OWGR Grants LIV Golf Ranking Points, With Key Conditions
The Official World Golf Ranking board approved awarding points to LIV Golf events starting this season, but only to the top 10 finishers and with a field strength roughly matching opposite-field PGA Tour events. A LIV winner is projected to earn about 23 points this week; last year’s ISCO Championship produced 24 points for the winner, while a full-field PGA Tour event like Farmers Insurance Open can yield many more points. The decision marks a compromise after LIV’s earlier bid for points, balancing merit-based ranking with ongoing debates over promotion/relegation and pathway equity among tours.