Patrick Reed has joined Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell and others in calling for the Official World Golf Rankings to recognise LIV Golf.
Speaking ahead of this week’s seventh and final regular event of the inaugural LIV season, the major champion said that the OWGR would become “insignificant” if it doesn’t allow players on the Saudi-backed start-up tour to earn ranking points.
Reed has seen his own ranking slip from 39th to 56th since he joined LIV at the end of June. Asked if he believes that he is currently the 56th best player in the world, hereplied: “No, not at all.
“Let’s be honest, it’s not a true system if you’re not counting all the events and having points for everybody. If you’re competing for a golf tournament and they meet every criteria that you’re supposed to meet in order to have world ranking points, then they should be getting world ranking points no matter what. It doesn’t matter where you’re playing, who you’re playing, what tour you’re on, anything like that.”
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An application for ranking points was submitted by LIV chiefs to the OWGR earlier in the summer. With a decision not immediately forthcoming, Greg Norman and Co. attempted to circumnavigate the issue by forming a “strategic alliance” with the little-known MENA Tour last week.
However, that route was blocked – at least for the time being – by OWGR chiefs, much to the fury of several LIV players, including Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.
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