Lee Westwood blasts Official World Golf Ranking after jumping 3,759 spots with Open Championship finish

Lee Westwood is certainly happy to crack the top at The Open Championship this past weekend but he took that moment to blast the Official World Golf Ranking OWGR Westwood the veteran golfer who plays on the LIV Golf tour now sits No on the OWGR list after being tied th at Royal Portrush shot him up spots Westwood can now say that he is in the end back ahead of his son Sam who sits th on the list as he plays on a mini-tour But that right there is exactly why Westwood has qualms with the OWGR s way of ranking golfers CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM I think that just proves that without world ranking points it makes a bit of a mockery of the system Westwood explained on Wednesday at LIV Golf s UK event per ESPN Westwood is among multiple LIV Golf stars who believe their events should be included within the OWGR However the league s latest application is as of now under review LIV GOLF STAR BROOKS KOEPKA DESTROYS TEE MARKER WITH DRIVER AFTER WAYWARD SHOTThey had initially tried to get accreditation when the league began in but it was denied As a aftermath LIV golfers cannot earn themselves OWGR points unless they play in major championships or international tour events Take Dustin Johnson for example He is only st on the list but that s due to finishing tied rd at The Open Johnson was once the world s number one golfer for weeks but since joining LIV he has plummeted in standings Only Bryson DeChambeau th and Tyrrell Hatton st are in the top in the OWGR rankings Other LIV Golf stars like Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed don t crack that upper echelon despite their solid play I think mainly it relates back to wanting the best players in the major championships not wanting this conversation where there's a inadequate people missing out because we don't get world ranking points on LIV Westwood commented as he loved seeing LIV Golf submit another application Hatton has been vocal about his fellow LIV Golf players getting credited for their work in the league especially when it comes to qualifying for major tournaments I think there's a lot of guys out here that you certainly want to be playing in majors If there's a better pathway for that for us then that's brilliant Hatton disclosed Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter