The LIV Golf League will not receive Official World Golf Ranking points for their first event next week in Mexico.
According to a report by SI’s Bob Harig, the governing body has asked for more information.
LIV’s application has not been outright rejected, the publication have reported.
The news – if true – will be frustrating for the breakaway tour players as they have been sliding down the world rankings at an alarming rate.
Some critics have argued this debacle is one of the reasons why their signing-on fees were so large.
Would they be eligible for the majors? Would the tour receive OWGR accreditation?
One player, Phil Mickelson, has claimed the OWGR has now lost any credibility and called for a new system.
On 2 February in an exchange on Twitter, Mickelson wrote that the head of golf’s governing bodies ‘run the OWGR and have colluded to exclude LIV players from getting points.’
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley have stated they have recused themselves from LIV’s application process owing to their conflict of interests.
Source: Golf Magic
