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LIV Golf reveals official field for 2026 Promotions event in Florida

12/23/2025 by Laura Gailus

The annual LIV Golf Promotions event returns to Florida in January with nearly 90 players competing for two league spots.

LIV Golf reveals official field for 2026 Promotions event in Florida

The field for the 2026 LIV Golf Promotions event is set, featuring several big names (Photo: Getty)

The annual LIV Golf Promotions event returns to Florida in January with nearly 90 players competing for two league spots.

The 87-player field for the 2026 LIV Golf Promotions event has been officially announced. The tournament will take place from January 8 to 11 at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida. Unlike last year’s event in Saudi Arabia, which offered only one league spot—claimed by Chieh-po Lee—this year’s edition will award two coveted places in the LIV Golf League. The stakes have been raised as LIV Golf continues to refine its promotion-relegation system in pursuit of Official World Golf Ranking points.

Big Names Join LIV Golf Promotions Battle

German-speaking players Maximilian Kieffer and Matthias Schwab will compete for a chance to join the league. The field also includes the top ten players from the International Series Top 20, such as Philippines winner Miguel Tabuena, India champion Ollie Schniederjans, and Jakarta victor Wade Ormsby. These players are pre-qualified for the second round, along with relegated or released LIV golfers like Ben Campbell, Matt Jones, Andy Ogletree, Anthony Kim, Max Rottluff, and John Catlin.

Notable European entrants 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. Other familiar names are DPWT regulars Callum Shinkwin and Lucas Bjerregaard, as well as Walker Cup players Dominic Clemons and Charlie Forster. LIV Golf reports that 50 of the 87 players have won tournaments 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 spot in LIV Golf’s biggest season yet.”

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PGA Tour Players Still Barred

Once again, no PGA Tour members will participate, as the Tour considers the four-day event an unauthorized competition. Any PGA Tour player who competes risks a one-year suspension. Tensions between the two professional golf organizations remain high, recently reignited by Laurie Canter’s decision to relinquish his PGA Tour card in favor of returning to the Saudi-backed league.