2026 LIV Golf Promotions gets underway this week, as three more names will be added to the roster for the 2026 LIV Golf League.
The promotions tournament will consist of four rounds of 18-hole stroke play. Starting Thursday, January 8, those who finish in the top 20 and ties from round one will advance to Friday’s round two, where scores will reset, and the field will be joined by a category of players who automatically qualified for day two of competition.
The top 20 players and any ties following round two will advance to the third day of competition, with scores reset once more. After a two-day, 36-hole shootout will commence, and at Sunday’s conclusion, the top three finishers will earn a spot on the LIV Golf League for 2026, as well as $200,000 for first place and $150,000 for second place and $100,000 for third place.
The top 10 finishers, including ties, will earn a full exemption into the 2026 International Series, sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
ROUND 1 / THURSDAY, JAN. 8
63 players will compete in 18-hole stroke play. Top 20 and ties advance to Round 2.
ROUND 2 / FRIDAY, JAN. 9
The Round 1 survivors will be joined by 20 players exempt into Round 2. Scores will be reset and players will compete in 18-hole stroke play. Top 20 and ties advance to the weekend.
ROUND 3 / SATURDAY, JAN. 10
Scores are reset and players will play the first 18 holes of a 36-hole shootout.
ROUND 4 / SUNDAY, JAN. 11
Scores carry over from Round 3, with a final 18 holes to determine the top three players who will earn LIV Golf entry for 2026. A playoff will be used if necessary to determine the winner and/or second and third place.
See below the full field of LIV Golf Promotions 2026
ROUND 1 STARTERS
A-1. Members of 2025 Walker Cup & 2025 Palmer Cup
Dominic Clemons, 23, England
Charlie Forster, 22, England
Pablo Ereno, 21, Spain
A-4. Leading 25 players from top 40 final 2025 Int. Series rankings (not exempt into round 2)
Pavit Tangkamolprasert, 36, Thailand
Sarit Suwannarut, 27, Thailand
Travis Smyth, 30, Australia
Poom Saksansin, 32, Thailand
Austen Truslow, 29, United States
MJ Maguire, 33, United States
Denzel Ieremia, 29, New Zealand
A-5. Winners of Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, KPGA Korean Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour-sanctioned tournaments in 2025
Luis Carrera, 25, Mexico
Cory Crawford, 33, Australia
Matias Sanchez, 27, Australia
Sadom Kaewkanjana, 27, Thailand
Oliver Bekker, 41, South Africa
Nick Voke, 31, New Zealand
Josh Geary, 41, New Zealand
Hongtaek Kim, 32, South Korea
Tomoyo Ikemura, 30, Japan
Dominic Foos, 28, Germany
2025 SJM Macao Open – Dominic Foos – Asian Tour
Harrison Crowe, 24, Australia
Sung Kug Park, 37, South Korea
Jae Ho Kim, 43, South Korea
Suteepat Prateeptienchai, 32, Thailand
Jeon Garam, 30, South Korea
Louis Albertse, 29, South Africa
Cameron John, 26, Australia
Ryo Katsumata, 29, Japan
Samuel Simpson, 23, South Africa
A-7. Invitations as determined by LIV Golf League
Chris Wood, 38, England
Chris Wood poses with the trophy MENA Golf Tour
Alex Levy, 35, France
Matthias Schwab, 31, Austria
Tom Lewis, 34, England
Tom Lewis was the Low Amateur in the 2011 Open Championship – Getty Images
Lucas Bjerregaard, 34, Denmark
Callum Shinkwin, 32, England
Max Kieffer, 35, Germany
Andreas Halvorsen, 29, Norway
Julian Perico, 26, Peru
Max Kennedy, 24, Ireland
Max Kennedy – Blot Play9 – Getty Images
Scotty Kennon, 23, United States
Collin Adams, 23, United States
Yeong-Su Kim, 36, South Korea
Martin Vorster, 23, South Africa
Albert Eckhardt, 31, Finland
Jose Islas, 23, Mexico
James Ashfield, 24, Wales
MJ Daffue, 36, South Africa
Marcus Plunkett, 31, USA
Pierre Pineau, 26, France
Chase Koepka, 31, USA
Chase Koepka. Asian Tour
Will Florimo, 26, Australia
Grant Hirschman, 30, USA
Anthony Quayle, 31, Australia
Jonathan Brightwell, 27, USA
Nick Bachem, 26, Germany
Jack Buchanan, 23, Australia
Joe Pagdin, 24, England
Jason Scrivener, 36, Australia
Wei-Hsuan Wang, 26, Chinese-Taipei
Joel Moscatel, 27, Spain
Joel Moscatel – Challenge de Espana – Getty Images
Andrew Kozan, 26, USA
Brett Drewitt, 35, Australia
Clement Sordet, 33, France
EXEMPT INTO ROUND TWO
B-3. Leading 10 players from the top 20 final 2025 International Series rankings
Miguel Tabuena, 31, Philippines
Ollie Schniederjans, 32, United States
Wade Ormsby, 45, Australia
International Series 2023 – Defending champion Wade Ormsby of Australia – Paul Lakatos / Asian Tour
Danthai Boonma, 29, Thailand
Jeunghun Wang, 30, South Korea
Jazz Janewattananond, 30, Thailand
Soomin Lee, 32, South Korea
Kieran Vincent, 28, Zimbabwe
Rattanon Wannasrichan, 30, Thailand
B-4. Leading players from the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, KPGA Korean Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour at the close of entries
Bjorn Hellgren, 35, Sweden
Bjorn Hellgren – 2025 Saudi Open – Asian Tour
Takanori Konishi, 33, Japan
Doyeon Hwang, 32, South Korea
Christopher Wood, 35, Australia
Herman Loubser, 26, South Africa
B-11. Players relegated or without a contract for the following season from the final 2025 LIV Golf Individual Standings
Ben Campbell, 34, New Zealand
Matt Jones, 45, Australia
Andy Ogletree, 27, United States
Anthony Kim, 40, United States
Francois Nel
Max Rottluff, 32, Germany
John Catlin, 35, United States
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