There's been a bit of player churn in the offseason at LIV Golf with 12 new faces teeing it up for the new 2026 season.
There's an extended 57-man roster for the LIV Golf League with some changing team names, a busy LIV Golf transfer window and new players entering the tour.
In total 10 players left LIV Golf, most notably the high profile departure of Brooks Koepka, who has rejoined the PGA Tour via the Returning Member Program.
And 12 new players have entered the league with the increase in the overall field from 54 to 57 with five wildcards now instead of two.
Luis Masaveu is not included in our list below as he was signed by Sergio Garcia's Fireballs last season and played eight times before being dropped in favour of Josele Ballester. Masaveu is now back in the Fireballs line-up for 2026.
The new LIV Signings
There were no huge moves this offseason, but Thomas Detry signing for the 4Aces was a decent addition. He replaced Harold Varner III who became a free agent before joining Talor Gooch at Smash GC.
Detry, the reigning WM Phoenix Open champion, was becoming a real force on the PGA Tour and was just outside the world's top 50 when he added even more Belgian flavor to Dustin Johnson's side as he joined Thomas Pieters in his line-up.
There was also a three-time winner from the DP World Tour who signed up for LIV as Victor Perez joined the Cleeks to replace Frederik Kjettrup.
Elvis Smylie is seen as Australia's next big thing, and he joined the all-Aussie team at Ripper led by his idol and mentor Cameron Smith.
NCAA champion, Michael La Sasso, also followed something of a trend as he turned down a spot in The Masters in order to join LIV Golf. La Sasso will get the guidance of Phil Mickelson after signing for his HyFlyers side.
Another shot in the arm for LIV was Laurie Canter deciding to return to LIV Golf full-time - which meant giving up a PGA Tour card to sign with Majesticks GC.
Canter has played on LIV since the inaugural season when he was a member of the Cleeks, and has played as a reserve in a number of seasons but now has a full spot on a team of Englishman, joining Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Sam Horsfield.
Three new faces on Korean team
Byeong-hun An joined to captain Korean GC, with the PGA Tour regular replacing Kevin Na who had led the Iron Heads team before the rebrand.
An, who won the DP World Tour's flasghip event, the BMW PGA Championship, in 2015 was a big move for LIV's hopes of capturing the Korean market - especially if they bring back an event in the country for 2026 as expected.
It was all change at the old Iron Heads with only New Zealander Danny Lee, who was born in Korea, keeping his place as Yubin Yang was relegated and Jinichiro Kozuma was dropped - saying he only found out via social media.
Minkyu Kim and Younghan Song, who both played once on LIV last season as reserves have now joined full-time as part of An's squad.
The LIV qualifiers
Five players played their way into the LIV Golf field for 2026, two from the International Series standings on the Asian Tour and three from the LIV Golf Promotions events held in Florida.
Anthony Kim was the headliner for that trio, as he earned his place back by finishing third after being relegated at the end of last season.
Canadian Richard T Lee won the Promotions event and the three-time Asian Tour winner will be a rookie on LIV Golf next season, as will Sweden's Bjorn Hellegren who finished second.
Scott Vincent has vast experience playing on LIV before, playing the inaugural 2022 season with Torque GC before two seasons with the Iron Heads. He missed out last year after being relegated but booked an immediate return by topping the International Series standings.
Yosuke Asaji finished second in the International Series to secure his debut on LIV in 2026.
New players on LIV Golf for 2026
- Thomas Detry
- Victor Perez
- Michael La Sasso
- Elvis Smylie
- Ben An
- Laurie Canter
- Minkyu Kim
- Younghan Song
- Scott Vincent
- Yosuke Asaji
- Richard T Lee
- Bjorn Hellgren
