Two DP World Tour winners have confirmed that they’ve entered subsequent month’s LIV Golf Promotions occasion.

Spaniards Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Alvaro Quiros, who of their careers have gained seven DP World Tour occasions apiece, are slated to tee it up within the qualifying occasion, LIV’s tackle Q-College, on Dec. 8-10 at Abu Dhabi Golf Membership.

Fernandez-Castano revealed his plans on his podcast, Golf sin Etiquetas, whereas Quiros wrote a weblog discussing his choice for the outlet Ten Golf.

The 43-year-old Fernandez-Castano’s final DPWT victory got here in 2013 whereas Quiros, 40, has not gained on the European circuit since 2017. Neither participant has full standing on the DP World Tour or Problem Tour for the upcoming yr. Fernandez-Castano performed 4 DP World Tour occasions this yr, lacking two cuts but additionally ending T-20 at Qatar Masters. Quiros logged three DP World Tour begins however performed totally on the Problem Tour, the place he missed 15 of his final 17 cuts.

The Promotions match is a three-day, 72-hole competitors wherein scores reset after the primary and second rounds. The highest 20 gamers and ties who advance to Spherical 2 shall be joined by gamers already exempt by means of the primary 18 holes of play. From there, the highest 20 will transfer onto the 36-hole closing day, the place the highest three finishers will obtain spots on LIV in 2024 and finishers Nos. 4-10 will get tickets into subsequent yr’s Worldwide Sequence on the Asian Tour, one other gateway to the profitable, Saudi-backed league. A primary-place examine of $200,000 is also up for grabs on the qualifying occasion.

The complete discipline for the inaugural Promotions occasion has but to be launched, although a listing of entrants may very well be unveiled as quickly as this week – or doubtlessly as soon as the ultimate two second-stage websites for PGA Tour Q-College wrap up on Friday, the thought being that there may very well be no less than one participant, perhaps extra, who’s competing at second stage this week and dedicated to the Promotions occasion, and if a participant in that state of affairs acquired by means of to the ultimate stage, he could want to withdraw from LIV’s qualifier and save himself any pointless public criticism.

Entries formally closed simply over per week in the past.

Monday Q Data reported final week on Twitter that the present Promotions discipline included a serious champion, multi-time PGA Tour winner, top-100 participant within the Official World Golf Rating and former embellished novice gamers. Sports activities Illustrated mentioned that round 10 gamers with PGA Tour standing or who’ve performed in Tour occasions previously are scheduled to compete.

The PGA Tour, which has suspended gamers for becoming a member of LIV and competing in LIV occasions, beforehand mentioned by way of assertion that it will not penalize gamers for teeing it up within the qualifying occasion:

“Based mostly on the data publicly accessible relating to the LIV Golf Promotion occasion, it’s decided to be a qualifying occasion solely and never part of an unauthorized collection. Subsequently, the LIV Golf Promotion occasion is just not categorized as an ‘unauthorized match.’ This classification is topic to alter ought to the small print of the occasion change.”

Nevertheless, SI additionally reported that PGA Tour members would nonetheless must be granted media releases to compete within the Promotions occasion with out potential penalty – and people releases would wish to have been filed 45 days previous to the occasion; LIV introduced the Promotions dates 48 days out.

It’s unclear what number of releases, if any, the PGA Tour has granted.

LIV’s eligibility standards for the primary spherical of the Promotions match contains prime gamers within the World Beginner Golf Rating, Worldwide Sequence rankings, and choose worldwide excursions such because the Sunshine and Japan excursions, plus most up-to-date winners and runners-up from elite novice occasions such because the U.S. Beginner, British Beginner and NCAA Championship. LIV’s exemptions into the second spherical of qualifying embody the highest two gamers in WAGR, Nos. 2-8 of the Worldwide Sequence, prime 5 gamers from the Korn Ferry Tour and DP World Tour factors lists, winners of PGA Tour and DP World Tour occasions because the begin of 2022, main winners and Ryder Cuppers since 2019, and the highest 15 accessible gamers inside the highest 150 of the Common Golf Rankings.