Jon Rahm will arrive at a historic OWGR moment that he does not want for the first time in eight years on Sunday.
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Jon Rahm has been one of the best players in the world since he exploded on stage with a victory at Farmers Insurance Open 2017.
Since then, the Spanish star has quickly raised the official golf ranking in the world and has been a staple since then. Rahm went up to world no. 1 and held the place for a total of 52 weeks.
But after a transfer to Liv Golf – which does not get OWGR points because it does not meet the criteria – Rahm slowly slipped the stairs.
By OWGR NOSFERATU expertRahm will reach a point in the world ranking that he has not occupied since he sank that 60 -meter blow to win Open Insurance Farmers 2017: He will fall out 50 leaders in the world.
Rahm’s pass to Liv is undoubtedly playing a massive role in his ranking. According to Datagolf, which takes into account Livi’s events, Rahm is currently no. 4 Golf players in the world after Scottie Scheffler, Rory Mcilroy and Xander Schauffle.
But Rahm also had a poor big season in 2024. He lost cutting in the PGA championship and ended up connected to the 45th in Masters. Rahm did not play at US Open due to an injury, but returned to post a T-7 conclusion in the open. He also posted three Top-10 conclusions on the World DP tour in the fall before losing cutting in hero Dubai Desert Classic in January. Rahm won twice in Liv last season and posted the Top-10th back ends to start this season.
Former Liv’s former -ceo, Greg Norman withdrew Livi’s request for OWGR points after it had already been rejected.
Rahm remains convinced they deserve liv players OWGR points. But he realizes that he must deal with the consequences of his decision.
“They told me early, I think that even before I signed in the early conversations, they would not follow those discussions at the same level because they knew where it was headed,” Rahm said in Dubai in January. I think at this point not to give Livi’s world rankings and the credibility it deserves, I think it’s wrong.
“I understand that we all made a decision, and it’s not as easy as it sounds, but let’s say Liv players don’t deserve some points in big championships, I think it’s wrong, and I hope it evolves in what It should be, or not … the points of world order, they must understand something because it is not right for anyone in that sense. “
While USA and R&A have The recently created exceptions For Liv, OWGR points do not seem to be in Liv’s future.
On this occasion, Rahm will continue to fall into the ranking if it does not give a better season than the one in 2024.
