The rebel LIV series believes it has found a way for players to earn official world golf ranking points after forming a “strategic alliance” with the little-known Middle East and North Africa Tour. It now remains to be seen how OWGR officials will respond to LIV’s attempt to use such a loophole to protect the standing of its players.
The inability for LIV members – such as the Open champion Cameron Smith – to receive any status in the OWGR has been a hot topic and, for the breakaway tour, a bone of contention. Players wrote an open letter to Peter Dawson, the OWGR’s chairman, calling for points to be immediately and retrospectively added. LIV’s application for OWGR standing was formally submitted in July and remains under consideration.
