LIV Golf gamers might be awarded world rating factors throughout 2026 after a brand new ruling made by the board of the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
Nonetheless, its gamers should still not be pleased as a result of factors will solely be given to the highest 10 finishers and ties within the 57-man discipline.
In all different males’s skilled golf excursions which can be a part of the OWGR, all gamers who make the minimize earn factors.
In a press release, the OWGR board mentioned it was awarding factors “in an effort to replicate the altering panorama of the boys’s skilled recreation”.
Nonetheless, it added that the factors had been being restricted to the highest 10 finishers as a result of it “recognises there are a variety of areas the place LIV Golf doesn’t meet the eligibility requirements set out by OWGR”.
The winner of this week’s opening occasion of the LIV Golf season is projected to obtain 23.03 OWGR factors, which is analogous to European DP World Tour occasions (25).
The victor of this week’s PGA Tour occasion – the WM Phoenix Open – is anticipated to obtain 59 factors.
The winner of a PGA Tour signature occasion earns 66 factors, whereas the FedEx Cup play-off occasions on the finish of the season and have decreased fields and no cuts – much like LIV – will see 37 factors awarded to the winner.
OWGR factors are necessary to gamers as a result of they’re essential in qualifying for the annual 4 majors.
In current weeks, five-times main winner Brooks Koepka and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed are two of the largest stars to depart LIV in favour of a return to the PGA Tour.
Extra to observe.
