How Will Relegated Players Be Replaced in the 2024 LIV Golf League? Everything to Know About the Circuit’s Future

LIV Golf has seen a lot of controversies since its inception in 2022. A lot of players were at the end of a severe backlash as they jumped ships from the different Tours to the Saudi-backed league. Even so, the field of 48 golfers saw themselves take part in a series of tournaments boasting a huge amount of money amidst top competition.

The 2023 season saw the last four players on the season standings, including Brooks Koepka’s brother Chase Koepka, getting relegated from the league. Following this, the question naturally arises, who will take the place of the four golfers that lost their spots at the end of the event in Jeddah?

The process of replacing the relegated players in LIV Golf

The likes of Koepka, Jediah Morgan, James Piot, and Sihwan Kim were unable to keep their spots for the 2024 season as they found themselves at the bottom of the standings. However, in a bid to replace these players, the Saudi-backed League announced the LIV Golf Promotions event that is set to take place in Abu Dhabi Golf Club at the end of 2023.

The tournament will see the field of players compete for the three remaining spots in the next season of the PIF-funded event as one seat has been filled by Andy Ogletree following his No. 1 finish on the Asian Tour’s International Series. The event will kick off on December 8th while boasting a prize purse of $1.5 million.

The competition would consist of an 18-hole round on Friday followed by another 18 holes on Saturday. The players who will survive the two cuts would carry on to the 36-hole final that is set to take place on Sunday. Since every player who participates will get a minimum of $5000, the number of golfers set to enter the same would be limited owing to certain restrictions.

Moreover, the contest would take place with players from around the world following various criteria, including The Universal Golf Rankings. The Middle Eastern circuit turned to a different set of norms following the decision of the OWGR which rejected the league based on certain reasons.

OWGR denies points to LIV Golf

A ruling was taken by the Official World Golf Rankings denying players from LIV Golf, points based on reasons of the league following a different format along with issues of player turnover. Peter Dawson, chairman of the board, in a letter to Greg Norman and Gary Davidson, pointed out how the format of the circuit is different from the 72-hole one followed by many of the top tournaments.

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Moreover, the ranking body also mentioned how the golfers in the PIF-funded league were not participating in a place where they could be compared with the other players. He expressed how they could not be ranked with the other 24 Tours and the players from around the globe who are trying hard to compete in the same.

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