Live Golf has again applied to join the official world golf rankings, without any indication how it would be operated separately when their first application was rejected about two years ago.
OwGR said in a statement on Friday that it had received the application and started the review process to determine whether the Saudi-funded league of 54 players will be included.
OWGR said in a statement, “The OWGR board is committed to the intensive assessment process of all applications, and the application of the live will be reviewed, which will be reviewed according to OWR norms to ensure fairness, integrity and stability.”
The OwGR board has an annual meeting in the open next week.
OWGR refused the first application in October 2023 – the first whole year of the league – saying that it could not measure live golf to a large extent with two dozen other tourism worldwide, as a team is being compromised by a team result towards a team result.
Live now has 54 players-13 four-humid teams and two wild cards-and maintains rosters in all seasons except the alternatives used in the case of injury.
Other tourism has various forms of qualification that allow changes in the field between a large membership. Liv started a “promotion” incident, which offered three places at the end of 2023, but last year it was reduced to one place. The leader of the international series of Asian Tour also finds a place in Liv, provided he is not already a member.
The world ranking points have been seen as important for live because four big companies – all of which have a seat on the OWGR board – use the ranking to help determine the area. This year the US Open and Open added a category for top live artists. Masters and PGA Championships use invitation at their discretion, which they consider worthy.
Live, once tried to get a ranking points as part of the Mena tour in Africa, formally withdrew his first application in May 2024.
Scott O’Neel has converted Greg Norman into the CEO of the Saudi League. He met the new OWGR president Trevor Immailman at the Masters this year, and the Immailman told AP that he had spoken a few times over the phone with O’Nell.
Emailman had said that the rejection letter sent to LIV in October 2023 was “quite clear”, in which the situation was at that time and any change would start with renewed implementation of Live.
The statement said, “We appreciate the interest of live golf – and all tourism – in contributing to the global landscape of men’s professional golf through Ovague, said in the statement.
