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Lose-lose: LIV golfers slide down OWGR list as ranking body dithers into irrelevance

Lose-lose: LIV golfers slide down OWGR list as ranking body dithers into irrelevance

Sports Illustrated created a golf ranking system that includes LIV Golf in a week. Managers of the 'Official' list say they're not rushing because LIV is "different". But the maths aren't that hard

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Matt Cleary
May 09, 2023
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Rickie Fowler re-entered the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) top 50 this week, which is great for Rickie Fowler as he’ll qualify for the PGA Championship and, if he maintains his decent recent form - seven top-20s in his last eight starts - earn entry into this year’s US Open and Open Championship.

And yet, like any movement of players up and down the…

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