{"id":391971,"date":"2026-01-06T23:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:03:04","slug":"10-players-to-watch-liv-golf-promotions-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391971\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Players to Watch: LIV Golf Promotions 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LIV Golf Promotions 2026 is set to take place Jan. 8-11 at the challenging Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida. The 72-hole event has a field of 80 players battling for a coveted spot on LIV Golf for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the top 10 (and ties) will receive exemptions into next year&#8217;s International Series events on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 10 players poised to make a run at a life-changing LIV Golf spot:<\/p>\n<p>1. Anthony Kim<\/p>\n<p>Age: 40\u00a0<br \/>Nationality: American\u00a0<br \/>How they got here:\u00a02025 LIV Golf player, former Ryder Cup player<\/p>\n<p>Kim is a fascinating story entering the Promotions event. He struggled for the majority of his time on LIV Golf, which was expected to be the case given his 12-year absence from the professional game. However, the former Ryder Cup star showed flashes of a career resurgence after the 2025 LIV Golf season commenced. He finished T5 at the PIF Saudi International, which was his first finish in the top-20 finish at any event since his return to golf.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Chris Wood<\/p>\n<p>Age: 38\u00a0<br \/>Nationality: English\u00a0<br \/>How they got here:\u00a0Former Ryder Cup\u00a0player, Former top 50 in OWGR,\u00a03-time\u00a0DP World Tour winner<\/p>\n<p>Wood has one of the most impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of any player in the field this week. He&#8217;s a three-time DP World Tour winner, with the biggest coming at the 2016 BMW PGA Championship, which the flagship event at Wentworth and one of the tour&#8217;s most prestigious titles.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman is coming in hot after a win last month at the Rolear Algarve Classic on the MENA Tour. He&#8217;s been candid about his mental health battles over the years, and if he punches his ticket to LIV Golf this week, it&#8217;d be one of the best feel-good stories in golf.<\/p>\n<p>3. Miguel Tabuena<\/p>\n<p>Age: 31\u00a0<br \/>Nationality: Filipino\u00a0<br \/>How they got here: International Series rankings\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tabuena finished 3rd in the 2025 International Series rankings, just missing automatic promotion. The two-time Olympian will receive a bye into the second round of the tournament and should be considered one of the favorites to emerge from the pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIV Golf Promotions 2026 is set to take place Jan. 8-11 at the challenging Black Diamond Ranch in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-391971","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\/391971","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=391971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}