PGA Tour legend disagrees with Rory McIlroy's OWGR position on LIV Golf
Davis Love III agrees with Jon Rahm, but thinks the world rankings must be scrapped for good.
PGA Tour legend Davis Love III believes professional golf needs to scrap the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) in order to solve the current issues facing the sport following the emergence of LIV Golf.
The OWGR, which continues to shut out the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour from receiving any world golf rankings due to them not yet filling certain criteria, has been in operation since 1986 and it continues to be used to rate the performance level of professional golfers around the world.
Despite merging with the lower-tier MENA Tour in a bid to try and get on board the OWGR train, LIV Golf was stopped in its tracks (at least for now).
Here's how the OWGR system works, if you want to get into the nuts and bolts of it all.
According to the latest OWGR changes, the system claims "fields are evaluated based on the skill level of every player in the field, rather than just those in the field among the current top 200 of the ranking."
Former World No.1 Jon Rahm is having none of the revamp, especially when learning this week's distribution of points on the PGA Tour (38) vs DP World Tour (22).
Rahm, now ranked fifth, went in hard on the current state of the world rankings, calling the situation "laughable" multiple times during his pre-tournament press conference at the DP World Tour Championship on Wednesday.
He considered it "laughable" as a result of seven players in the world's top 25 competing on the DP World Tour this week, as opposed to none in the RSM Classic over on the PGA Tour.
Rahm's views were in stark contrast to those of current World No.1 Rory McIlroy on Tuesday, who spoke of his admiration for the recent changes.
McIlroy was also laughing, but literally, at least at the current prospect facing LIV Golf right now.
Elsewhere, one LIV Golf pro revealed his shock at the lack of ranking points available on the Asian Tour last week.
Davis Love III hadn't heard Jon Rahm's comments on the OWGR, but says he falls right in line with Rahm's feelings this morning. @Love3d | @JonRahmpga | @JasonSobelTAN | @ESPNCaddie pic.twitter.com/EeduQLvhQA
— SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) November 16, 2022
So where does 21-time PGA Tour winner Love III (who was ranked inside the top 10 of the OWGR for 450 weeks despite never getting to No.1) stand on the current topic?
Well, DL3 wants to get rid of them completely and return to how the professional game was played prior to 1986.
Here's what Love III had to say to Jason Sobel and Michael Collins on SiriusXM's PGA Tour Radio show:
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