15 top-100 players signed up for the first LIV Golf event, full field announcement coming in May | Golf News and Tour Information

Fifteen of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking have signed up for the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Centurion Golf Club outside London, set for June 9-11. The news, first reported by SI.com, has been confirmed by Golf Digest.

The deadline for PGA Tour members to apply for a conflicting-event release, which is necessary to play in any golf tournament held opposite a PGA Tour event, is Monday at 5 p.m. EDT. Only 48 players will compete in the breakaway series’ first event, which will feature a 54-hole no-cut format with shotgun starts