A number of Individuals have made the journey to Saudi Arabia for LIV Golf’s Promotions occasion, which will likely be performed Thursday-Saturday at Riyadh Golf Membership.
Whereas three LIV Golf playing cards had been handed out on the inaugural qualifying event final 12 months, the Saudi-backed league lowered the variety of spots obtainable for subsequent season to only one.
Nonetheless, 2023 NCAA particular person champion Fred Biondi, final 12 months’s Latin America Beginner champion Santiago de le Fuente and brothers Ollie and Luke Schniederjans, each Georgia Tech merchandise, will likely be among the many notables teeing it up within the 72-hole occasion.
Biondi, who turned professional two summers in the past after additionally main Florida to the NCAA group title, had simply two top-25s in 22 begins of the Korn Ferry Tour this season. He completed No. 117 in factors.
De la Fuente graduated from Houston earlier this 12 months and was amongst a slew of gamers on this Promotions discipline who didn’t get out of the primary second-stage web site for PGA Tour Q-College, which happened earlier than Thanksgiving.
Ollie Schniederjans performed three seasons on the PGA Tour earlier than shedding his card in 2019, and he has battled quite a few accidents in recent times. He had surgical procedures on each hips, three months aside, in 2022 and missed over a 12 months of motion. He returned final 12 months, making eight begins, and in 14 begins this 12 months, he notched one top-10 and ended up No. 100 in KFT factors, shedding full standing. Luke Schniederjans, who at 26 years outdated is 5 years youthful than Ollie, has solely logged 9 profession begins between the PGA Tour and KFT.
5 LIV members from this previous season are enjoying – Hudson Swafford, Kieran Vincent, Scott Vincent, Branden Grace and Kalle Samooja – and will likely be amongst these exempt by way of to the second spherical. The highest 20 and ties after Spherical 1 advance earlier than scores are reset. The highest 20 gamers then advance to the ultimate 36 holes, earlier than which scores are reset once more.
The winner of the Promotions occasion received’t essentially compete on a LIV group subsequent season, as that participant might as an alternative play the season as a wild-card member.
Different notables within the Promotions discipline embody Spain’s Luis Masaveu, who superior to the semifinals of this summer time’s U.S. Beginner; Logan McAllister, who has performed on the KFT since graduating from Oklahoma in 2022 and completed No. 92 in factors this season; a number of GB&I Walker Cuppers, together with mid-amateur Matt McClean, Wake Forest alum Mark Energy and Stanford product Barclay Brown; three-time DPWT winner and former Ryder Cupper Chris Wooden; two-time DPWT winner Renato Paratore; former PGA Tour winner Martin Coach; American journeyman Spencer Levin: and LIV reserve John Catlin.
Here’s a take a look at the total discipline:
ROUND 1
a-Matt McClean
a-Ziqin Zhou
Adri Arnaus
Alex Maguire
Barclay Brown
Ben van Wyk
Bjorn Hellgren
Bo Hoag
Borja Virto
Brett Rankin
Bryce Easton
Chang Wei-Iun
Chase Hanna
Chris Wooden
Christofer Blomstrand
David Horsey
Denwit Boriboonsub
Fred Biondi
Gaganjeet Bhullar
Gunn Charoenkul
Hurly Lengthy
Ian Snyman
Jack Lundin
Jak Carter
James Ashfield
Jazz Janewattananond
Jean Bekirian
Jed Morgan
Jeunghun Wang
Joe Sullivan
Jose Islas
Junghwan Lee
Kazuki Higa
Khalid Attieh
Kota Kaneko
Liam Nolan
Logan McAllister
Luis Carrera
Luis Masaveu
Luke Schniederjans
Mark Energy
Martin Simonsen
Martin Coach
Matthis Besard
Maverick Antcliff
Max Kennedy
Max Rottluff
Miguel Tabuena
Nick Voke
Ollie Schniederjans
Phachara Khongwatmai
Renato Paratore
Ross McGowan
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Sampson Zheng
Santiago de la Fuente
Spencer Levin
Stefano Mazzoli
Taichi Kho
Tatsunori Shogenji
Tom Lewis
Travis Smyth
Turk Pettit
Wase Ormsby
EXEMPT INTO ROUND 2
Ben Campbell
Branden Grace
Brett Coletta
Chanwoo Kim
Daihan Lee
Daniel Gale
Dongmin Lee
Hongtaek Kim
Hudson Swafford
Inhoi Hur
Jack Buchanan
Jbe Kruger
Jeongwoo Ham
John Catlin
Kalle Samooja
Kieran Vincent
Lee Chieh-Po
Matthew Griffin
Michael Maguire
Phoenix Campbell
Rattanon Wannasrichan
Richard T. Lee
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Scott Vincent
Soomin Lee
Steve Lewton
Suteepat Prateeptienchai
William Bruyeres
Wooyoung Cho
