LIV Golf ace Carlos Ortiz has leapt greater than 1,000 locations within the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) in only one weekend.
This got here after his newest golf victory on the Asian Tour’s International Series occasion in Oman on Sunday. Ortiz, 32, triumphed within the Middle East after capturing a flawless seven-under-par 65 within the closing spherical below difficult circumstances.
He beat fellow LIV Golf defector Louis Oosthuizen, who got here second, and his Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann, who completed third. Ortiz was one in every of 21 LIV members collaborating within the International Series occasion.
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With the breakaway league not resuming till LIV Jeddah later this week, Ortiz and his colleagues determined to move to Oman. They hoped to earn some much-needed world rating factors, because the breakaway league is but to obtain OWGR recognition.
The resolution proved fruitful for Ortiz as he not solely secured his first most important Tour victory in 4 years but additionally made a gargantuan leap within the rankings. Before the occasion, the Mexican was ranked 1,286th within the OWGR checklist, removed from his earlier finest inside the highest 50.
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However, his victory in Oman propelled him to 237th within the checklist. While this would possibly not be sufficient to get Ortiz into April’s Masters, he hopes to keep up his kind in each OWGR-based and LIV occasions whereas preventing his approach again into main championship competition.
After Sunday’s win, the Torque GC star shared: “With the way the wind was, I had to hold on for the first five holes. After that it was more downwind, so this is how this course plays and you have to take advantage of it. The wind then kind of calmed down and I attacked the pins, and I made some good putts.
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“I hope this is the start of a great year. It means so much to win an event on The International Series. I would like to play in majors this year and win on the LIV Golf League.” If he desires to play the majors, Ortiz might want to climb even additional up the pecking order, however with LIV nonetheless ready for OWGR level accreditation, the Mexican is likely to be out of luck for 2024.
The Saudi-funded competitors tried to get rating factors final autumn, however their newest utility was turned down by OWGR bosses in October. The rating system pointed to the league’s 54-hole, no minimize match format and its promotion and relegation system as the explanations behind the choice.
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As anticipated, these working the sequence weren’t pleased with the decision, and an LIV assertion learn on the time: “OWGR’s sole objective is to rank the best players across the globe. Today’s communication makes clear that it can no longer deliver on that objective.
“Professional golf is now and not using a true or international scoring and rating system. There is not any profit for followers or gamers from the dearth of belief or readability so long as the perfect participant performances aren’t recognised. LIV will proceed to try to degree set the market so followers, broadcasters, and sponsors have the peace of mind of an impartial and goal rating system and the pure enjoyment of watching the perfect golf on the planet.”