Exclusive; LIV Golf stars forced to look elsewhere for major spots after Greg Norman slams world rankings
LIV Golf stars compelled to search somewhere else for significant spots after Greg Norman hammers world rankings.
LIV Golf’s portrayal at the current year’s significant titles is set to be restricted – with its individuals proceeding to tumble down the Authority World Golf Positioning (OWGR) Various LIV Golf stars have selected to go to the Asian Visit’s Global Series this week in a bid to procure a few extremely significant world positioning focuses with the majors approaching.
Notwithstanding their fast ascent, one crimp that remaining parts in the defensive layer of the breakaway association is its absence of True World Golf Positioning (OWGR) acknowledgment. This has witnessed LIV occasions go on without the granting of world positioning places, which has brought about most of its participation tumbling down the positioning rundown.
With the OWGR list making up an enormous portion of the significant fields for the season, the Saudi-supported association’s portrayal at the lead occasions is set to be restricted, in the midst of their sit tight for positioning authorisation.
LIV Chief Norman has been a pundit of the positioning framework throughout recent years, and reignited his quarrel with the OWGR on Monday subsequent to portraying the framework as ‘ridiculous’ in the midst of the absence of the association’s portrayal on the planet’s main 50 players. In a bid to acquire some development in the correct course, 20 LIV individuals have entered the current week’s Global Series Oman related to the breakaway association’s organization with the Asian Visit.
Included is one of LIV’s most in-structure players in as of late delegated Mayakoba champion Joaquin Niemann. He did the Saudi switch while positioned inside the main 20 players on the planet, yet presently gets himself 81st in the positioning rundown. This isn’t whenever the Chilean first has picked to play his golf somewhere else in a bid to procure some genuinely necessary OWGR focuses, subsequent to teeing it up on the DP World Visit and PGA Visit through Australasia all through December and January.
This ended up being a commendable choice as well, as Niemann was delegated Australian Open boss toward the finish of last year by overcoming Rikuya Hoshino in a season finisher. Not in the least did the Force GC star hop on the planet rankings, however he likewise procured a spot at this late spring’s Open Title at Regal Troon.
He then, at that point, proceeded to direct his concentration toward the DP World Visit’s Legend Dubai Desert Exemplary, where he put in one more great appearance, completing in a tie for fourth. Talking at that point, the Chilean conceded he has chosen to wander somewhere else when the LIV timetable suits in a bid to fight into the world’s main 50 and procure a spot at April’s Lords. He told Mirror Game in January:
“It is really unjustifiable right now what the world rankings shows. It says the main 100 players on the planet at the present time, however I don’t think this is the right positioning… “I’m going to Dubai for the DP World [Tour] due to [ranking] focuses, and to attempt to get into the Experts… It’s all about the best players right now, and right now I think I’m one of them; I need to play in the majors.
“Clearly I took the choice to come to LIV and I realized it would have been difficult to get into the majors as a result of it, yet I think now they need to figure out how to get us in, for that reason I’m attempting to play a larger number of competitions than simply LIV Golf.”
One man additionally teeing it up in Oman is another LIV part who has quite recently acquired his Open spot – David Puig. After teeing it up at the Malaysian Open last week, the Spanish star and teammate of Sergio Garcia will play on the Asian Tour for the second time in as many weeks.
Like Niemann it ended up being a fruitful excursion away, subsequent to being delegated champion in Malaysia and getting his own position in the field at Illustrious Troon in July. Puig picked to turn proficient in September 2022 to join the LIV arrangement and has won two times on his keep going five beginnings on the Asian Visit
