{"id":487603,"date":"2026-01-02T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487603\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:52:15","slug":"first-look-2026-liv-golf-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487603\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: 2026 LIV Golf Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BASIC INFO<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0January 8-11, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto, Florida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition:<\/strong> 72 holes of stroke play<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field:<\/strong>\u00a083 players (63 players to start Rd. 1; 20 players exempt into Rd. 2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Stake:<\/strong>\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<p><strong>Purse:<\/strong> $1.5 million USD ($200,000 for first place; $150,000 for second place; $100,000 for third place)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Tee Time:<\/strong> Rounds scheduled to begin approximately 10 a.m. ET each day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCHEDULE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROUND 1 \/ THURSDAY, JAN. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>63 players will compete in 18-hole stroke play. Top 20 and ties advance to Round 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROUND 2 \/ FRIDAY, JAN. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>ROUND 3 \/ SATURDAY, JAN. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scores are reset and players will play the first 18 holes of a 36-hole shootout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROUND 4 \/ SUNDAY, JAN. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":487604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-487603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115826782572035979","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}