The city of Madrid is opting to enter the LIV Golf calendar for next season, encouraged by the popularity of golf in the Spanish capital and the possibility of alternating with Valderrama, which signed five tournaments with the Saudi Arabian Public Fund (PIF) with the clause that they could skip two years until 2029.
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Liv, future
The tournament would be held in the spring and responds to LIV Golf's desire to look for large cities so that the public comes as it already does, for example, in Adelaide, which is the paradigm of what the circuit that Jon Rahm joined last November is looking for.
To this end, the CEO of the Circuit, Greg Norman, has travelled to Madrid to meet with the city's officials and see if it is possible to immediately incorporate it into the calendar. In fact, this is not the only option he is considering in Europe, as he arrived in Madrid from Paris where he had lunch with the president of the French Golf Federation, Pascal Grizot.
France and Spain host the two oldest tournaments on the European continent. Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain; it is the second most populous municipality in the European Union, after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the sixth most populous in Europe after Moscow, Istanbul, London, the Ruhr and Paris: the municipal area extends over a total of 604.3 km while the population of the municipality is 3,280,782 inhabitants[9], but the population of the metropolitan area (urban agglomeration and metropolitan suburban) is in fact calculated at 7.5 million.
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In addition to being the capital of the country, it is also the seat of government and residence of the Spanish monarch, and is the political center of Spain; the Madrid conurbation is the fourth largest in the European Union in terms of GDP, and its influence in politics, education, science and the arts contributes to its status as one of the world's leading global cities; due to its economic performance, high standard of living and the size of its market, Madrid is considered the largest financial centre in Southern Europe; it is home to the headquarters of the vast majority of Spain's largest companies; it is the most visited city in Spain, the fourth most touristic on the continent; and it is the tenth most liveable city in the world, according to Monocle magazine, in its 2010 index; in addition, it was ranked among the 12 greenest European cities in 2010.
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Despite having modern infrastructure, it has preserved the original appearance of many streets and historic districts almost unchanged. Its cultural heritage includes the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Retiro Park, the National Library of Spain and three important museums: the Prado Museum, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofa and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
