Lee Westwood blasts golf rating system after leaping 3,759 spots at The Open

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Lee Westwood is actually blissful to crack the highest 40 at The Open Championship this previous weekend, however he took that second to blast the Official World Golf Rating (OWGR).

Westwood, the veteran golfer who performs on the LIV Golf tour, now sits No. 930 on the OWGR checklist after being tied thirty fourth at Royal Portrush shot him up 3,759 spots.

Westwood can now say that he's lastly again forward of his son, Sam, who sits 2,759th on the checklist as he performs on a mini-tour. However that proper there's precisely why Westwood has qualms with the OWGR’s manner of rating golfers.

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Lee Westwood traces up a putt on the fifteenth inexperienced in the course of the first spherical of the LIV Golf Dallas golf match at Maridoe Golf Membership. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Photos)

"I feel that simply proves that with out world rating factors it makes a little bit of a mockery of the system," Westwood mentioned on Wednesday at LIV Golf’s UK occasion, per ESPN .

Westwood is amongst many LIV Golf stars who consider their occasions must be included inside the OWGR. Nevertheless, the league’s newest utility is at present beneath assessment.

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That they had initially tried to get accreditation when the league started in 2022, however it was denied. Because of this, LIV golfers can't earn themselves OWGR factors except they play in main championships or worldwide tour occasions.

Take Dustin Johnson, for instance. He's solely 571st on the checklist, however that’s attributable to ending tied twenty third at The Open. Johnson was as soon as the world’s primary golfer for 135 weeks, however since becoming a member of LIV, he has plummeted in standings.

Lee Westwood and his spouse and caddie Helen Westwood on the ninth gap in the course of the third spherical of The 153rd Open Championship golf match. (Mike Frey/Imagn Photos)

Solely Bryson DeChambeau (sixteenth) and Tyrrell Hatton (twenty first) are within the high 50 within the OWGR rankings. Different LIV Golf stars like Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed don’t crack that higher echelon regardless of their stable play.

"I feel primarily it relates again to wanting the perfect gamers within the main championships, not wanting this dialog the place there's a couple of folks lacking out as a result of we do not get world rating factors on LIV," Westwood mentioned as he liked seeing LIV Golf submit one other utility.

Hatton has been vocal about his fellow LIV Golf gamers getting credited for his or her work within the league, particularly in relation to qualifying for main tournaments.

Lee Westwood tees off on the primary gap in the course of the first spherical of The 153rd Open Championship golf match at Royal Portrush. (Mike Frey/Imagn Photos)

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"I feel there's lots of guys out right here that you just actually wish to be enjoying in majors. If there's a greater pathway for that for us, then that is sensible," Hatton mentioned.