Several Americans have made the trip to Saudi Arabia for LIV Golf’s Promotions event, which will be played Thursday-Saturday at Riyadh Golf Club.
While three LIV Golf cards were handed out at the inaugural qualifying tournament last year, the Saudi-backed league reduced the number of spots available for next season to just one.
Still, 2023 NCAA individual champion Fred Biondi, last year’s Latin America Amateur champion Santiago de le Fuente and brothers Ollie and Luke Schniederjans, both Georgia Tech products, will be among the notables teeing it up in the 72-hole event.
Biondi, who turned pro two summers ago after also leading Florida to the NCAA team title, had just two top-25s in 22 starts of the Korn Ferry Tour this season. He finished No. 117 in points.
De la Fuente graduated from Houston earlier this year and was among a slew of players in this Promotions field who failed …