After a lengthy application process, LIV golfers will continue to be denied Official World Golf Ranking points, primarily because of its 48-player, locked-field concept.

The LIV Golf League on Tuesday formally withdrew its application for Official World Golf Ranking accreditation, saying that the OWGR cannot be an “official” ranking system because it has ...

While LIV Golf’s rise has raised new questions about the merits of the Official World Golf Ranking, in the background a major change has occurred.

The Official World Golf Ranking is a dividing line between LIV Golf and the sport’s establishment. Since the metric helps determine access to major tournaments, the argument is hardly academic.

The Official World Golf Ranking, the metric for assessing the world's best players as well as the standard for admission into golf's majors, has announced updates to the way it awards points.

Patrick Reed was No. 25 on the Official World Golf Ranking to start the year. By the time he started playing in LIV Golf events at the end of June, Reed had dropped to 38th.

It’s been an unusually newsy year for the Official World Golf Ranking. Largely that has been because of the rise of LIV Golf and the controversial league’s push to earn all-important OWGR ...

The Official World Golf Ranking has been a major talking point in the professional game for the last two years as LIV Golf has fought for inclusion within the system. While the league with 54-hole ...

Fifty LIV Golf players sent a letter to the chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking to request to be included in its rankings, dating to when the circuit first applied July 6.

The Official World Golf Ranking denied LIV Golf ranking points, according to reports by the Associated Press and Global Golf Post. Format concerns and limited access into LIV Golf events were cited in ...

WHAT’S NEW: This isn’t the first update to the Official World Golf Ranking. In its 35 years, the system has been adjusted at least 17 times, according to Peter Dawson, the chairman of the OWGR ...

For instance, in last week’s World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Cameron Davis finished 60 th while Si Woo Kim was five strokes back in 65 th; neither received rankings points.