Mexican Tour: The list of tours that are eligible for inclusion in the Official World Golf Ranking keeps expanding.
No, it’s not LIV Golf, which is still awaiting permission to earn points for the world rankings. Instead, the OWGR’s governing board declared on Wednesday that the Gira de Golf Professional de Mexicana, which started in 2017, will be part of the OWGR system going forward.
The Mexican Tour, which holds 54-hole competitions with 36-hole cuts, offers qualification through a qualifying school, and concludes its season with a no-cut final, has now received clearance after a 16-month approval procedure. Past events in partnership with the PGA Tour Latin America have also been held there.
“In keeping with long-standing OWGR eligibility and format standards, the Gira de Golf Professional de Mexicana provides inclusion for professional tours at the development level with available ranking points appropriate with the format and projected fields,” according to an OWGR release.
The OWGR chairman Peter Dawson remarked, “This is a huge milestone for golf and OWGR is deeply encouraged by the success and the sustained efforts in the promotion of the sport of golf in Mexico. We are eager to follow Gira de Golf Professional de Mexico’s development as it continues to be important in the growth of players from the area.”
The application procedure for LIV Golf is still open. The Saudi-sponsored tour applied for OWGR points for the first time in July and then again in October after purchasing the MENA Tour. Although it is largely a closed business with no qualifying school except from the top finishers in the Asian Tour’s International Series earning berths for next year, it hosts 54-hole, no-cut events and has partnered with the Asian Tour.
“I know they have a procedure, “Greg Norman recently told SI.com.” I understand all of it. However, the OWGR was never ready for a brand-new organisation like LIV Golf. Sometimes you have to be prepared for the unexpected. As we’ve seen, when someone comes up with an amazing business model that is successful, you need to be flexible and adaptable enough to make room for the new company.
“OWGR was never, ever prepared for that strategy.”
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