The annual LIV Golf Promotions event in Florida will award two league spots in 2026. The full 87-player field is now confirmed.
The 87-player field for the 2026 LIV Golf Promotions event has been announced. 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 just one league spot, claimed by Chieh-po Lee. This year, LIV Golf has increased the stakes and improved its promotion-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 the top ten players from the International Series, including Miguel Tabuena (Philippines winner), Ollie Schniederjans (India winner), and Wade Ormsby (Jakarta winner). These players, along with relegated and released LIV golfers like Ben Campbell, Matt Jones, Andy Ogletree, Anthony Kim, Max Rottluff, and John Catlin, are already qualified for round two.
Notable European names include former Ryder Cup player and BMW PGA winner Chris Wood, five-time DP World Tour winner Alex Levy, and former Open Championship silver medalist Tom Lewis. DPWT veterans Callum Shinkwin and Lucas Bjerregaard, as well as Walker Cup players Dominic Clemons and Charlie Forster, are also in the mix.
According to LIV Golf, 50 of the 87 players have won a tournament in the past 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 still barred
Once again, PGA Tour players are absent from the event, as the Tour classifies the four-day tournament as an unauthorized event. Any member who participates would face a one-year suspension.
Tensions between the two professional golf circuits remain high. Recently, Laurie Canter gave up his PGA Tour card to return to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League, reigniting debate over the fractured state of professional golf.