Jon Rahm’s ‘laughable’ criticism of Official Globe Golf Rankings could result in variations, hints Keith Pelley

DP Environment Tour main executive Keith Pelley has explained conversations about tweaking the Official Entire world Golfing Rankings will get spot subsequent criticism of the alterations by Jon Rahm.

Variations to the method have resulted in fields with lesser figures of players remaining awarded fewer rankings factors than a tournament with much more gamers, irrespective of the high quality of gamers on demonstrate.

That is been the circumstance this 7 days, with the DP Earth Tour Championship supplying much less ranking points than the RSM Common on the PGA Tour, even with the Dubai celebration possessing seven of the major 25 in the planet in the discipline.

Entire world No. 1 Rory McIlroy has spoken in favour of the variations – that he assisted engineer – but they ended up explained as laughable by Rahm.

“I’m likely to be as blunt as I can. I consider the OWGR [Official World Golf Rankings] proper now is laughable,” Rahm reported. “Laughable, laughable, laughable. The truth that the RSM doesn’t have any of the best 25 in the planet but has extra factors than this occasion wherever we have seven of the best 25 is laughable.

“The simple fact that Wentworth [the PGA Championship] experienced fewer details than Napa [the Fortinet Championship] is laughable.

“Look, I have an understanding of what they are striving to do with the depth of subject but possessing the finest players in the globe instantly can make the event greater. I never care what their system says. I think they’ve produced a slip-up. They have devalued the worth of the far better players.”

Pelley says he experienced spoken to equally Rahm and McIlroy, and will acquire their sights to the next assembly where proposed adjustments might be produced.

“There was a very long analyze of 4 unique impartial researchers on the OWGR and all of them came to the conclusion that the rankings did not replicate the performance of the gamers around the globe,” Pelley claimed. “As a outcome we carried out a new procedure and with any new technique, regardless of what company you are in, you examine, you modify and you tweak.

“At the subsequent board meeting we will have people discussions.

“Obviously two of our top rated gamers, Rory and Jon Rahm, had a distinction of viewpoint on the OWGR rankings and that is what makes our activity so amazing – that we have independence of speech from our top gamers.

“I talked to the two and even though they experienced discrepancies of viewpoint, we will acquire those people thoughts to the board of the OWGR at our subsequent board meeting.”