After Bryson DeChambeau drops out, no LIV Golf professional remains in top 10; Sergio Garcia calls OWGR “no longer worth it”
As of this writing, no LIV Golf professional is in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. This development comes after 2024 US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau fell to 11th place, while English professional Tommy Fleetwood moved into the top 10 for the first time since 2020.
It is also worth noting that a couple of days ago, Sergio Garcia in an interview said that the OWGR is "no longer worth it" for LIV Golf professionals. In a statement to Golf Magic, the captain of Fireballs GC detailed the importance of OWGR to every golfer playing on the Saudi-backed tour.
"To be totally honest, I don't think world ranking points are worth it anymore for us. Even if we got world ranking points now with the rankings we have like myself down in 390th, it just wouldn't really help the majority of us. We were looking at it and for someone to be able to stay in the top 50 in the world, you would probably have to win like 10 of the 14 tournaments on LIV Golf," Sergio Garcia said.
It's important to note that golfers competing in LIV Golf do not receive OWGR points. If a player on the Saudi-backed tour desires to receive OWGR points, then they must compete either at majors or on the DP World Tour, aka the European Tour.
LIV Golf's Sergio Garcia remains hopeful of receiving major invites in 2025
Sergio Garcia had a remarkable 2024 season in LIV Golf. In the 14 events he played on the Saudi-backed tour, he managed to win in Andalucia and registered four top-five finishes. His performances on the tour helped him finish third in the LIV Golf individual standings.
After achieving this position, Garcia remains hopeful of receiving invites to golf majors next year. In the same interview, the Spanish golfer said that he hopes the major championships and the people in charge look at the golf he has played and give it the respect it deserves.
"Yeah I hope so... at the end of the day I just need to play like that and put myself there and hopefully the majors and the organizations that take care of the majors take a look at that and give it the credit it deserves. That's all I can control at the end of the day. If for whatever reason they don't think it's good enough then I'll just keep doing what I'm doing, I'll go and play in the qualifiers and just try to get in as many majors as I can. Obviously, The Masters I always get to play but the others I will try to see what I have to do to qualify for them. That's pretty much all I can do."
In 2024, Sergio Garcia played at two majors. The first was the Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club, where he missed the cut. The second was the US Open, where he finished T12.