The LIV Promotions event will see the final three places in the 2024 LIV Golf League awarded – but two notable names will be missing from the field in Abu Dhabi
Chase Koepka and former Team Europe Ryder Cup member Victor Dubuisson have withdrawn from the upcoming LIV Golf Promotions event at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
This weekend’s 72-hole competition in the United Arab Emirates is a player’s last opportunity to secure a full card for the contentious start-up next year, as there are just three spots available in the LIV Golf League ahead of the 2024 campaign.
But in a recent announcement by LIV, the aforementioned pair – plus World No. 440, Lee Chieh-po – have pulled out and will no longer tee it up in the three-stage event between December 8-10.
The trio have been replaced by Grégory Bourdy, Kazuki Higa, and David Horsey – all of whom have plied their trade on the DP World Tour in recent seasons – as LIV introduces promotion and relegation for the first time in its short history.
“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,” said LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman.
“There is exceptional talent from all corners of the globe and LIV Golf is establishing a platform for these current and rising stars of the game to build their careers in new, exciting ways. LIV Golf’s future is bright, and our anticipation grows to see which competitors will be part of this game-changing league in 2024.”
Koepka endured a difficult 2023 on the lively circuit but managed to bag a memorable ace on the ‘Watering Hole’ at LIV Adelaide before slipping into the bottom four after the LIV Team Championships.
Five-time Major winner Brooks Koepka initially admitted he would “love to have” his younger brother back on Smash GC for 2024 before moving on to sign Graeme McDowell as the fourth member of his team.
Meanwhile, Dubuisson was a star of Team Europe’s successful 2014 Ryder Cup squad which beat Team USA at Gleneagles.
This week’s tournament will see LIV move away from its traditional 54-hole format to a 72-hole event, with the top-20 from the first round advancing to the second stage on Saturday – at which point the scores will reset.
Saturday’s activity will then present players who got a first-round bye, the gathering which ought to have contained Pursue Koepka as well as the other three consigned golf players from the 2023 season.
Following one more 18 holes, the best 20 will progress to the last day of contest on Sunday, where the scores by and by reset for a 36-opening shootout. The best three will acquire LIV cards as well as prize cash of $200,000, $150,000 and $100,000, individually.
The people who finish somewhere in the range of fourth and tenth will acquire exclusions for each of the 2024 occasions on the Asian Visit’s Worldwide Series.
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