Extensions, trades, free company, new expertise and new entry pathways are all on the desk for Groups to contemplate earlier than the brand new season
LIV Golf has entered its official offseason window when Crew GMs and captains can refresh their rosters forward of the 2026 season.
The window begins the method for groups to lock in gamers who completed within the prime 24 of the person standings, provide contract extensions to gamers who completed within the Open Zone, discover trades between groups, and signal gamers who’re changing into free brokers. As well as, groups can scout new expertise outdoors the league or look ahead to the entry of latest gamers through LIV Golf Promotions and the Worldwide Sequence, making certain a dynamic interval of change and alternative throughout the League.
Watch the 2025 Offseason Explainer Video.
With some groups dropping gamers and others trying to usher in completely different expertise as they contemplate their four-player lineups, staff captains and GMs may have a variety of components to contemplate as they assess potential signings and form their rosters forward of the brand new season.
Phil Mickelson, Captain of HyFlyers GC mentioned, “Each staff has the prospect to re-evaluate and construct one thing particular within the offseason, similar to in different main sports activities. It additionally retains followers invested and engaged in what we’re doing and there’s terrific pleasure heading into subsequent yr.”
“Shedding a participant on HyFlyers GC this season opens the door to convey somebody in who additional elevates our staff and makes us extra aggressive. I love the tradition we have now created with HyFlyers GC, and as captain, I’m excited so as to add to our camaraderie and our dedication to taking part in championship caliber golf. There’s nice vitality and perception in what we’re constructing and that it’s evident from the gamers I’m speaking to who need to be part of our staff. I do know there may be super pleasure round how each LIV staff is evolving as we head into a brand new season. “
With switch exercise now potential, right here is extra details about this thrilling second of the yr.
Particular person standings decide participant standing
LIV Golf’s mixed staff and particular person competitions contribute to 2 leaderboards every season. The Particular person Championship crowns the season’s prime performer, whereas the Crew Championship finalizes the standings for the League’s 13 franchises.Spanish famous person Jon Rahm captured the Particular person Title and led his Legion XIII to the Crew Championship in 2025. Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann positioned runner-up within the Particular person standings adopted by Bryson DeChambeau in third place. On the staff facet, DeChambeau’s Crushers GC completed second within the Crew Championship, with Stinger GC putting third.The ultimate Particular person Standings are divided into three classes, shaping every participant’s offseason standing:
Lock Zone (Prime 24): Gamers are assured of a spot within the 2026 LIV Golf season. These with expiring contracts robotically obtain at the very least a one-year extension provide from their present staff. Ought to a participant decline, he enters free company.
Open Zone (25-48): Gamers who positioned between twenty fifth and forty eighth with expiring contracts could also be re-signed or enter free company.
Drop Zone (49+): Gamers who completed within the backside part of the standings are relegated and launched however stay eligible to compete for a return through LIV Golf Promotions or by means of the Worldwide Sequence.
Contract extensions for Lock Zone gamers
Gamers contained in the Prime 24 whose contracts finish this season are robotically supplied at the very least another season with their present staff. If the provide is rejected, these gamers enter the market and are free to signal with one other LIV Golf staff.
The next gamers completed within the Lock Zone on the conclusion of the 2025 common season:
Free company, trades, and recruitment
Free company consists of any Lock Zone gamers who’ve declined a contract extension from their staff, Open Zone gamers whose contracts have expired, or potential new signings from outdoors of the league. Groups can select to re-sign their current gamers or pursue new expertise to fill openings on their rosters. Choices for filling the roster spots embody:
Signing a Lock Zone participant who turns into a free agent
Signing an Open Zone participant who’s out of contract
Signing a participant contracted from one other staff (transferring the participant’s rights to a brand new staff)
Agreeing to commerce gamers nonetheless below contract (with each groups’ approval)
Recruiting expertise from outdoors the league
Signing a participant from the pathways created by the Worldwide Sequence and LIV Golf Promotions
The next gamers completed within the Open Zone on the conclusion of the 2025 common season:
Drop Zone: Relegated gamers and subsequent steps
Gamers who completed forty ninth or decrease within the 2025 Particular person Standings fall into the Drop Zone and are due to this fact relegated from the League for 2026. These gamers are launched from their present groups and won’t be eligible for direct re-signing in the course of the recruitment window.
The next gamers completed within the Drop Zone on the conclusion of the 2025 common season:
Nevertheless, relegation doesn’t imply the top of their LIV Golf journey. Drop Zone gamers can pursue a return to the League by means of:
LIV Golf Promotions
A qualification occasion providing entry into the League for rising professionals, elite amateurs, and relegated LIV Golf gamers searching for a return. Particulars on the following version of LIV Golf Promotions can be introduced quickly.
Worldwide Sequence (Asian Tour-sanctioned)
A worldwide circuit offering a premier pathway into LIV Golf. Three occasions stay on the 2025 schedule; the LINK Hong Kong Open (30 Oct-2 Nov), Moutai Singapore Open (6-9 Nov) and the PIF Saudi Worldwide offered by SoftBank (19-22 Nov).
Former LIV Golf participant Scott Vincent at present leads the Worldwide Sequence standings with 318.99 factors, aiming to reclaim his League place. Miguel Tabuena, winner of final week’s Worldwide Sequence Philippines offered by Bingo Plus, climbs to second, adopted by Ripper GC’s Lucas Herbert – who has already certified for his spot on LIV Golf in 2026 after ending fifteenth on this season’s LIV Golf particular person standings.
This method ensures that the League stays each aggressive and open by rewarding prime performances whereas nonetheless providing alternatives for established gamers to earn their method again.Participant signings and trades can be introduced by LIV Golf groups as they finalize their lineups within the lead as much as the upcoming season. The 2026 schedule will happen throughout 10 international locations, 5 continents, and premier international venues within the Center East, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and North America, beginning with the season opener LIV Golf Riyadh offered by ROSHN, February 5-7, 2026.
Tickets for LIV Golf’s 2026 season can be found now at LIVGolf.com. Ticket costs range by market, nonetheless and followers are inspired to buy early as stock is restricted. Kids aged 12 and below obtain complimentary Grounds Cross admission (two per paying grownup). All LIV Golf tickets embody same-day entry to dwell live performance performances. For the complete 2026 schedule and musical lineup, go to LIVGolf.com/Schedule.
