Filling in Livi players and their official golf ranking in the world has a new life this week after the tournament has submitted a new request to win the world rankings in its events.
OWGR Trevor Immelmann shared an official statement on Friday, acknowledging that Liv submitted his latest request on June 30 and that the Board has begun a review of him. It is far from the first chapter in Saga, though all previous repetitions have ended in rejection.
“We appreciate the interest of Liv Golf – and all tournaments – to contribute to the global landscape of men’s professional golf through OWGR,” Immelman’s statement read. “Further updates will be provided as the review progresses.”
And for now, that was that, an unclear unclear update on a trip that has clashed with uncertainty. OWGR has often noticed that it has received mainly about 18 months for the application of leagues to lead to the points offered for tours. Why? Because OWGR needs a sample size of tournaments to evaluate how the leagues meet different criteria.
Owgr does not publicly accept the criteria needed for a successful application but According to a past executive liv livThere are things such as 1) the number of events in the season, 2) getting an approval from another tour, 3) having a minimum bag size – all of which is done by liv. Other criteria, though, as the overall field size that should be, on average, 75 or higher, has failed. Are there 54 holes, in every single tour, a sufficient amount, especially when most pro shifts are played globally over 72 holes?
Moreover, how players work on their way IN Livi tournament? Was there an open qualifying tournament or just players who signed annual contracts, regardless of their performance? Owgr wanted answers to these questions. It takes time.
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Liv first applied to the world ranking points when it began, in the summer of 2022, working on the assumption that it would be given without issues. The players who had made their future schedules in Liv were told by the executives that they would get points, but were never realized. Last week’s weekend – Owgr lists players based on the last two years of performances – meant that Liv players fell further and further in the ranks.
The traves continued until the fall of ’22 when Liv players signed an official letter asking officials to accelerate their acceptance. Two weeks later, in a hurry, LIV then announced a “strategic partnership” with the Mena Tournament – Center in the Middle East – with the confidence that it would suddenly give them points, after Tour Mena had decided through OWGR. But Sorting board entered within And she explained that she had not finished her review and no point would increase so quickly.
It was not up to a full year later, in October 2023, OWGR came to an official decision: Liv would not get points.
“Entirely is fully technical,” Board leader Peter Dawson said at the time. “Liv players are good enough to be sorted. They just don’t play in a format where they can be ranked equally with the other 24 shifts and thousands of players trying to compete on them.”
Things were very different then. Framework Agreement between PGA Tour and Saudi PIF (Livi’s rich parent company) had just been signed. The reunion seemed to be on the horizon. Greg Norman was in charge of the League, at least publicly. But over time without progress towards an agreement, or even points, Liv Golf was poured into his slogan. In March 2024, Norman made public That the League had largely given up its pursuit and two months later withdrew its request.
But of course, nothing in Pro Golf remains the same for a long time these days. Norman was replaced as Liv Head by Scott O’neill in January, and in May there were reports of serious conversations between Liv and OWGR again. Immelman, now officially in the role of his chairman, told Associated Press He did not reapply, but that “the ball is in their court.”
When it came to comment, Liv Golf has no response yet.
Future
Pro Golf is as bifurcated as it has ever been, which would mean a direct element. Everyone knows mainly where everyone will play and where they will not be. But the future remains dark. Livi’s constant acceptance of the Pro Golf world crawls together, but at a glacier pace. Talks between Saudi Pif and PGA Tour have stalled completely. Bryson Dechambeau will enter into contract negotiations with the later League this fall. The same is likely to be for brooks koepka.
Will what will need to be moved or changed for Liv to cross the threshold and be fully accepted by OWGR? Golf fans will have to stay patient.
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Sean zak
Golfit.com editor
Sean Zak is an old writer and author of Looking at St. Andrews, which followed his trips to Scotland during the most important summer in the history of the game.
