LIV Golf welcomes NEW qualifying school and RELEGATION system
LIV Golf Promotions Event to be held at the end of the year, giving three players a chance to gain exempt status.
LIV Golf has confirmed a new qualifying and relegation structure to its circuit, according to a report in Golf Digest.
The news comes during the opening tournament of the new LIV Golf League season in Mexico.
The Saudi-bankrolled Tour will welcome a 72-hole strokeplay qualifying tournament following the conclusion of the season in early November.
Four players will also be relegated.
The move to add a qualifier has no doubt been made to aid them in their bid to receive Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
LIV Golf Qualifying
The qualifier will be called the LIV Golf Promotions Event.
Three spots for the 2024 LIV Golf League season will be up for grabs in the 72-hole strokeplay qualifier, set for the middle of November 2023.
A fourth spot will be available for the winner of the International Series money list on the Asian Tour.
Andy Ogletree, who was axed by LIV Golf earlier last season, currently leads the race.
Scroll below to see the exemption criteria.
Read more about how the tourament will play out in Golf Digest's article here.
LIV Golf Relegation
With four players stepping up onto the 48-man roster for 2024, it will mean four players must leave.
LIV Golf will therefore relegate the four players who finish at the bottom of their individual points list.
However, it will only apply to players who are not under a multi-year contract.
So that means the likes of Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka will be fine, even if they do have a stinker of a season.
Six players were axed from LIV Golf earlier this week.
LIV Golf Qualifier Exemptions
The following categories will be exempt into the LIV Golf Promotions event at the stage outlined below:
- Players finishing in positions 2-32 of the 2023 International Series Rankings
- Players finishing in positions 6-32 of the International Series Rankings
- Players finishing in positions 2-5 of the International Series Rankings
- Players finishing in positions 45-48 of the 2023 Individual League Rankings
- Winner of the most recent staging of the following championships:
- U.S. Amateur Championship
- British Amateur Championship
- NCAA D1 Individual Stroke-play Championship
- Latin-America Amateur Championship
- Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- European Amateur Championship
- Eisenhower Individual Championship
- Players ranked within the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking at close of entries
- Players ranked within the top 20 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings at close of entries
- Winners of fully sanctioned events on the DP World Tour or PGA Tour in the previous season
- Winners of the following tournaments since the year 2018:
- Open Championship
- U.S. Open
- Masters
- PGA Championship
- Members of the last edition of the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup
LIV Golf Qualifier Format
Round 1
- 18 holes of individual stroke-play
- Field composed of Categories: 1a, 3, 4, 5
- Leading 20 players (and ties) qualify for Round 2
Round 2
- 18 holes of individual stroke-play
- Field composed of leading 20 (and ties) from Round 1, plus Categories: 1b, 2, 6, 7, 8
- Leading 16 players only qualify for Rounds 3 & 4
Rounds 3 & 4
- 36 holes of individual stroke-play
- Leading three players only receive full playing rights for following season LIV Golf League
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