Jason Dufner, Kyle Stanley Among Players Signed Up for LIV Golf’s Promotions Event

Seventy-three players will compete for three LIV spots.

A total of 73 players are entered in LIV Golf’s Abu Dhabi Promotions event, including major champion Jason Dufner, two-time PGA Tour winner Kyle Stanley and former U.S. Ryder Cup team member Jeff Overton. 

Three LIV spots for 2024 will be up for grabs at the three-day, four-round competition which will be played Dec. 8-10 at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. 

Dufner, 46, won the 2013 PGA Championship and played a full season on the PGA Tour in 2023, where he made 13 cuts in 33 starts. 

Jason Dufner won the 2013 PGA Championship and is entered in next week's LIV Golf Promotions event :: Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire

Other notable entrants include PGA Tour winners Kevin Chappell and Chris Stroud, as well as 2014 European Ryder Cup star Victor Dubuisson of France. The 2017 NCAA Division I golf champion Braden Thornberry is in the field, as well as Australia’s Ryan Ruffels, the brother of LPGA rookie Gabi Ruffels. 

Additionally, four former LIV members who were relegated will tee it up. Sihwan Kim, Chase Koepka, Jed Morgan and James Piot will attempt to play their way back onto the Saudi-backed tour. 

The top three finishers in the event will have the opportunity to be drafted onto one of 12 LIV Golf teams for the 2024 season. 

“LIV Golf Promotions creates an open pathway for players to compete in the LIV Golf League, and the interest shown in the event’s inaugural year reinforces the significance of these new opportunities for the sport,” LIV CEO Greg Norman said.

Although the PGA Tour has said that the promotions event does not qualify as an “unauthorized tournament,” it is unclear whether the PGA Tour players in the field will face sanctions for teeing it up. 

Check out the full field list: 

Jaco Ahlers

Bobby Bai

Lachlan Barker

Zach Bauchou

Austin Bautista

Lucas Bjerregaard

Gregory Bourdy

Miguel Carballo

Luis Carrera

Chonlatit Chuenboonngam

Andrew Dodt

Jaewoong Eom

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 

Ryan Griffin (A)

Jeongwoo Ham 

Seungsu Han 

Scott Hend 

Berry Henson 

Kazuki Higa

David Horsey

Jazz Janewattananond 

Brendan Jones 

Chanmin Jung 

Sadom Kaewkanjana 

Kyungnam Kang 

Max Kennedy (A) 

Taichi Kho 23 

Phachara Khongwatmai 24 

Bio Kim 

Ronan Kleu

Karandeep Kochhar 

Guntaek Koh 

Jinichiro Kozuma

Junghwan Lee

Richard T. Lee 

Taehee Lee 

Steve Lewton 

Luis Masaveu (A)

Kyongjun Moon 

Kerry Mountcastle 

Zach Murray 

Jeff Overton 

Turk Pettit 

Settee Prakongvech 

Tapio Pulkkanen 

Alvaro Quiros 

Ryan Ruffels 

Poom Saksansin 

Micah Lauren Shin 

Travis Smyth 

Joël Stalter 

Kyle Stanley 

Chris Stroud 

Sarit Suwannarut 

Miguel Tabuena 

Nitithorn Thippong 

Braden Thornberry 

Martin Trainer 

Suradit Yongcharoenchai 

Kevin Yuan 

Gaganjeet Bhullar 

Ben Campbell 

Laurie Canter 

Kevin Chappell 

Gunn Charoenkul 

Jason Dufner 

Sihwan Kim 

Jed Morgan 

Wade Ormsby 

James Piot 

Kalle Samooja 

Kieran Vincent 

Sampson-Yunhe Zheng (A)