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Lee Westwood is certainly happy to do the top 40 in the championship open last weekend, but he took this moment to explode the official classification of golf (OWGR).
Westwood, the veteran golfer who plays on the Liv golf tour, is now n ° 930 on the OWGR list after being equal 34th to Royal Portrush made him 3,759 places.
Westwood can now say that he is finally back before his son, Sam, who is 2,759th on the list while he plays on a mini-tour. But that is exactly why Westwood has scruples with the way OWGR has classified golfers.
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Lee Westwood aligns a putt on the 15th green in the first round of the golf golf golf tournament Liv at the Maridoe Golf Club. (Raymond Carlin III / Imagn images)
“I think it proves that without world classification points, that makes a little mockery of the system,” Westwood said on Wednesday at the British Liv Golf event by ESPN.
Westwood is part of many golf liv stars who believe that their events should be included in the OWGR. However, the last application of the League is currently underway.
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They first tried to obtain accreditation when the league started in 2022, but it was refused. As a result, LIV golfers cannot earn OWGR points unless they play in major championships or international events.
Take Dustin Johnson, for example. It is only 571st on the list, but this is due to the finishing of 23 at the open. Johnson was once the number one golfer in the world for 135 weeks, but since he joined Liv, he fell in the standings.
Lee Westwood and his wife and Caddy Helen Westwood on the ninth hole in the third round of the 153rd golf tournament in the open championship. (Mike Frey / Imagn images)
Only Bryson Dechambeau (16th) and Tyrrell Hatton (21st) appear in the top 50 in the OWGR ranking. Other golf stars liv like Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed does not crack this upper level despite their solid game.
“I think that, mainly, that amounts to wanting the best players of the main championships, not wanting this conversation where there are a few people who are missing because we do not get world classification points on Liv,” said Westwood, likes to see Liv Golf submit another application.
Hatton expressed his colleagues golf players Liv who are credited for their work in the League, especially when it comes to qualifying for major tournaments.
Lee Westwood made the first hole in the first round of the 153rd golf tournament in the championship open to Royal Portrush. (Mike Frey / Imagn images)
“I think there are a lot of guys here that you certainly want to play in the majors. If there is a better way for that for us, then it’s great,” said Hatton.
