Who made the first cut at 2024 LIV Golf Promotions? Full list explored

The first round of the 2024 LIV Golf Promotions took place this Thursday (Dec. 12), at the Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia. The event will award the winner with a contract to play in the breakaway league for the 2025 season.

Korea's Jeunghun Wang was the leader after the first round of the LIV Golf Promotions with a score of 7 under. The top 20 (plus ties) made the cut and will play the second round on Friday.

Full list of players who made the first cut in the 2024 LIV Golf Promotions

These are the players who made the first cut in the LIV Golf Promotions:

1 Jeunghun Wang -7
T2 Max Rottluff -6
T2 Taichi Kho -6
T2 Kazuki Higa -6
T2 Ian Snyman -6
T2 Bo Hoag -6
T7 Jose Islas -5
T7 Brett Rankin -5
T7 Mark Power -5
T7 Borja Virto -5
T7 Luis Masaveu -5
T7 Stefano Mazzoli -5
T7 Junghwan Lee -5
T7 Gunn Charoenkul -5
T7 Fred Biondi -5
T16 Ross McGowan -4
T16 David Horsey -4
T16 Gaganjeet Bhullar -4
T16 Chase Hanna -4
T16 Luis Carrera -4
T16 Ollie Schniederjans -4

These 21 players will join 29 others who will be exempt to play in the second round of the LIV Golf Promotions. Scores from the first round will be cancelled so all players will start on a level playing field.

Five players who played in LIV Golf during the 2024 season stand out on the list of exempt players. They are Hudson Swafford, Kieran Vincent, Scott Vincent, Branden Grace and Kalle Samooja.

Some of the top players on the Asian Tour International Series will also be there. They include John Catlin, Ben Campbell and Michael Maguire.

This is the list of exempted players for the second round of the LIV Golf Promotions:

Inhoi Hur
Ben Campbell
Steve Lewton
Suteepat Prateeptienchai
Jbe Kruger
Rattanon Wannasrichan
Michael Maguire
Lee Chieh-po
Richard T. Lee
John Catlin
Hongtaek Kim
Daniel Gale
Jack Buchanan
Phoenix Campbell
Jeongwoo Ham
William Bruyeres
Daihan Lee
Wooyoung Cho
Brett Coletta
Dongmin Lee
Chanwoo Kim
Soomin Lee
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Matthew Griffin
Hudson Swafford
Kieran Vincent
Scott Vincent
Branden Grace
Kalle Samooja

At the end of the second round, the top 20 players (plus ties) will qualify for the third and fourth rounds, which will be played on the same day (December 14th).

A look at the players who missed the cut

Among the players who missed the cut in the first round of the LIV Golf Promotions, several DP World Tour and even PGA Tour winners stand out. This is the case of Martin Trainer, who has one victory on the American Tour and two on the European Tour.

Also missing the cut were Adri Arnaus, Wade Ormsby and Renato Paratore, all with at least one DP World Tour victory.

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Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

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Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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