Trump
will start selling tix to the ditch in
the rough where he buried his
ex wife.https://t.co/QkpxVJqzSp— Ron Rosenbaum (@RonRosenbaum1) August 1, 2022