It happened again this week with LIV Golf Adelaide and the first women’s major of the year, the Chevron, playing out on opposite sides of the world.

The scenes at The Grange in South Australia looked befitting of some of the legendary Australian Masters of the 1980’s and 90’s with huge, boisterous crowds lining the fairways and cheering on the players’ every move.

Meanwhile, the Chevron may have been one of the flattest major final rounds in memory with virtually no crowds on hand as a group of young players struggled mightily to try to close the deal.

So what’s the Seinfeld connection?

Episode 137, people, also known as The Bizarro Jerry.

In that episode up is down, left is right and the whole world looks just a little bit off.

Which is exactly what the weekend felt like to me (and I suspect many other long time golf fans).

A tournament with no history and a limited field took centre stage in Australia and loudly celebrated men drinking beverages out of shoes (which is disgusting, by the way).

The scenes in Adelaide harked back to the glory days of professional golf in Australia. PHOTO: Mark Brake/Getty Images.

Meanwhile, a grand slam tournament of 40 years’ standing which holds legitimate meaning saw almost none of the game’s best-known players contend and ended with a play-off water ball that sucked any potential excitement out of the finish.

Bizarro.

There are all sorts of complex factors at play which led to this situation, of course, but in any objective analysis it seems out of kilter. Recognisable but not quite right.

For those who have watched golf for a long time majors, be they men’s or women’s, have trumped all other tournaments.

This week’s Chevron lacked that vibe for multiple reasons, not the least being the upheaval of moving from their home of 40 years, Mission Hills in California, to a high-end real estate development in Texas in part to appease a new sponsor.

"Traditions have to start somewhere and perhaps the weekend in Adelaide was the beginning of one for LIV. Traditions also sometimes end and perhaps the weekend in Houston was the beginning of the end for The Chevron." - Rod Morri.

That is somewhat akin to moving The Masters from Augusta, which is ironic given the decision was as much to do with the actions of Augusta National and the Mission Hills club as any desire of the LPGA.

(The ANWA did untold damage to what was once the Dinah Shore by dividing media coverage while Mission Hills themselves were, apparently, not open to changing the date of the tournament because it would interfere with Club Championships).

Meanwhile in Adelaide the combination of a fan base long starved of top-flight professional golf coupled with a healthy dose of anti PGA Tour sentiment proved fertile ground for LIV.

The scenes coming out of the Grange were much more major like than anything from Texas and that will no doubt be a source of much satisfaction for Greg Norman and the LIV team.

What it means in the broader context of LIV and the PGA Tour is yet to be seen but there is no question the event was a success.

Traditions have to start somewhere and perhaps the weekend in Adelaide was the beginning of one for LIV.

Traditions also sometimes end and perhaps the weekend in Houston was the beginning of the end for The Chevron.

Or perhaps not. It’s impossible to say, really.

Because just when you think you have a handle on it, the world goes Bizarro.