“Sounds like a LIV problem” – Fans react to Talor Gooch dropping OWGR spots despite winning LIV Golf Adelaide

Talor Gooch won his first LIV Golf event in Adelaide, Australia, on Sunday, April 23. The American golfer finished three strokes ahead of Anirban Lahiri to clinch the trophy.

Talor Gooch finished with a 197 after scoring 62-62-73 in three rounds. Lahiri finished with a score of under 16, while Gooch won with a scoring deficit of 19.

While the triumph increased Talor's bank account by millions of dollars, it did not help him improve his OWGR ranks. He fell to 59th place in OWGR soon after winning the LIV Golf Adelaide event.

LIV Golf Latest posted on their Twitter account on Talor Gooch's ranking, writing:

"Talor Gooch won the biggest golf event in the world this week and dropped two places in the ‘official’ golf rankings to 59th. Time for a major rethink."

Talor Gooch won the biggest golf event in the world this week and dropped two places in the ‘official’ golf rankings to 59th.

Time for a major rethink. https://t.co/p9qSbKR1jO

Fans jumped into the comments section of the post to say:

"Sounds like a LIV problem."

@LIVGolfLatest Sounds like a LIV problem

It is important to note that LIV Golf tournament points are not added to the OWGR, causing players' rankings to fall.

Some admirers mocked the post, saying it was the biggest event of the year. They commented:

"Biggest golf event", okay, but it's a golf exhibition, so...?"

@LIVGolfLatest "biggest golf event", okay, but it's a golf exhibition, so...?

"Because it's a 3 round, no cut, no qualification EXHIBITION!!"

@LIVGolfLatest Because it's a 3 round, no cut, no qualification EXHIBITION!!

"True definition of hyperbole."

@LIVGolfLatest True definition of hyperbole.

"It’s easy.. play 4 rounds and have a cut. Problem solved."

@LIVGolfLatest It’s easy.. play 4 rounds and have a cut. Problem solved.

Here's the full leaderboard for the LIV Golf Adelaide event:

1. Talor Gooch
2. Anirban Lahiri
T3. Pat Perez
T3. Patrick Reed
T3. Cameron Smith
T3. Cameron Young
T7. Dean Burnmester
T7. Chad Schwartzel
T7. Peter Uihlein
10. Dean Johnson
T11. Abraham Ancer
T11. Sergio Garcia
T11. Brooks Koepka
T11. Kokrak
T11. Phil Mickelson
T11. Kevin Na
T11. Louis Oosthuizen
T11. Henrik Stenson
T11. Harold Varner II
T11. Bubba Watson
T21. Charles Howell II
T21. Marc Leishman
T21. Sebastian Munoz
T24. Chase Koepka
T24. Danny Lee
T26. Bryson DeChambeau
T26. Mito Pereira
T26. Ian Poulter
T26. Brendan Steele
T30. Joaquin Niemann
T30. Bernd Weisberg
T32. Richard Bland
T32. Thomas Pieters
T32. James Piot
T32. David Puig
T36. Graeme McDowell
T36. Carlos Ortiz
T36. Lee Westwood
39. Paul Casey
T40. Branden Grace
T40. Scott Vincent
T42. Laurie Canter
T42. Matthew Jones
44. Median Morgan
T45. Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
T45. Matthew Wolff
47. Martin Kramer
48. Sihwan Kim

Who is No. 1 in OWGR?

Jon Rahm topped OWGR after winning The Masters. The Spaniard regained the No. 1 title by surpassing Scottie Scheffler, the former Masters winner.

Rory McIlroy maintained the third position, followed by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele. McIlroy missed the cut at The Masters and has been on break since then.

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Max Homa, the 2023 Farmer's Insurance Open winner, settled in the seventh position. Cameron Smith is a LIV Golf player who is in the top 10 of OWGR.

Here is the list of top golfers, according to OWGR:

1. Jon Rahm
2. Scottie Scheffler
3. Rory McIlroy
4. Patrick Cantlay
5. Xander Schauffele
6. Matt Fitzpatrick
7. Max Homa
8. Cameron Smith
9. Will Zalatoris
10. Jordan Spieth
11. Viktor Hovland
12. Sam Burns
13. Collin Morikawa
14. Justin Thomas
15. Cameron Young
16. Tony Finau
17. Sungjae Im
18. Terrell Hatton
19. Tom Kim
20. Kurt Kitayama