Open champion and LIV golfer Cameron Smith says the sport’s world ranking system is becoming “obsolete”.
The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) board does not currently award points to LIV Golf events, although the new circuit has submitted an application.
World ranking positions help determine whether a player is eligible to play in the annual four men’s majors.
Smith’s Open win gives him exemptions for all majors, but he has slipped from second to fourth in the rankings.
Other top players who have switched to LIV have plummeted down the rankings with former world number one Dustin Johnson, LIV’s individual champion in 2022, now 46th and 2020 US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau down at 96th.
