It could seem that LIV Golf has no intentions of going wherever.
The tour is in its third yr of operation and is working on all kinds of successes nowadays. On the time of this writing they’re in play in Spain and being televised domestically on FS1, securing a tv contract of that selection was only one problem that they confronted as they have been getting off of the bottom a number of years in the past.
LIV has completely different particulars than the PGA Tour and the last word takeaway from my perspective is that that is okay. Enjoying 54 holes, having groups, deploying a shotgun begin… completely different just isn’t essentially. Totally different is simply that, completely different.
Finally these “variations” have seemingly disallowed LIV from reaching one thing that they’ve lengthy sought… official standing throughout the Official World Golf Rating. OWGR is the purpose system that determines how gamers are usually ranked throughout the globe. These rankings have lengthy served because the system for invites to main championships and issues of the like so LIV not having them has seen their gamers fall dramatically and have to seek out different paths into these varieties of occasions.
It seems that LIV is as soon as once more making an attempt to determine an OWGR presence because the entity introduced on Friday that LIV has utilized as soon as extra.
Inclusion for LIV within the OWGR would, fairly frankly, be one of many largest issues to ever occur on this planet of males’s skilled golf. Establishing OWGR factors for LIV would supply factors for gamers on the tour and subsequently legitimize it in a means that has but to have occurred since this entire saga started. We’re previous the purpose of individuals utilizing OWGR for conversational functions (contemplate that for instance Jon Rahm is listed at 68 and there’s no “world” the place that is the case), however in sensible issues they function the road within the sand.
Again to the purpose that we started this dialog with… this additionally means that LIV isn’t going wherever. Phrase of a pending merger broke over a yr in the past now, however the particulars of that stay as unknown as they have been then. One would assume that if a merger have been on the horizon that LIV wouldn’t really feel the necessity to go this route. Maybe it’s a part of a merger. Who is aware of at this level.
Regardless of the case… this stands to be one other twist in skilled golf. Time will inform.
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LIV Golf Ceo Scott O’Neil launched an announcement on the league’s software.
“We thank OWGR Chairman Trevor Immelman for his continued management and willingness to maneuver the game of golf ahead for the good thing about all gamers and most significantly, the followers. LIV Golf is dedicated to working along with the Official World Golf Rating and its board to make sure the perfect gamers are competing within the sport’s most prestigious occasions. We’re assured our software addresses the excellent questions that exist to assist a extra world, all-encompassing, and correct rating system. We’re hopeful the evaluation and approval course of can progress forward of the 2026 main season.”
We are going to see what occurs subsequent.
