The leaders of LIV Golf are growing impatient with the process that would potentially lead to the awarding of world ranking points to players competing in LIVGolfInv tournaments
Officials believe they are "being slow played" and its costing their players valuable ranking points that could ultimately have major championship implications.While LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, shown with Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau, admits his upstart league meets all of the Official World Golf Ranking criteria, neither do various other tours that currently are awarded points. SUGAR GROVE, Ill.
And that can potentially be a problem for players who are competing in LIV events who want to play in future major championships. All of the majors, to some degree, use the OWGR as a way to help determine their fields. . "That is designed for a developmental tour, to see how the various aspects of that tour work, to see the level of play," the source said. "It’s not designed so they can determine whether or not Dustin Johnson is a good golfer."
But last month, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman sent a letter to LIV players updating them on the OWGR situation, writing: "By any fair, objective, and impartial review, LIV players should be included in the awarded OWGR points system in the very near future. This is not only in the best interests of LIV Golf, but importantly also necessary for the integrity, accuracy and fairness of the rankings to be upheld.