Liv Golf once more utilized to rejoin the official World Golf Rankings with out exhibiting the way it behaves in a different way from when the primary utility was rejected practically two years in the past.
In an announcement Friday, OWGR stated it acquired the applying and launched a overview course of to find out whether or not it might embody a 54-player Saudi-funded league.
“The OWGR Committee is dedicated to an intensive analysis course of for all purposes, and LIV purposes shall be reviewed in accordance with OWGR requirements to make sure equity, integrity and consistency,” OWGR stated in an announcement.
The OWGR Committee will maintain its annual normal assembly subsequent week.
OWGR rejected the primary utility (the primary yr of the league) in October 2023. He stated that LIV Golf can’t be in contrast fairly a bit with 20 dozen different excursions world wide, as this quantities to a closed store, together with particular person competitors that might compromise on scores counted in staff outcomes.
Liv at the moment has 54 gamers (13 four-person groups and a couple of wild playing cards) and maintains the roster all through the season, except for the alternative utilized in case of damage.
Different excursions have totally different types of qualifying that enable for area modifications between bigger memberships. Liv launched a “promotion” occasion providing three spots on the finish of 2023, however was minimize to at least one location final yr. The chief of the Asia Tour Worldwide Sequence will win a spot in LIV if he’s not a member but.
World rating factors are thought-about vital to LIV as 4 measures (all with seats on the OWGR board) assist to find out the sector utilizing rankings. This yr’s US Open and Open added the class of prime LIV performers. The Masters and PGA Championships use invites at their discretion to amass gamers they contemplate to be the suitable particular person.
Liv, who as soon as tried to earn rating factors by participating within the MENA tour in Africa, formally rescinded its first utility in spring 2024.
Scott O’Neill changed Greg Norman as CEO of the Southieg League. He met with new OWGR chairman Trevor Immelman at Masters this yr, and Immelman advised the Related Press that he had spoken with O’Neill a number of occasions over the cellphone.
Immelman stated the letter of refusal despatched to Liv in October 2023 was “very clear” with the place held by the board on the time, beginning with a brand new utility by LIV.
“We admire the curiosity of Liv Golf and all excursions in contributing to the worldwide panorama of male skilled golf by means of OWGR,” the assertion stated.
