The LIV Golf League’s 57-man roster for 2026 is now complete and each of the teams – as well as the five Wild Cards – can begin preparations in earnest ready for the first event in Riyadh early next month.
In the weeks that followed, Brooks Koepka left in favor of the PGA Tour and three more players lost their spots in the league after finishing in the Open Zone.
But in a bid to continue its evolution, LIV at least partially rebranded three of its franchises and added a whole heap of new talent during the transfer window, including Thomas Detry, Michael La Sasso, Victor Perez and Laurie Canter.
So, with seven completely new faces and a handful more returning to replace the 10 who have left LIV Golf, has the PIF-backed circuit made progress during its off-season or slipped backwards? Let us know in the comments box below. In the meantime, four of Golf Monthly’s tour experts have had their say.
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LIV Golf only brought in six new players prior to the start of the 2025 campaign, before adding US Amateur champion Josele Ballester mid-season, so almost double the new faces this year is a big win for the league as its fans will be able to see a number of new players and it just simply freshens up things.
Brooks Koepka’s departure is a body blow for the league, though, and it has also lost a big name and ticket seller in Henrik Stenson as well as Kevin Na – so three captains in total have gone.
Reports stated Akshay Bhatia, Si Woo Kim and Marco Penge all turned down LIV Golf this winter, so that is a loss for the league and a bad look that it is now struggling to poach mid-tier PGA Tour players after signing the likes of then-Masters champion Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith right after he won The Open and was World No.2 – although, I do think that says more about the strength of the PGA Tour currently.
The new players are all solid, highlighted by WM Phoenix Open winner Thomas Detry and NCAA Division 1 champion Michael La Sasso – who could well be their best piece of business.
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