What the LIV Golf series was actually like on the ground

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 1000 GMT (1800 HKT) June 11, 2022

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St Albans, England (CNN)Pop music pumping, a marching band and a human statue scaring those walking nearby. There's even a robotic, automated drinks transportation machine.

This is not your typical golf event. But it never promised to be so. The inaugural LIV Golf event began in earnest at the Centurion Club just north of London, after months of speculation and controversy about this breakaway golf tour and