Greg Norman causes stir as LIV Golf update on | Golf News

Greg Norman’s LIV Golf has stirred the pot with information that its Promotions occasion will solely offer one spot on their 2025 roster to qualifiers. This is a vital change from final 12 months’s occasion, which promised the highest three finishers a place to compete.

Bunkered reviews that the Saudi-backed league is set to reveal more particulars concerning the Q-School occasion, scheduled for December in Riyadh. In 2023, Kalle Samooja, Jinichiro Kozuma, and Kieran Vincent have been all awarded golden tickets after qualifying.

However, this time round, hopefuls have seen their possibilities restricted by LIV organizers. Two of these gamers – Samooja and Vincent – have been ultimately relegated and now should discover some other place to play.

Vincent completed above solely Hudson Swafford, Anthony Kim, and Ben Campbell within the standings, whereas Swafford – who has since been dropped – is unable to return to the PGA Tour. Samooja completed forty ninth general and was one of six gamers to complete within the relegation zone.

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson was one of these to complete within the backside six, however the American is exempt from relegation as he’s a group captain. LIV can be contemplating including a 14th group to the league, following Jon Rahm’s creation of his own group, Legion XIII, when he signed his big-money deal with LIV in 2023.

LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman excitedly introduced new alternatives within the league, stating: “Those who have competed in the LIV Golf League consistently share similar feedback: the energy, camaraderie, and global competition have created a once-in-a-lifetime experience for players to pursue their dreams at the highest level.

“LIV Golf Promotions delivers one other pathway for up-and-coming gamers and prime opponents throughout the globe to expertise a life-changing season with LIV, and we’re desperate to see who steps up this 12 months in Riyadh.”

With a change of setting, this 12 months’s Promotions occasion strikes from Abu Dhabi Golf Club within the United Arab Emirates to Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia. Despite this swap, the format stays untouched, with a 72-hole qualifier unfold over three days, starting December 12, concluding with two last rounds on Sunday, December 14.

The competitors has been divided into classes, with Category A drawing closely from among the many main amateurs worldwide, together with 2023 Walker Cup Team members and 2024 Palmer Cup counterparts, to not point out winners and runners-up at vital newbie competitions. Furthermore, the highest abilities from skilled tours like Japan Golf Tour, KPGA Korean Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia are set to take part, granting some of them exemptions till the second spherical.

Then there’s Category B, which permits gamers to affix the fray one spherical later on the competitors’s second day.