On this Imagn Photos photograph, Wang Jeung-hun walks as much as the eighteeth inexperienced in the course of the second spherical of the LIV Golf Black Diamond Ranch golf match at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida, United States, Jan. 9. Reuters-Yonhap
Three-time European Tour winner Wang Jeung-hun has come up simply wanting incomes a spot in LIV Golf for the upcoming season.
Wang completed in a four-way tie for fourth place on the LIV Golf Promotions, the annual qualifying match for the breakaway tour, at three-under at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Florida, on Sunday (native time). Solely the highest three gamers have been awarded full-season spots for the 2026 season.
Wang, the one one out of eight South Koreans within the discipline to make it to the ultimate spherical, was tied for sixth place by way of Saturday. Within the closing spherical, Wang had six birdies but additionally made 4 bogeys for a spherical of two-under 68.
Wang, who gained three titles on the European Tour (at present DP World Tour) between 2016 and 2017, and others who completed inside the highest 10 as an alternative earned full exemption into the Worldwide Collection of the Asian Tour for 2026.
The highest two gamers within the Worldwide Collection factors rankings will earn promotion to LIV Golf for the next season.
Richard T. Lee, born in Toronto to Korean dad and mom, gained the qualifying occasion at 11-under, with Bjorn Hellgren of Sweden ending alone in second place at six-under.
Korean American Anthony Kim, a former PGA Tour sensation whose promising profession was derailed by off-field points, secured the third and the final ticket at five-under. Now 40 years outdated, Kim spent the previous two seasons in LIV Golf as a wild card — with no workforce affiliation — following a 12-year hiatus from skilled golf, and he shall be on the Saudi Arabia-backed tour for the third yr in a row.
Jang Yu-bin, who grew to become the primary South Korean to play in LIV Golf in 2025, didn’t participate within the qualifying occasion after shedding his tour card. He introduced in December he’ll rejoin the South Korean tour and also will play some Asian Tour occasions.
