‘Haven’t Got Them’: Carlos Ortiz Boldy Reveals LIV Pros Got Catfished With World Ranking Promise

A proper representation in the sport. From the sowing of its seeds back in 2021, that is one thing that LIV Golf has lived without. Yes, we are talking exactly about OWGR which has eluded the Saudi-backed league up until now. Why did the golfers go ahead and join the alternate tour, then? Surprisingly, it appears they were guaranteed something but received something else entirely, divulged Carlos Ortiz, a Torque GC member.

The league has now finished the first event of its third season, and it still hasn’t received any recognition from the ranking body. Well, the Mexican golfer took to a podcast with Colt Knost to talk about the same while revealing the promise that the disruptive tour made to its players when they jumped ships!

LIV Golf and OWGR, a match not made in heaven?

“They[LIV Golf] definitely said that we were gonna get them,” said Ortiz in the talk with the retired professional during an episode of The Subpar podcast. Adding on, he pointed out how the league and its players still “haven’t got them” while alluding to the points being awarded by the Official World Golf Ranking System.

Continuing with his opinion, the 32-year-old went ahead to mention how “people have to recognize that there is good players here[LIV Golf].” Moreover, elaborating on the need for a fair representation, he said, “If you’re going to have a world ranking, that includes all the best players, you have to have some people included in that world ranking.”

Interestingly, the tweet shared by Flushing It also highlights the same while commenting on the inability of the Saudi-backed league to make out on its promise to its players. The post indicates how LIV Golf themselves haven’t actually done much to rectify the situation while referring to the current pathways and player rotation that the circuit boasts of, an aspect which the ranking body had pointed out themselves way back in October 2023, when they said a resounding ‘NO’ to the disruptive tour.

It is nothing short of a setback for the group of players who defected to the Saudi-backed league. Nevertheless, what did OWGR say when they denied the PIF-funded circuit points?

OWGR drives the final nail into LIV Golf’s coffin

Back in 2023, the ranking body in a letter to Greg Norman and Gary Davidson conveyed their decision to not award the circuit and its athletes with points. While doing so, they specified reasons including LIV Golf having a different format of 54 holes as opposed to the normal 72-hole followed by the other events in the sport.

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Adding on, the OWGR also pointed out how the golfers are not competing at a place where they can be ranked equitably with the other circuits and their players. Moreover, it also put forward the fact that the Saudi-backed circuit only allowed a total of three players to qualify for the same through a year-end promotions event meanwhile other tours provided chances to more than 40 players through various initiatives.

Well, the Disruptive League does have a long road ahead of them if it has to get accepted into the folds of the world rankings. But even so, hope is definitely there with the upcoming merger between the three bodies reaching a finishing point soon.

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