Miguel Tabena Earns Full-Time LIV Golf Card

Miguel Tabuena playing in LIV Golf Riyadh at the start of the 2026 season — (Image credit: Getty Images)

Anthony Kim joining the 4Aces has had a positive knock-on effect for Miguel Tabuena and he's landed a full-time LIV Golf card for the season.

The 31-year-old just narrowly missed out on qualifying for LIV Golf when he finished third in the International Series rankings on the Asian Tour last year - with just the top two getting cards.

“This is really huge for me, my goal last year was to win an International Series event, and I did it," said Tabuena, who will play the rest of the LIV Golf season as a wild card.

"That win opened up so many opportunities, including playing bigger events like the Saudi International, and it also gave me a real chance to push for promotion.

“This opportunity also proves that The International Series is a real pathway to LIV Golf. I didn’t earn the automatic spot straight away, but I played well across the season, and the LIV team saw that.

"It shows that if you compete on the Asian Tour and perform in The International Series, doors can open, even for players coming through Q School.”

Miguel Tabuena poses with the International Series Philippines trophy after winning in 2025

Tabuena is a four-time winner on the Asian Tour, most notably when winning in front of his home fans back in October, which pushed him into a challenge for one of the two automatic qualifying spots into LIV.

Although he didn't make it at first, he's now in the line-up at LIV Golf Adelaide as one of a number of Asian Tour plays to make it including Scott Vincent, Yosuke Asaji, Richard Lee and Bjorn Hellgren.

Reed's surprise departure left Johnson's 4Aces with a big hole to fill, but Kim looks like he could be a good fit as he continues his resurgence after spending 12 years out of the game.

For Tabuena it's a great opportunity now to make a name for himself and cash in on the lucrative team-based tour for the rest of the campaign.

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.

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