Caddie Struck by Fan at 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide (Final leaderboard and money breakdown)

LIV Golf Adelaide 2024 is already in the books and The Grange Golf Club saw a little bit of everything, from the largest crowd on the circuit this season (probably in its history) to a first ever LIV Golf winner. Along the way, there was no shortage of shocking events, such as the one that happened to Lucas Herbert’s caddie.

The incident occurred on the 12th hole, which is a party hole at The Grange Golf Club and therefore one of the most popular holes with fans. Local player Lucas Herbert finished his Saturday day there, and with his performance, the all-aussies team Rippers GC temporarily tied for third place. The crowd went wild and the biggest cheer of the day followed. At that moment, a fan threw a water bottle that landed directly on the head of Nick Pugh, Herbert’s caddie.

🚨🤕 A LIV Golf fan nailed Lucas Herbert’s caddie Nick Pugh in the head with a full water bottle during Round 2 😲

(Via: @flushingitgolf)

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— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) April 27, 2024

Fortunately, there were no serious consequences. Minutes later, Herbert spoke to the press and had this to say (via The Sydney Morning Herald)

“I was worried about him to begin with, but he’s good now. He’s good, and he took it really well. He could have been a lot more upset with it, but he took it really well.”

The incident has reignited the debate over fan behavior in golf, which has traditionally been different from other sports. A similar debate was sparked recently after the WM Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour.

Preliminary figures from LIV Golf indicate that approximately 90,000 fans visited The Grange Golf Club during the three-day official event.

LIV Golf Adelaide: Highlights

Brendan Steele earned his first LIV Golf victory with an 18-under score. His performance included 23 birdies and five bogeys to finish one stroke ahead of Louis Oosthuizen. This is by far Brendan Steele’s best performance on the circuit. In 18 previous tournaments, his best finish was a third place at the 2023 LIV Golf Tucson.

However, the main storyline at LIV Golf Adelaide was in the team competition, as it featured the first playoff in the history of the circuit. To add to the drama, the playoff pitted the all-Australian Ripper GC against the all-South African Stinger GC.

The playoff came down to a single hole, with the Australians, led by local idol Cameron Smith, beating the South Africans, led by Oosthuizen, by one stroke. In third place was the HyFlyers GC, led by champion Brendan Steele and captained by legend Phil Mickelson.

With this result, HyFlyers GC equaled their best historical performance at LIV Golf, as they finished third only once before, at the 2022 LIV Golf Chicago.

LIV Golf Adelaide: Final leaderboard and money breakdown

• 1 Brendan Steele (-18) $4,000,000
• 2 Louis Oosthuizen (-17) $2,250,000
• T3 Charl Schwartzel (-16) $920,000
• T3 Jon Rahm (-16) $920,000
• T3 Andy Ogletree (-16) $920,000
• T3 Joaquín Niemann (-16) $920,000
• T3 Dean Burmester (-16) $920,000
• 8 Mito Pereira (-15) $525,000
• T9 Abraham Ancer (-14) $385,500
• T9 Brooks Koepka (-14) $385,500
• T9 Matt Jones (-14) $385,500
• T9 Jinichiro Kozuma (-14) $385,500
• T9 Danny Lee (-14) $385,500
• T14 Martin Kaymer (-13) $275,000
• T14 Lucas Herbert (-13) $275,000
• T14 Marc Leishman (-13) $275,000
• T14 Tyrrell Hatton (-13) $275,000
• T14 Thomas Pieters (-13) $275,000
• T14 Anirban Lahiri (-13) $275,000
• T14 Cameron Smith (-13) $275,000
• 21 Cameron Tringale (-12) $230,000
• T22 Caleb Surratt (-11) $206,250
• T22 Richard Bland (-11) $206,250
• T22 Patrick Reed (-11) $206,250
• T22 Carlos Ortiz (-11) $206,250
• T26 Adrian Meronk (-10) 180,000
• T26 Matthew Wolff (-10) 180,000
• T26 Talor Gooch (-10) 180,000
• T26 Bryson DeChambeau (-10) 180,000
• T26 Charles Howell III (-10) 180,000
• T31 Pat Perez (-9) 160,000
• T31 Paul Casey (-9) 160,000
• T31 Dustin Johnson (-9) 160,000
• T34 Kevin Na (-8) 146,250
• T34 Lee Westwood (-8) 146,250
• T34 Bubba Watson (-8) 146,250
• T34 Peter Uihlein (-8) 146,250
• T38 Sebastián Muñoz (-7) 138,750
• T38 Phil Mickelson (-7) 138,750
• T40 Sergio Garcia (-6) 130,500
• T40 Branden Grace (-6) 130,500
• T40 David Puig (-6) 130,500
• T40 Kalle Samooja (-6) 130,500
• T40 Sam Horsfield (-6) 130,500
• 45 Eugenio Chacarra (-5) 125,000
• T46 Graeme McDowell (-4) 123,750
• T46 Scott Vincent (-4) 123,750
• 48 Harold Varner III (-3) 120,000
• 49 Jason Kokrak (-2) $60,000
• 50 Kieran Vincent (-1) $60,000
• 51 Henrik Stenson (+3) $60,000
• T52 Hudson Swafford (+4) $50,000
• T52 Ian Poulter (+4) $50,000
• 54 Anthony Kim (+6) $50,000