{"id":3720,"date":"2025-07-12T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3720\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:53:05","slug":"liv-golf-officially-resubmits-application-for-official-world-golf-ranking-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3720\/","title":{"rendered":"LIV Golf Officially Resubmits Application for Official World Golf Ranking Points"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now in its fourth year of existence and two years after somewhat boldly pronouncing its quest to receive Official World Golf Ranking accreditation, the LIV Golf League has resubmitted its application to be approved for points.<\/p>\n

Trevor Immelman, the former Masters champion and current CBS analyst who is now the chairman of the OWGR board of directors, released a statement saying that an application dated June 30 was submitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe OWGR Board is committed to a thorough evaluation process of all applications, and LIV\u2019s application will be reviewed in accordance with OWGR\u2019s criteria to ensure fairness, integrity and consistency,\u201d Immelman said. \u201cWe appreciate the interest of LIV Golf\u2014and all the tours\u2014in contributing to the global landscape of men\u2019s professional golf through OWGR. Further updates will be provided as the review progresses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil thanked Immelman on X. <\/p>\n

Statement from #LIVGolf<\/a> CEO Scott O’Neil on Official World Golf Ranking application pic.twitter.com\/3EIEQYyGuP<\/a><\/p>\n

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The OWGR board is scheduled to meet at next week\u2019s British Open at Royal Portrush although it would appear too soon to come to a decision. Whether or not one can be made in time for LIV Golf\u2019s 2026 season will be the question going forward.<\/p>\n

LIV Golf had barely started when it announced in July 2022 that it would be seeking OWGR accreditation. Because its players have not been receiving points while competing in LIV Golf events, some who are considered among the best in the world have seen their standing fall considerably.<\/p>\n

In October 2023, the OWGR denied LIV\u2019s bid<\/a>, with then-chairman Peter Dawson pointing out the issues: a lack of proper relegation and promotion as well as a lack of field variance from tournament to tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not at war with them,\u201d Dawson, a non-voting member of OWGR, said at the time. \u201cThis decision not to make them eligible is not political. It is entirely technical.<\/p>\n

\u201cLIV players are self-evidently good enough to be ranked. They\u2019re just not playing in a format where they can be ranked equitably with the other 24 tours and thousands of players trying to compete on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following spring, LIV Golf said it was withdrawing its OWGR bid<\/a>\u2014even though it had offered no changes to its system which has 13 individual 54-hole events with no cuts and scores also counting for a team format.<\/p>\n

The OWGR board said that 54 holes and no cut are not the overriding concerns; it\u2019s down more to the static field from week to week and the lack of ability for players to earn their way onto the league\u2014and thus come off of it as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have said that some of the issues with LIV can be addressed,\u201d said Mike Whan, the CEO of the United States Golf Association and a member of the OWGR board, at last month\u2019s U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Whan also said at the U.S. Open that the leaders in the game were waiting to see where talks between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia\u2014which backs LIV Golf\u2014might go. With no agreement in sight, it is possible that movement to get LIV players into the major championships\u2014both the U.S. Open and the British Open gave spots this year through LIV\u2019s points list\u2014could be under consideration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also think, if I\u2019m being perfectly honest with you, we\u2019ve always felt like for the last maybe year and a half that we\u2019re always three months away from kind of understanding what the new structure is going to look like,\u201d Whan said. \u201cSo before we kind of react, what is LIV going to be, what\u2019s the PGA Tour. So we always kind of felt like we\u2019re just about to know that answer, so let\u2019s figure that out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whan along with the leaders of the other three major championships make up the board along with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and two DP World Tour executives, including CEO Guy Kinnings.<\/p>\n

A meeting at the Open next week is standard and LIV\u2019s timing might have been in hopes of getting its application some serious discussion.<\/p>\n