{"id":470234,"date":"2026-02-12T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:15:13","slug":"miguel-tabena-earns-full-time-liv-golf-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470234\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Tabena Earns Full-Time LIV Golf Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Kim joining the 4Aces<\/a> has had a positive knock-on effect for Miguel Tabuena and he’s landed a full-time LIV Golf card for the season.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old just narrowly missed out on qualifying for LIV Golf when he finished third in the International Series rankings<\/a> on the Asian Tour last year – with just the top two getting cards.<\/p>\n

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He won his home International Series event in the Philippines<\/a> and his performances during the season earned him a LIV Golf debut in Riyadh as a reserve last week.<\/p>\n

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Tabuena filled the spot on the 4Aces<\/a> team left by Patrick Reed<\/a>‘s exit – with that place in Dustin Johnson’s side now taken up full-time by Anthony Kim.<\/a><\/p>\n

That still left a place in the league to be filled though, and Tabuena has won it to become the first Filipino to earn a LIV Golf card.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really huge for me, my goal last year was to win an International Series event, and I did it,” said Tabuena, who will play the rest of the LIV Golf season as a wild card.<\/p>\n

“That win opened up so many opportunities, including playing bigger events like the Saudi International, and it also gave me a real chance to push for promotion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis opportunity also proves that The International Series is a real pathway to LIV Golf. I didn\u2019t earn the automatic spot straight away, but I played well across the season, and the LIV team saw that.<\/p>\n

“It shows that if you compete on the Asian Tour and perform in The International Series, doors can open, even for players coming through Q School.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Miguel\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Tabuena is a four-time winner on the Asian Tour, most notably when winning in front of his home fans back in October, which pushed him into a challenge for one of the two automatic qualifying spots into LIV.<\/p>\n

Although he didn’t make it at first, he’s now in the line-up at LIV Golf Adelaide as one of a number of Asian Tour plays to make it including Scott Vincent, Yosuke Asaji, Richard Lee and Bjorn Hellgren.<\/p>\n

Reed’s surprise departure left Johnson’s 4Aces with a big hole to fill, but Kim looks like he could be a good fit as he continues his resurgence after spending 12 years out of the game.<\/p>\n

For Tabuena it’s a great opportunity now to make a name for himself and cash in on the lucrative team-based tour for the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n

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