LIV Golf’s Louis Oosthuizen Renews Talk About Official World Golf Ranking Points

With the PGA Tour and LIV Golf about to be in business together, should the rival league now receive Official World Golf Ranking points?

That’s what Louis Oosthuizen believes.

The 2010 Open Championship winner and current member of LIV Golf said that the framework agreement among the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)—the money behind LIV—should give the league credibility and the OWGR points that would come with that.

The South African said:

“I think the first thing is somehow getting world ranking points to LIV or changing the system completely. I think the system at the moment is really — it’s not a real reflection of what’s going on out there. That can change, and we can somehow get back to getting points and things, I think there’s a lot more possibilities to play.”

Four South Africans are in action this weekend at LIV GOLF London, Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Dean Burmester and Charl Schwartzel.

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The debate is back in the forefront after several European stars will not be a part of the 151^st Open Championship. Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter decided not to try to qualify while Sergio Garcia will miss the Open for the first time since 1997 after just missing out during a qualifying round on Tuesday.

Oosthuizen said that being able to continue to play in the Open Championship was one of the big reasons he was comfortable with joining LIV Golf last year.

Oosthuizen said:

“I played a lot of major golf in my career, and I was very hopeful that I would still be able to play the Open, and what I’ve heard from people high up saying they’re pretty sure I’ll be able to play an Open still going forward, so I was at ease with my decision and going forward.”

The 40-year-old said he was considering making 2021 his last on the PGA Tour before the LIV opportunity came around. The 2010 win at St. Andrews was his only major victory, but he has finished runner-up in each of the other three majors and set the 18-, 36-, and 54-hole record at the Open in 2021 before faltering in the final round.

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