The 2026 LIV Golf Promotions Event will take place in Florida this January with two league spots up for grabs. Field announced.
The 87-player field for the 2026 LIV Golf Promotions Event has been confirmed. The tournament will be held from January 8 to 11 at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida. Last year’s event in Saudi Arabia offered just one league spot, which was claimed by Chieh-po Lee. This year, the stakes are higher as LIV Golf has enhanced its promotion and relegation system in an effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points.
Big names headline LIV Golf Promotions Event
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 are automatically qualified for the second round, along with relegated and released LIV golfers 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, as well as Walker Cup players Dominic Clemons and Charlie Forster, are also in the lineup.
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 evolution 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 banned
Once again, no PGA Tour players will participate, as the Tour classifies the four-day event as an unauthorized competition. Any member who competes would face a one-year suspension.
The relationship between the two professional golf leagues remains tense. The issue recently resurfaced when Laurie Canter relinquished 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
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