Lee Westwood's tie for 34th at The Open Championship raised him to No. 930 in the World Golf Ranking, surpassing his son, Sam. Westwood criticized the ranking system for making a mockery without points from LIV events. LIV Golf's submission for World Golf Ranking points is pending review. Current LIV players have limited opportunities to earn points, leading to a steep decline in rankings. Only two LIV players, Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton, are in the top 50, prompting Westwood's concern for future major championships accommodating LIV participants.
I think that just proves that without world ranking points it makes a bit of a mockery of the system. Without earning OWGR, the four major championships will have to alter their processes to include more LIV players in the future. We either start to get world ranking points on LIV or the major championships have to revise their qualification system, which they seem -- some of them seem to want to do but some seem reluctant to do, and they'd have to have a separate qualification system for LIV players, which I don't think anybody particularly wants.
Dustin Johnson, who spent 135 weeks at No. 1, dropped as low as 907th before a T23 last week vaulted him back up to 571st.
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