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Bob Harig

LIV Golf Considers Major Change in Quest for World Ranking Points

LIV Golf's current policies allow captains to remain in the league even if they fall into relegation, but that could change in an attempt to appeal to the OWGR. | Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images

The LIV Golf League is strongly considering a change to its existing format that will require all players who fall into its “relegation zone” to play a qualifying event to earn their spot back, even if they are one of the team captains.

The move is viewed as a way to appeal to the Official World Golf Ranking, which previously denied an application for accreditation, citing playing pathways to the league as well as player turnover and field variance between events as being reasons that LIV’s format doesn’t work.

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