BASIC INFO\u00a0<\/p>\n
When:\u00a0January 8-11, 2026<\/p>\n
Where: Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto, Florida<\/p>\n
Competition: 72 holes of stroke play<\/p>\n
Field:\u00a083 players (63 players to start Rd. 1; 20 players exempt into Rd. 2)<\/p>\n
At Stake:\u00a0Top three finishers earn full-time spots as wild card players into the 2026 LIV Golf League. Top 10 finishers and ties earn exemption into the 2026 International Series tournaments sanctioned by the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n
Purse: $1.5 million USD ($200,000 for first place; $150,000 for second place; $100,000 for third place)<\/p>\n
Local Tee Time: Rounds scheduled to begin approximately 10 a.m. ET each day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SCHEDULE\u00a0<\/p>\n
ROUND 1 \/ THURSDAY, JAN. 8<\/p>\n
63 players will compete in 18-hole stroke play. Top 20 and ties advance to Round 2.<\/p>\n
ROUND 2 \/ FRIDAY, JAN. 9<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
ROUND 3 \/ SATURDAY, JAN. 10<\/p>\n
Scores are reset and players will play the first 18 holes of a 36-hole shootout.<\/p>\n
ROUND 4 \/ SUNDAY, JAN. 11<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BASIC INFO\u00a0 When:\u00a0January 8-11, 2026 Where: Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto, Florida Competition: 72 holes of stroke play Field:\u00a083…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-383862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}