The annual LIV Golf Promotions Event in Florida will award two league spots in January. The official field has now been confirmed.
The 87-player field for the 2026 LIV Golf Promotions Event has been finalized. The tournament will take place from January 8 to 11 at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida. Last year’s edition in Saudi Arabia offered only one league spot, which was claimed by Chieh-po Lee. This year, the stakes have been raised as LIV Golf has enhanced its promotion and relegation system in an effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking points.
Big names headline LIV Golf Promotions field
German-speaking players Maximilian Kieffer and Matthias Schwab will compete for one of the coveted league spots. Also in the field are ten top players from the International Series, including Philippines winner Miguel Tabuena, India champion Ollie Schniederjans, and Jakarta victor Wade Ormsby. These players are already qualified for the second round, as are relegated and released LIV players such as Ben Campbell, Matt Jones, Andy Ogletree, Anthony Kim, Max Rottluff, and John Catlin.
Notable European names include former Ryder Cup player and BMW PGA champion Chris Wood, five-time DP World Tour winner Alex Levy, and former Open Championship silver medalist Tom Lewis. Former DPWT regulars Callum Shinkwin and Lucas Bjerregaard are also in the mix, alongside Walker Cup players Dominic Clemons and Charlie Forster.
According to LIV Golf, 50 of the 87 players have won a tournament in the last two years, including 39 different winners of OWGR-sanctioned events in 2025. “The development of LIV Golf Promotions reflects our ongoing commitment to creating truly open and competitive pathways for players around the world to compete at the highest level,” said LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil. “It will be a high-stakes, intense competition from start to finish, and we look forward to celebrating the players who earn their shot at LIV Golf’s biggest season yet.”
PGA Tour players barred from competing
Once again, no PGA Tour players will participate, as the Tour classifies the four-day event as unauthorized. Any member who competes would face a one-year suspension. Tensions between the two professional golf leagues remain high, recently reignited when Laurie Canter gave up his PGA Tour card to return to the Saudi-backed league.
📰 CONFIRMED: The LIV Golf Promotions field is set
🌍 Nearly 90 names representing 24 different countries will compete for two spots on the 2026 LIV Golf League #LIVGolf https://t.co/IemzafrCdH