3 jabber
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That's very insulting to Halifax Town. They are way better than LIV
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3 jabber
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I hope LIV do get OWGR points so we can all recognise Talor Gooch as the best player on the planet and all the Major winners don't have to have an asterisk next to their wins.
Pin-seeker
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It’s time to move on from Greg Norman Phil.
LIV isn’t going away,it’s time to do what’s best for Golf.
It’s absolutely crazy that Rahm will need a pick for the Ryder cup.
You seriously need to chill in regards to LIV
Arthur Wedge
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Beezerk
Money List Winner
Brooks Koepka is 282 in the world now I think I seen on Sky, he’s closer to me than Scottie
It’s a joke however you look at it, you can’t tell me anyone thinks he’s literally got 281 players better than him.
Sky Bet has him at 66-1 to win the Open and is the 22nd player down the list. That alone makes the current world rankings laughable imo.
wjemather
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How many points do you think LIV needs in order to elevate the points average of the top players sufficiently for them to quite comfortably maintain a top 50 owgr ranking (assuming they have a few decent finishes elsewhere)?
Hint: it's not very many; and not even to the level of the Challenge Tour, never mind the ET & KFT.
Pin-seeker
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So predictable
Mel Smooth
Hacker
That's very insulting to Halifax Town. They are way better than LIV
1st football match I ever went to was at The Shay.
The concerts at the Piece Hall are better than the ones on LIV, I’ll give you that.
AussieKB
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I still hope LIV do not get OWGR, it will just make them more irrelevant.
cleveland52
Active member
great question.
If OGWR points are meaningless, then why does LIV want them?
Pin-seeker
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LincolnShep
Head Pro
OWGR are becoming meaningless because they ignore one of the major golf tours.
LIV wants to be included in OWGR's calcs because the majors still use them for qualification criteria. They do this because each major organiser has a representative on the OWGR board, so it's not easy for them to switch to DataGolf (for example). The majors have begun to open separate pathways for LIV players but that's extra work and extra complication. LIV want to make sure their players are represented at the majors. The majors want to make sure that their tournaments have all of the world's best players - regardless of which tour they're aligned with. OWGR needs to provide a better service to the majors.
WorldHandicapSystem
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Don’t suppose any actual numbers were provided? 10x of not a lot is still not a lot.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Arthur Wedge
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PGAT Karen’s are all over this, as expected of course…
“PGAT Karen”
Yep that’s going to make things better
I’m guessing most are asking for the actually monetary value
Last figure they had was £30mil in revenue and that was in Feb and required another £1bn worth of funding from PIF this year alone
Pin-seeker
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You know WAY too much about LIV
You know WAY too much about LIV
Oh no he doesn’t. LIV’s spending is public knowledge and sits at £1.4bn for the last year, £4.58bn since its inception.
Pin-seeker
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Small change to them
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Interesting comments from Lee Westwood who was on Talksport with Henrik Stenson this morning - I can't remember what was said word for word, but on the DPWT - it was something along the lines of, he is concerned about where they fit into the global golf picture moving forwards, and people there need to have some harsh discussions.
My feeling is there's an offer going in from the PIF to the DPWT, and they need to decide where there allegiances are going to be.
My feeling is there's an offer going in from the PIF to the DPWT, and they need to decide where there allegiances are going to be.
Arthur Wedge
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Well the ET is the one main global tour that have events and co sanctioned events all over the world and play in countries that no other tour goes to as a whlle
It’s a shame that the likes of Westwood and indeed any top European over the last couple of decades decided to abandon the tour to chase the money on various tours that meant the ET had to look at ways to survive - and that meant co sanction and joining partnerships with the biggest and main tour in the sport and its allegiances will continue to stay with that main tour
