Ex-LIV Golf player An Byeong-hun earns spot on European tour for 2027

Korean golfer An Byeong-hun has secured a place on the top European tour for next season after his former employer went bankrupt. An finished tied for eighth in the final stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School at Infinitum Golf's Lakes Course in Tarragona, Spain, on Wednesday (local time) with a six-round total of 28-under 400. The top 15 and ties earned cards for the tour for the 2027 season. An shot in the 60s in all six rounds, capped by a five-under 66 in the final round that included six birdies and one bogey. The 35-year-old South Korean is one of four former DP World Tour winners who captured their tour cards for 2027, joined by Tom Lewis of England, Edoardo Molinari of Italy and John Catlin of the United States. A former PGA Tour veteran, An spent the 2026 season with LIV Golf, a renegade circuit founded in 2021 originally backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF). An served as captain of the Korean Golf Club. However, PIF announced in April that it would no longer back the tour after 2026, ultimately leading to LIV Golf, which had pil