Rory McIlroy is back on top of the Official World Golf Ranking after successfully defending the CJ Cup title but it’s difficult to argue against the fact that the OWGR is no longer what it was less than a year ago.
The ranking has been the bible of golf for the past few decades but it hasn’t had the best of years with big changes to its system and the emergence of LIV Golf wreaking havoc on the sport. Changes have meant the PGA Tour’s points are now significantly higher than the DP World and other tours’ due to minimum point allocations being scrapped, meaning it is more difficult for non-PGA Tour players to climb up into the top 50.
One insider told Golf Monthly: “The one thing that everybody has overlooked is the fact that the European Tour and the rest of the world have been absolutely shafted by the PGA Tour on world ranking points. That’s the one thing that’s never been mentioned, it’s been overlooked, and what the PGA Tour have done to the rest of the world is absolutely outrageous.”
We recently saw an Asian Tour pro speak out against the new system after one tournament winner earned just under 2.3 points, less than T11th place finishers got in the same week’s French Open on the DP World Tour.
And adding to that, a growing number of fans seem to be turning their backs on its legitimacy due to the fact that LIV Golf players are dropping like flies, with some even arguing that Cameron Smith might be sitting top of the list had he not defected. Scroll through any Golf Monthly world ranking-related posts and it’s clear that fans are divided on the system. There’s a lot of LIV fandom or, as Rory McIlroy might describe it ‘propaganda’, on social media but even some non-LIV fans think the OWGR has lost credibility or it’s time for the rankings to include the 54-hole series in some form at least.
Cam Smith aside, the world rankings are already starting to look a little ‘unofficial’ with the body not yet recognising LIV events, meaning that the upper echelons of the ranking is essentially only taking notice of the PGA and DP World Tours.
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