What Happens To LIV Golfers That Get Relegated?
Five players who finished 49th and below have been relegated from the LIV Golf League in 2024 - but what will happen to them?


Jonny Leighfield
The lucrative LIV Golf League is great for pros who are playing well, with huge money up for grabs, one fewer round to play each week and no stressing over missing the cut - but many pros face the prospect of relegation if they don't play well.
Up from four to five in 2024, the bottom players have lost their spot on their respective teams and are set to be replaced by new signings or new qualifiers for the 2025 season.
There were 54 full-time players in the 2024 LIV Golf League, and and a handful were relegated after finishing 49th or below. A few others were cut, too, including golfers like Laurie Canter and Ben Campbell who operated as reserves for injured players, but the two wildcards - Anthony Kim and Hudson Swafford - may not necessarily lose their status.
Kalle Samooja almost escaped the drop but bogeyed his final hole of the season to remain in 49th. Brothers Scott and Kieran Vincent also failed to find safety, while South African Branden Grace and RangeGoats GC captain Bubba Watson were the two big names to lose their status - despite it being understood for the overwhelming majority of the season that club captains were exempt from relegation.
This is an increase on the 2023 season, when only Chase Koepka, James Piot, Sihwan Kim and Jediah Morgan were replaced on the 54-hole tour.
Brooks Koepka's brother Chase was relegated off LIV in 2023
What Happens To LIV Golfers Who Are Dropped?
While the most recent crop of relegated players are no longer LIV Golf League members, they do have the opportunity to earn their way straight back thanks to the LIV Golf Promotions event, with all relegated players gaining entry into the three-day shootout in Abu Dhabi later this year.
Three of the four dropped pros from last term entered the event in December 2023 but none of them finished in the top three as Samooja and Kieran Vincent clinched a spot alongside Jinichiro Kozuma.
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Should the relegated five from 2024 fail to earn a LIV spot back via the Promotions tournament, they will have the consolation of Asian Tour status for the following campaign.
The Asian Tour is a partner of LIV and offers one full card to the winner of its International Series, which has been heavily funded by the PIF-backed circuit, so that is another route back to the top table for anyone who was cut.
CONFIRMED: The Drop Zone after the final round in Chicago. #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/pDwI42O04ISeptember 15, 2024
The recent group of five can't go and play on the PGA Tour or Korn Ferry Tour due to the US circuit suspending any player for 12 months after playing in a LIV event. They can - however - play on the DP World Tour, although they would need to qualify to earn their cards or entry into individual tournaments.
They can also play on non-PGA Tour affiliated tours, and may well get sponsor's invites due to formerly being LIV Golf players. Sihwan Kim played on the Korean PGA Tour this year while Jediah Morgan has also played on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2024.
Relegated LIV Players 2024
- Kalle Samooja
- Scott Vincent
- Kieran Vincent
- Branden Grace
- Bubba Watson
- Laurie Canter (reserve)
- Ben Campbell (reserve)

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, X and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
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Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
- Jonny LeighfieldStaff Writer
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