The method is being changed by the people who run the Official World Golf Ranking because they voted against letting LIV Golf events earn ranking points.
In the New Year, the OWGR board will make changes to their scoring system that will highlight up-and-coming golfers and make the points distribution curve for limited field events more even.
Starting January 1, players who finish first in fields with up to 80 others will get more of the points offered, while players who finish in the bottom 15% will no longer get any points. The standard curve used to be the same whether the events were full field or limited field.
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There is now an extra reason for players to win more than one game in a 52-week period. A player will get an extra 60% points for winning two titles in a year. If they win a third title in that time, they will get an extra 70% points.
According to the OGWR, the multi-win bonus feature gives players chances to move up in the system. There is a limit of four extra points, though, so they don’t have too much of an effect at the top of the rankings while still having an effect further down.
The OGWR predicts that players who are lower on the rankings could move up between 50 and 100 spots if they win multiple times. They say that people on the Federation Ranking List will see big changes.
“Following the changes made in August 2022, we conducted a thorough analysis and identified these two chances to improve the OWGR and accurately assess the performances of all the players from around the world on all eligible Tours,” OWGR chairman Peter Dawson said in the statement.
“Changes to the Ranking are made only after a lot of thought, and we’re sure that today’s changes will make the OWGR stronger for the future.” These words come months after Dawson and the OWGR made LIV Golf mad by turning down their application to join the tour. In October, he said, “We are not at war with them.”
“The choice not to let them run is not political.” It’s all about technology. It’s clear that LIV players are good enough to be ranked.
“They’re just not playing in a way that lets them be ranked fairly with the other 24 tours and the thousands of players who try to compete on them.” The choice did not go over well with LIV.
