LIV Golf Top 10 To Receive World Ranking Points

OWGR board announces allocation of ranking points
Winners expected to receive around 23 points
All players making the cut on other tours earn points

LIV Golf will receive Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points in the men’s world rankings.

The OWGR committee announced on the 3rd (local time), "Starting this season, we have decided to award world ranking points to players competing in LIV Golf tournaments." This comes in the fifth season since LIV Golf was launched in 2022. Ranking points are allocated based on factors such as the world rankings of the players in the field.

LIV Golf will receive world ranking points starting this year. Associated Press and Yonhap News Agency

LIV Golf has decided to award points only to the top 10 finishers. On other tours, including the PGA Tour, all players who make the cut receive ranking points. U.S. golf outlet Golf Channel projected that "in the case of LIV Golf events, the winner will receive around 23 points."

LIV Golf events will receive relatively low points. The 56 points earned by Justin Rose of England for winning last week’s PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open are more than double that figure. In addition, Freddy Schott of Germany, who captured last week’s DP World Tour Bahrain Championship, received 20 points. When the ISCO Championship was held last year as an alternative event for players who were not eligible for the PGA Tour Genesis Scottish Open, its winner received 24 points.

Given that LIV Golf tournaments offer a total purse of 30 million dollars, the allocation of ranking points is small relative to the prize money. The opening event of the 2026 LIV Golf season will tee off on the 5th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This year, LIV Golf will feature the Korean Golf Club team consisting of An Byeonghun, Song Younghan, Kim Minkyu, and Danny Lee of New Zealand.

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