LIV Golf has formally withdrawn its software to have gamers obtain world rating factors from its tournaments, in line with a letter despatched to the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit’s membership on Tuesday by commissioner and CEO Greg Norman.
LIV Golf first utilized for recognition from the Official World Golf Rating, which performs a key position in figuring out entry into golf’s 4 majors, in July 2022 however was rejected final October.
“We’ve got made huge efforts to combat for you and to make sure your accomplishments are acknowledged throughout the current rating system,” Norman wrote within the letter, a replica of which was obtained by Reuters.
“Sadly, the OWGR has proven little willingness to productively work with us.”
In unanimously rejecting LIV Golf’s software final October, the OWGR mentioned the circuit’s 54-hole, no-cut occasions for 48 gamers was a problem however that it was one able to being managed by way of an “acceptable mathematical components”.
Norman mentioned the rankings had been structured to penalize anybody who has not performed usually on an “Eligible Tour” with the sector rankings disproportionately rewarding play on the PGA Tour.
He additionally known as for an impartial rating system that acknowledges how the sport is “increasing and modernizing” and that he’ll proceed doing all he can to make sure LIV Golf gamers had been represented on the majors.
“Golf followers need to see the very best gamers on the planet play in the very best tournaments. That has at all times been our objective,” mentioned Norman.
“We proceed to hunt significant communication and relationship with every of the majors to make sure that LIV golfers are pretty represented and golf followers world wide have alternatives to see the very best competitors potential.”
Whereas golf’s 4 majors have allowed certified LIV gamers to compete, those that earned exemptions into the blue-riband occasions as a consequence of previous outcomes might sooner or later be unnoticed as they aren’t incomes world rating factors.
There are presently 4 LIV gamers inside the highest 50 on the planet rankings: Masters champion Jon Rahm (3), Tyrrell Hatton (17), Brooks Koepka (30) and Cam Smith (50).
LIV’s Joaquin Niemann accepted a particular invitation final month to compete within the Masters after a stable run of type that included victories on the DP World Tour’s Australian Open in December and LIV Golf’s season opener at Mayakoba final month.
LIV Golf’s season resumes this week at Hong Kong Golf Membership.