It’s been less than two months since Jon Rahm called the Official World Golf Ranking “laughable.” And after what happened Monday morning, we’re pretty sure he’s still not in a laughing mood when it comes to that system.
Guaranteed dollars versus a guaranteed drop in the Official World Golf Ranking; that was the trade-off those who made the jump to LIV Golf in its inaugural season faced as part of the decision-making process.
LIV Golf desperately wants its events to be able to offer Official World Golf Ranking points for members who are seeing their place on the OWGR drop precipitously.
On Tuesday, it was revealed that last week, the entire roster of LIV golfers wrote a letter addressed to Peter Dawson, chairman of the OWGR board, calling for him to immediately award OWGR points to LIV events as well as award points retroactively for the five tournaments that have been played since the series began in June.
With his win at the Valspar Championship on Sunday, Sam Burns jumped into the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. Unfortunately, that mean Dustin Johnson got bumped from that elite company for the first time – in a long time.