There are 42 players confirmed for the first Saudi-funded golf tournament next week.
The field for the three-day event includes England's Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Richard Bland, and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
The tournament will be held at the club from 9-11 June.
Six more players will be announced on Monday, June 6th, but Phil is not in the line-up.
The American golfer, who has been linked with the event for months, said in February that he was taking a break from the game after apologizing for his comments about the Saudi Arabia regime.
Both the US-based PGA Tour and Europe-based DP World Tours turned down all requests for waivers to allow players to compete in the LIV series opener. The PGA Tour said its ruling was in the best interest of the tour and its players.
The DP World Tour has no comment at the moment.
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which is a state savings account for the country's government, has attracted criticism because its money is coming from the LIV series.
Some people argue that some countries can invest in sport as a distraction from their poor human rights records.
The tournament will change the course of golf history according to Greg Norman, the chief executive of LIV Golf.
Norman said that free agency has finally come to golf.
This is an opportunity to start a movement that will change the course of history by bringing new and open competition to the sport we all love.
The desire shown by the players to participate in LIV Golf demonstrates their emphatic belief in our model and confidence in what we are building for the future.
The highest-ranked player in the world to sign up for the event is former world number one Johnson.
The agent for the world number 13 told the Golf Channel that he had been thinking about it for the past two years and decided it was in his and his family's best interest to pursue it.
He has never had an issue with the PGA Tour and is grateful for all it has given him, but in the end felt this was too compelling to pass up.
The organizers of the Canadian Open were disappointed to learn thatDustin Johnson would be playing in the event.
Johnson is an ambassador for the title sponsors.
Major winners signed up for the invite include Germany's Martin Kaymer.
Two-time major champion Norman called the PGA Tour's decision to not allow its members to play in his event anti-golfer, anti-fan and anti-competitive and said he has told the players.
The 67-year-old Australian had earlier told BBC Sport that his plans stretch into the future after securing an extra 1.6 billion of funding, which he says will enable his invitational golf series to turn into a full 14-.
There will be six more regular season tournaments in the United States, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia in the next two years with the same $25m prize fund.
The events will feature a team and individual competition, with captains selecting three players in a draft-style format. The teams of four will tee off at the same time each day on different holes.
The winner of each event will take home $4 million, which is more than the prize money earned by the Players Championship and the Open Championship.
The final tournament will be at Trump National Doral Miami from 27 to 30 October. A $50 million prize kitty will be split between 12 teams of four, with each player getting 25% of their team's winnings.
Even if the world's best players don't like it, Norman insists he can make a success of it.
Norman was asked if attracting either Tiger Woods orRory McIlroy would enhance his proposition.
The country has poor treatment of women, uses the death penalty, and is against the rights of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the son of Saudi Arabia's king. The crown prince has been accused of ordering the murder of a journalist who was critical of the Saudi government.
The state of Saudi Arabia is responsible for the death of the journalist, according to a UN report. The Saudi government has always denied any responsibility.
While promoting the new series, Norman was criticized byAmnesty International for saying "we've all made mistakes" and fielding questions about Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
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