A ruling that may see solely the highest 10 finishers at LIV Golf occasions awarded world rating factors “would not appear honest”, says two-time main winner Jon Rahm.
The Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) board revealed on Tuesday its choice to award LIV gamers factors for the primary time.
However the restrict means it is going to be totally different from all 24 different males’s skilled golf excursions which might be a part of the OWGR the place everybody making the minimize earn factors.
The OWGR board stated it was limiting factors to the highest 10 finishers within the Saudi Arabia-funded circuit as a result of it “recognises there are a selection of areas the place LIV Golf doesn’t meet the eligibility requirements set out by OWGR”.
Talking at LIV Golf’s season opener in Riyadh, Rahm stated it was “implausible that we’re being recognised in a manner” however he added: “With that stated, I do not like how we’re not being handled the identical as each different tour.
“It looks as if the principles which have been in place do not actually apply to us, with solely 10 of us getting factors.
“It would not appear honest. The small fields on the market all through the course of the yr, their gamers get full factors.”
