How far have LIV Golf players fallen in the Official World Golf Ranking since they joined?

Mar, 2024

The LIV Golf and Official World Golf Ranking saga is over. On Tuesday, LIV Golf CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman told players the league had withdrawn its application for OWGR points, ending a nearly two-year fight for accreditation.

The upstart circuit backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund initially applied for points in July of 2022 but was denied last October due to the inability to accurately compare LIV events – which features a mostly-closed field of 54 players playing 54-hole, shotgun start, no-cut events – to other tournaments on the 24 tours under the world ranking wing. Concerns about LIV’s qualifying and relegation methods were also noted in the decision.

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LIV players have been plummeting in the ranking since they joined the league, putting their major championship futures in jeopardy. Here’s a look at the 56 players who have competed so far in 2024 and how their OWGR has fallen since they joined LIV Golf.

LIV Golf OWGR movement

Player OWGR before first LIV event Current OWGR Change in ranking
Cameron Smith 2 50 -48
Jon Rahm 3 3 0
Dustin Johnson 15 266 -251
Tyrrell Hatton 16 17 -1
Joaquin Niemann 19 76 -57
Brooks Koepka 19 30 -11
Louis Oosthuizen 21 103 -82
Abraham Ancer 22 173 -151
Paul Casey 31 755 -724
Bryson DeChambeau 31 182 -151
Kevin Na 34 972 -938
Talor Gooch 35 476 -441
Thomas Pieters 35 307 -272
Jason Kokrak 36 702 -666
Patrick Reed 39 105 -66
Adrian Meronk 42 51 -9
Harold Varner III 46 385 -339
Mito Pereira 50 145 -95
Cameron Tringale 55 677 -622
Sergio Garcia 57 645 -588
Dean Burmester 59 99 -40
Marc Leishman 62 418 -356
Richard Bland 67 456 -389
Matt Jones 69 424 -355
Phil Mickelson 72 147 -75
Sam Horsfield 74 710 -636
Matthew Wolff 77 782 -705
Lee Westwood 78 905 -827
Lucas Herbert 82 87 -5
Bubba Watson 86 1,612 -1,526
Scott Vincent 91 416 -325
Anirban Lahiri 92 350 -258
Ian Poulter 92 464 -372
Hudson Swafford 95 1,539 -1,444
Sebastian Munoz 98 457 -359
Carlos Ortiz 119 239 -120
Laurie Canter 119 199 -80
Brendan Steele 122 509 -387
Branden Grace 123 683 -560
Charl Schwartzel 126 344 -218
Charles Howell 169 1,180 -1,011
Pat Perez 170 1,192 -1,022
Henrik Stenson 173 278 -105
Martin Kaymer 215 3,363 -3,148
Wade Ormsby 265 582 -317
Danny Lee 267 672 -405
Kalle Samooja 313 343 -30
Peter Uihlein 327 503 -176
Graeme McDowell 374 697 -323
Kieran Vincent 412 399 13
Jinichiro Kozuma 501 540 -39
Andy Ogletree 1371 195 1,176
David Puig 1751 133 1,618
Caleb Surratt 1903 1,939 -36
Eugenio Chacarra 1,904 427 1,477
Anthony Kim N/A N/A N/A

Of the 56 players to tee it up so far this season, all but six have dropped in the ranking. Jon Rahm, who joined the league this year, has yet to move from No. 3. Anthony Kim, who made his long-awaited return to pro golf last week at LIV Golf Jeddah, isn’t listed in the ranking. Eugenio Chacarra, David Puig and Andy Ogletree have seen their ranking jump more than 1,000 places due to their performances on other tours and the fact they’ve been professionals for less than three years. Kieran Vincent has seen minimal movement in his ranking after he played his way into the league via the Asian Tour (which receives OWGR points) last season.

Martin Kaymer has struggled with injuries over the last few years and been dealt the largest drop of of 3,148 places since he joined as the 215th ranked played back in the summer of 2022.

Only four players are within the top 50: Jon Rahm (3), Tyrrell Hatton (17), Brooks Koepka (30) and Cameron Smith (50).

LIV makes its first appearance in Hong Kong this week, March 8-10, at Hong Kong Golf Club in Sheung Shui.

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