OWGR blocks LIV Golf from world rating points though new alliance with MENA Tour is reviewed

LIV Golf’s attempt to get world ranking points through its recently announced partnership with the MENA Tour was seemingly blocked Thursday immediately after the Formal World Golfing Position (OWGR) explained it was given "insufficient" time to critique variations to the developmental tour’s timetable. 

The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Tour introduced Wednesday a new "strategic alliance" with LIV Golfing "which will result in LIV Golfing Invitational gatherings becoming component of and sanctioned by the MENA Tour."

Staff captain Dustin Johnson of 4 Aces GC celebrates immediately after profitable the LIV Golfing Invitational-Boston on the very first playoff hole at The Oaks golfing study course at The Intercontinental Sept. 4, 2022, in Bolton, Mass. (Joe Scarnici/LIV Golfing by means of Getty Photographs)

According to the assertion, that will promptly include things like the following two functions — the Bangkok Invitational commencing this weekend and the Jeddah Invitational the following 7 days. 

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The move would promptly qualify LIV golfers to receive world position points as the Dubai-primarily based golf tour has been acknowledged by the OWGR due to the fact 2016. But the group launched a assertion Thursday denying the MENA Tour’s ask for right until the new alliance can be reviewed. 

"Detect of these improvements given by the MENA Tour is inadequate to enable OWGR to perform the customary vital review in advance of the LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok (7-9 Oct) and LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah (14-16 Oct)," the assertion stated. 

LIV CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman substantial-fives lovers as he walks to the first tee through the last spherical of the LIV Golfing Invitational Sequence Chicago at Loaded Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.  (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Images)

"Only soon after the overview is full will a choice be made on awarding points to the MENA Tour’s new ‘limited area tournaments,’ outlined by the MENA Tour in its rules as ‘any MENA Tour-accredited match which contains of a player field of significantly less than 80 gamers.’

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"Frequent formal MENA Tour functions conducted over 54 or 72 holes with a lower soon after 36 holes and its tour championship, normally done around 54 holes with no lower, stay suitable for inclusion in the OWGR." 

In addition to adding the upcoming two LIV occasions, the MENA Tour also introduced LIV Golf customers have now joined its tour as portion of the alliance. 

"This is a incredibly remarkable day for the MENA Tour and our players," David Spencer, the MENA Tour commissioner, explained in a statement. "By this alliance, our players will now have enhanced enjoying options and more robust pathways. This is excellent news for the foreseeable future of a lot of youthful gamers on our tour."

LIV CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman watches play on the 3rd hole all through the last round of the LIV Golfing Invitational Series Chicago at Prosperous Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Sick.   (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire by means of Getty Images)

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The MENA Tour has not run its possess tournament since 2020 for the reason that of the pandemic. It functions 54-hole situations with a 36-gap lower, supplying a $75,000 purse. It gets the bare minimum of world ranking points. 

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.