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Associated Press
Jul 11, 2025, 10:24 AM ET
LIV Golf has applied again to beryllium included successful the Official World Golf Ranking, without immoderate denotation however it volition run otherwise from erstwhile their archetypal exertion was rejected astir 2 years ago.
The OWGR said successful a connection Friday it had received the exertion and has started the reappraisal process to determined if the Saudi-funded league of 54 players would beryllium included.
"The OWGR Board is committed to a thorough valuation process of each applications, and LIV's exertion volition beryllium reviewed successful accordance with OWGR's criteria to guarantee fairness, integrity and consistency," the OWGR said successful a statement.
The OWGR committee has an yearly gathering adjacent week astatine the Open.
The OWGR denied the archetypal exertion successful October 2023 -- the archetypal afloat twelvemonth of the league -- saying it could not reasonably measurement LIV Golf with 2 twelve different tours astir the satellite due to the fact that of what amounted to a closed shop, on with the idiosyncratic contention perchance being compromised by scores counting toward a squad result.
LIV present has 54 players -- 13 four-man teams and 2 chaotic cards -- and keeps the roster each play but for alternates utilized successful lawsuit of injury.
Other tours person assorted forms of qualifying that let for changes successful the tract among a larger membership. LIV began a "promotions" lawsuit that offered 3 spots astatine the extremity of 2023, but that was reduced to 1 spot past year. The person of the Asian Tour's International Series besides gets a spot successful LIV provided he's not already a member.
World ranking points person been seen arsenic captious to LIV due to the fact that the 4 majors -- each of which person a spot connected the OWGR committee -- usage the ranking to assistance determined the field. The U.S. Open and Open this twelvemonth added a class for apical LIV performers. The Masters and PGA Championship usage invitations astatine their discretion to get whom they see deserving.
LIV, which erstwhile tried to get ranking points by becoming portion of the MENA Tour successful Africa, formally withdrew its archetypal exertion successful May 2024.
Scott O'Neil has replaced Greg Norman arsenic CEO of the Saudi league. He met with Trevor Immelman, the caller OWGR president astatine the Masters this year, and Immelman told the AP helium has spoken a fewer times connected the telephone with O'Neil.
Immelman had said the rejection missive sent to LIV successful October 2023 was "quite clear" with the presumption the committee had astatine the clip and immoderate alteration would commencement with LIV applying anew.
"We admit the involvement of LIV Golf -- and each the tours -- successful contributing to the planetary scenery of men's nonrecreational play done OWGR," the connection said.
