Security for LIV Golf Singapore.
We provide tournament security for LIV Golf Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club every year. There are 48 players in 12 teams, playing 54 holes over three days with no cut. Every group starts at the same time, crowds follow the players around the course, and the event is broadcast worldwide.
An 18-hole course is also a 60-hectare work site.
The tournament is played on Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course. For security planning, the site is 60 hectares with 18 hole zones, a tournament village, two practice ranges, a clubhouse, a media area, sponsor stands, a player area and a parking area for broadcast trucks. The area we cover is bigger than the course itself.
Each part has its own flow of people and its own access rules. Crowds line the fairways and greens. Broadcast cameras sit on platforms by the greens and on a tower at the 18th. Sponsors host guests in cabanas in the village. Players travel on their own cart paths between holes. We plan for each of these separately.
Every group starts at the same time.
LIV Golf uses a different format from most tournaments. There are 54 holes, no cut and a shotgun start: when the horn sounds, every group tees off at once, each on a different hole. All 48 players are on the course from the first minute.
This is the detail that matters most for security. Every hole has players on it from the start, so every hole needs marshals, a cordon at the green, a cordon at the tee and officers in place within the first hour.
The team format adds more work. Twelve teams of four play and are followed as teams, with their own hospitality areas and fans in team colours. We plan for all of it using the tournament's operations document, which we receive in the week of the event.
Crowds that move around the course.
Golf crowds keep moving. Spectators follow a player or team, then regroup at the next hole. There are no fixed seats. Ropes and marshals hold the crowd back from the players, and both have to adjust when a shot lands somewhere unexpected.
Our officers work alongside the tournament's volunteer marshals. The volunteers handle golf etiquette: keeping the crowd quiet during shots, signalling where the ball went and holding the ropes. Our officers handle safety: keeping spectators off the course, stopping people entering restricted areas, watching for anyone struggling in the heat, and keeping the players' cart paths clear.
Some players bring their own bodyguards.
The field includes major champions and regional favourites, and some players travel with their own protection. We do not replace it. Our job is to make the venue work for them.
We cover the player area, control access to the practice range during private sessions, and cover the players' walks from the scoring tent to broadcast interviews and from the 18th green to the car park. Our officers do not ask players for autographs, photos or conversation. When a player has a personal bodyguard, that bodyguard stays in charge and we keep the route clear.
When Hawkeye provides full close protection, usually for a sponsor's guest or a local public figure, our close-protection lead plans it directly with whoever asked for it.
Protecting the broadcast set-up.
LIV Golf's broadcasters run a large operation at the venue: a truck park near the clubhouse, cables to camera towers and fairway positions, commentary booths, drones flying at set times, and scheduled press conferences. Each needs controlled access.
We handle three things. We control entry to the truck park, checking passes, vehicles and suppliers. We protect cables where they cross spectator paths. We guard each camera position so the crowd does not get in the way. We rehearse with the broadcaster's own security at the site visit, and the rule is simple: do not interrupt the broadcast.
The sponsor village works like a small mall.
The sponsor village is a row of hospitality cabanas beside the 18th fairway, busy all day during the tournament. It has ticketed entry, lounges, retail stands, food and drink, and live entertainment between rounds, so we secure it the way we would secure a mall.
Our officers control entry, check bags, manage the flow of people inside and respond to incidents. The village opens before play starts and closes after the last group finishes, so officer shifts follow the village's hours rather than the playing day.
Security continues until the site is cleared.
After the final round, the site has to be cleared and handed back to Sentosa for members. Cabanas come down, cables are collected, trucks leave and the player car park empties.
Our officers stay until this is done. The last officer to leave is a senior officer, after the last cable is collected and the last contractor has signed out.
LIV Golf works under the confidentiality terms of a global tournament organiser. We do not publish officer numbers, access procedures or player routes. References are available under NDA on request.