Official World Golf Ranking announces two key changes for 2024
World number two Rory McIlroy will get more bang for his buck from the Official World Golf Ranking after some significant changes to the system were announced for 2024.
The governing board of the OWGR announced points distribution updates on no-cut events and players who win multiple times in one season.
World number two Rory mooy will get more bang for his buck from the official World Golf Ranking after some significant changes to the system were announced for 2024 the governing board of the AAR announced points distribution updates on no cut events and players who win multiple times in one season for Fields
Consisting of 80 players or less top finishers will receive a greater percentage of the points additionally if those 80 player events do not have a cut the bottom 15% of finishers will receive no points this means that the bottom 12 finishers in an 80 player field with no
Cut will get no world ranking points affecting the five no cut Signature Events announced by the PGA tour for 2024 and the three FedEx Cup playoff events playoff series events including the FedEx Cup playoffs and the DP World Tour Championship will continue Distributing points to the entire ire
Field however events like the 20-man Hero World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods would only be allocated points for the top 17 Woods finished 18th this year and jumped 430 places in the rankings but he will receive no points for an identical performance from next year the good news for players who win multiple
Events over a 52 we period such as mroy Scotty Sheffer or John Ram this year is that they will receive bonus points for such a feat players who win twice in one season will receive a 60pc points bonus while players who in three or more times will receive a 70pc increase in points
Based on extensive analysis following the changes implemented in August 2022 we recognized these two opportunities to further enhance the Aur and to accurately evaluate performances of the world’s participating players on all eligible tours said Peter Dawson official World Golf Ranking chairman adjustments to the ranking are made after careful consideration and we are
Confident that today’s updates will better position the AAR for the future the Liv Gulf league has featured 54 whole no cut events for 48 players for the past two years and remains ineligible for world ranking points in October Dawson wrote To Live gulf’s chief executive Greg Norman and Chief
Operating Officer Gary Davidson to inform them that at this time live golf will not be recognized as an eligible golf tour in the AAR system Dawson said the board committee felt live gulf’s tournament format was an issue but added that it could be managed through an appropriate mathematical formula
According to the letter the AAR had a problem with Liv golf’s closed system though that was addressed in part with the recent staging in Abu Dhabi of a 72 whole promotions event the equivalent of a q school which offered three places on Liv golf teams next season the letter
Also revealed that Liv in formed the AER in July that 14 players would be invited back next season regardless of their performance more than double the number live officials initially told the AAR
