In January, the annual LIV Golf Promotions Event in Florida will offer two league spots. 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 event in Saudi Arabia offered just one league spot, which was claimed by Chieh-po Lee. This year, LIV Golf has increased the stakes and improved its promotion-relegation system in a bid 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 ten of the top 20 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 or released LIV players 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 will also compete, alongside Walker Cup players Dominic Clemons and Charlie Forster.
According to LIV Golf, 50 of the 87 participants 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 worldwide 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 chance at LIV Golf’s biggest season yet.”
PGA Tour players still barred from competing
Once again, no PGA Tour players will participate, as the Tour considers the four-day event unauthorized. Any member who competes would face a one-year suspension. The tension between the two professional circuits remains high, recently reignited 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