{"id":1650027,"date":"2022-09-20T23:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T03:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650027"},"modified":"2022-09-20T23:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T03:51:18","slug":"justin-thomas-on-livs-rankings-gripe-its-their-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justin-thomas-on-livs-rankings-gripe-its-their-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Thomas on LIV\u2019s rankings gripe: \u2018It\u2019s their fault\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjustin-thomas-on-livs-rankings-gripe-its-their-fault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Justin Thomas understands why LIV Golf players are fighting hard to receive world rankings points for their events, but he strongly disagrees with their stance.<\/p>\n<p>LIV sent a letter to the chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking organization urging that players receive points for playing in the breakaway tour\u2019s events. The series even wants points to be retroactive to include the five events already staged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand,\u201d Thomas said when asked about LIV\u2019s petition at the Presidents Cup on Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s very obvious and written right there in front of them. They just naturally want what\u2019s best for them, just like the decision they made to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is currently ranked seventh in the world and has twice reached No. 1. The top-ranked LIV player is No. 3 Cameron Smith, who didn\u2019t leave for the Saudi-backed league until after the Tour Championship. Meanwhile, Dustin Johnson has slid all the way to No. 23 and Brooks Koepka is 29th.<\/p>\n<p>If LIV does not convince the OWGR board to include the series, its players will continue to plummet down the World Ranking, making it increasingly difficult to qualify for major championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, if I was doing the same situation, I would want it, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily make it right,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cThe governing bodies have created a system for a reason, and that\u2019s to try to create the best system possible to determine the best players in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it going to be skewed because some of the top players aren\u2019t going to be in there? Yes. But that\u2019s their own fault for making the decision they made, and they knew very, very well going into it there\u2019s a good chance they won\u2019t have World Ranking points, and they took that risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, that\u2019s their own fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billy Horschel will make his Presidents Cup debut this week on the United States team along with Thomas. He agreed that the LIV series currently fails to meet most of the OWGR criteria and therefore should not be included in the rankings system until it does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew when they signed that contract and took all that money what could come in the future for them,\u201d Horschel said. \u201cThey had to weigh those decisions and what the outcome could be by going there and the things they may not get in the future. They made that decision to sign the contract and take the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of their U.S. teammates this week took a more measured response.<\/p>\n<p>World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler called the situation to gauge the rankings argument of 54-hole events with invitational fields and no cuts \u201cchallenging,\u201d but otherwise steered clear of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Max Homa, who will also be making his Presidents Cup debut this week, said the decision is ultimately up to the OWGR and not people\u2019s opinions, but added that he would not have a problem with LIV players receiving world rankings points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my eye, it seems like they should get World Ranking points,\u201d he said. \u201cIt seems like if 48 great golfers play in tournaments, week in and week out, to my eye, (they) should get points. But there is a criteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how the world works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/justin-thomas-on-livs\/pga-presidents-cup-practice-round-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K03Q-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K03Q-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Thomas understands why LIV Golf players are fighting hard to receive world rankings points for their events, but he strongly disagrees with their stance. 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