LIV Golf so as to add, relegate gamers, suiting considered one of OWGR wants

LIV Golf carried out a brand new rule for its 2023 season — relegation.

Taking a web page from the English Premier League, the Saudi-backed tour has dropped the 4 lowest ranked gamers from their respective groups. This week, it was formally introduced that LIV will host a promotional occasion that can add three golfers to the 2024 roster, in keeping with Sports activities Illustrated’s Bob Harig.

Lack of participant turnover was one of many causes the OWGR (Official World Golf Rankings) cited upon turning down LIV’s software to earn factors for its gamers subsequent season.

The promotional occasion might be held Dec. 8-10 as LIV Golf hopes the Official Golf World Rankings change its thoughts.

As soon as the person race at LIV Jeddah completed, the 4 gamers that had been relegated had been Jed Morgan (Rippers GC), James Piot (HyFlyers GC), Brooks Koepka’s little brother Chase Koepka (Smash GC) and Sihwan Kim (Iron Heads GC).

These 4 completed inside LIV’s ‘Drop Zone.’ It might have been six golfers, however Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer are captains, which stored them protected from being relegated.

Gamers ranked No. 1-24 secured their standing for 2024. Guys contained in the 25-Forty fourth spots are in what LIV Golf calls the “Open Zone.” They will stick with their present workforce or signal with one other within the switch market.

Any guys previous that No. 44 spot went into the “Drop Zone.”

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The match in December will promote three gamers to LIV rosters. The highest participant on the Asian Tour might be promoted into the league in 2024, taking the fourth spot.

It won’t be a conventional 54-hole match for these guys, however 72. The occasion might be divided into numerous cuts and have totally different exemption classes.

LIV Promotional Event – Construction

Spherical 1

The primary spherical consists of the winners of the U.S. and British Novice championships, Latin-America Novice, Asia-Pacific Novice and European Novice, No. 6-32 within the Worldwide Sequence rankings, in addition to gamers from the highest 200 within the Official World Golf Rating and high 20 of the World Novice Golf Rating.

The highest 20 gamers and people tied with them advance into the second spherical.

Spherical 2

The second spherical will see the scores reset for one more 18 holes. The highest 20 from Day 1 might be joined by gamers who earned computerized exemptions into the second spherical.

These gamers embody relegated gamers, winners of a PGA Tour or a DP World Tour occasion, main champions since 2018, Ryder Cup and President Cup gamers and people ranked inside the highest 5 on the Worldwide Sequence standings.

From there, the highest 16 gamers will advance into the ultimate two rounds of play.

Closing Spherical

These gamers will battle it out in a conventional stroke play format.

Of these 16, three will earn computerized promotions to LIV Golf in 2024.

Relegation is new to the golf world, however it’s one thing to observe as a result of it may set the tone for even greater modifications.

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By. You possibly can comply with her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports for extra golf protection. Make sure to try @_PlayingThrough too.