He was omnipresent throughout the city as well, his face on trams, buses and signs all over the city, and despite the added pressure, Smith still delivered some top class golf to finish four back of winner Talor Gooch in a share of third on 15-under.

“Pretty exhausted,” Smith said summing up the week. “It was a big week to get through with lots of commitments and the fans. It's so cool to have those people behind you, but it's also really draining, as well, having the ovations on every green and tee.

“Yeah, it was an epic week but a very tiring week.”

The epic week is one that will be judged as wildly successful by everyone at LIV Golf, as well as the South Australian government that paid a multi-million dollar amount to lure the Greg Norman led Tour to its capital.

Rumours of more tournaments in Australia were rife before the tournament even started based off sold out tickets, and the stories only intensified throughout the week as the scenes of six deep crowds lining fairways and the party atmosphere were beamed around the world.

The most successful event in the newest player in professional golf’s history reinforcing the Australian thirst for top class golf and golfers.

Smith among those who hopes more LIV Golf events will come ‘Down Under’.

“It's been, I guess, spoken about for a few months now,” he said of the rumours. “I'm not sure how far along we are. I really stay out of those conversations, to be honest. It would be so cool to – part of my reason to play was to have an event here, and if we got two, I think that would make so much difference.”

His Ripper GC teammate Marc Leishman suggesting it isn’t just the Australians who want to visit their home country more than once next year and beyond.

Crowds like this will only make calls for more LIV events in Australia louder. PHOTO: Montana Pritchard/LIV Golf.

“Well, everyone is talking about two, not just the Aussie guys. There's a lot of big markets around the world, and you go to places that are going to really support – not saying everyone isn't going to support because there's been a lot of sold-out crowds everywhere we've gone,” Leishman said on Sunday.

“This was on a different level. This was everything like Carlos (Ortiz) was saying today, that this had a real major feel to it, even more than some majors, and I feel the same way. A special week I think for Australian golf, a special week for LIV. Yeah, Me and Cam will have a bit of a hug later on tonight. If we weren't, which we were, we were already very happy with our decisions, but this has certainly verified it, if it needed verifying, which I don't think it did.”

Whether another event is in the scope for 2024 is a mystery though.

Like everything with LIV Golf, nothing that is positive press is talked down by the powers that be, and a schedule for 2024 has yet to be set this publication was told by a LIV Golf official.

However, the South Australian government signed a two year deal, with an option for more years late last year and it is hard to imagine Premier Peter Malinauskas would be keen to share the love around the country.

There were plenty of locals in the crowds, but inbound domestic tourism was one of the great successes of the week for the local government, something that would be diminished if there were to be a second tournament played in say Queensland, New South Wales or Victoria during year two of the deal.

Regardless of what happens with the schedule and Australian events, LIV Golf and the government will both crow about the event for some time, and it is easy to understand why.

“A lot of the guys. I won't name any names, but were talking about, we have to have more events down here because if this is how it's going to be supported, this is where LIV is going to make their money,” Leishman said.

“Obviously they've put an investment in – well, not LIV, but they've invested in this Tour, and of course they want to get a return on their investment.

“This week is a pretty good indication that it's a product that will work, has worked, this week.”