Overview
- The decision takes effect at LIV’s season opener in Riyadh, where the winner is projected to earn about 23 points, well below typical PGA Tour events and roughly in the DP World Tour range.
- OWGR classified LIV events as Small Field Tournaments and limited points to the top 10 (and ties), with no points for players finishing 11th or worse.
- Officials cited a 57‑player field, no cut, and recruitment over meritocratic pathways—including recent nationality-based team changes—as reasons for restricted treatment.
- LIV called the ruling unprecedented and argued the top‑10 cutoff disproportionately harms players just outside that threshold; OWGR said it will keep evaluating LIV through the season.
- Jon Rahm said the approach “doesn’t seem fair” and warned the divisor could lower some players’ averages for 11th-place finishes, while Lee Westwood also criticized the cap; only Tyrrell Hatton (No. 22) and Bryson DeChambeau (No. 33) are currently inside the top 50, with Rahm at No. 97.