The LIV Golf Promotions event is set to tee off on Thursday, January 8 at the Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida. The four-day event’s initial field featured 83 players competing for three full-time spots on the 2026 LIV Golf League. According to reports, the event is now facing possible WDs from several players.
For the unversed, the promotions event is LIV Golf’s equivalent of the Q-School. It is noteworthy that the previous two versions of the event were not considered unauthorized events by the PGA Tour. The American circuit had released a statement dubbing it “a qualifying event only and not a part of an unauthorized series.” However, it had further clarified that this classification is “subject to change should the details of the event change.”
A year later, the PGA Tour is reportedly banning players linked to the promotions events. According to a Sports Illustrated report, any player with status under the PGA Tour umbrella would not be granted a conflicting event release and they would be subject to disciplinary action if they partook in the contest. The PGA Tour’s player handbook states that players won’t be ‘approved for conflicting event releases in North America.’
It is pertinent to note that LIV-linked players without any PGA Tour status would still receive one-year bans from the American series sanctioned events including 2026 Q-School. Currently, at least one player has withdrawn ahead of the $1.5 million prize pursed 72-hole stroke-play event’s start.
LIV Golf promotions field (Updated)
Here is a updated breakdown of players exempt into Round 1 (60):
2025 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup participants
- Dominic Clemons
- Charlie Forster
- Pablo Ereno
Leading players from 2025 International Series ranking (not already exempt)
- Pavit Tangkamolprasert
- Sarit Suwannarut
- Travis Smyth
- Poom Saksansin
- Austen Truslow
- MJ Maguire
- Denzel Ieremia
Winners of 2025 Asian Tour, Japan Tour, KPGA, PGA Tour of Australasia & Sunshine Tour events
- Luis Carrera
- Cory Crawford
- Matias Sanchez
- Sadom Kaewkanjana
- Oliver Bekker
- Nick Voke
- Josh Geary
- Hongtaek Kim
- Tomoyo Ikemura
- Dominic Foos
- Harrison Crowe
- Sung Kug Park
- Jae Ho Kim
- Suteepat Prateeptienchai
- Jeon Garam
- Louis Albertse
- Cameron John
- Ryo Katsumata
- Samuel Simpson
- Richard T. Lee
- LIV invitations
- Chris Wood
- Alex Levy
- Matthias Schwab
- Tom Lewis
- Lucas Bjerregaard
- Callum Shinkwin
- Maximilian Kieffer
- Julian Perico
- Max Kennedy
- Scotty Kennon
- Collin Adams
- Yeong-Su Kim
- Martin Vorster
- Albert Eckhardt
- Jose Islas
- James Ashfield
- Marcus Plunkett
- Pierre Pineau
- Chase Koepka
- Will Florimo
- Grant Hirschman
- Jonathan Brightwell
- Nick Bachem
- Jack Buchanan
- Joe Pagdin
- Jason Scrivener
- Wei-Hsuan Wang
- Joel Moscatel
- Brett Drewitt
- Clement Sordet
Exempt into Round 2 – International Series ranking
- Miguel Tabuena
- Ollie Schniederjans
- Wade Ormsby
- Danthai Boonma
- Jeunghun Wang
- Jazz Janewattananond
- Soomin Lee
- Kieran Vincent
- Rattanon Wannasrichan
Exempt into Round 2 – Tour leaders
- Bjorn Hellgren
- Takanori Konishi
- Doyeon Hwang
- Christopher Wood
- Herman Loubser
Players relegated or without LIV contract after 2025 season
- Ben Campbell
- Matt Jones
- Andy Ogletree
- Anthony Kim
- Max Rottluff
- John Catlin
More details on the LIV Golf promotions event will be updated as it progresses.
