LIV Golf Invitational Series will apply for OWGR consideration, CEO Greg Norman says

BROOKLINE, Mass. — LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said the new circuit will apply for Official World Golf Ranking points consideration on Monday.

Norman said the LIV Golf Invitational Series has a «very compelling» application after working closely with the OWGR technical committee to understand the process.

During an interview with Fox News on Saturday night, Norman also asked whether PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, one of eight members of the OWGR board of governors, would recuse himself from voting on LIV Golf's application.

«It'll be interesting to see if Jay Monahan recuses himself from that vote because of what he said on television with [CBS Sports announcer] Jim Nantz the other day,» Norman said. «So, it's very interesting and it's sad to be, you know, putting that additional exerting pressure on it because our tour is a good tour. It's supported, it's got an incredible field. Our point should be that if we get the OWGR points, then everything else takes care of itself.»

During an interview with Nantz during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on June 12, Monahan defended his position to suspend 17 players who have defected from the Tour to join LIV Golf, which is being financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Additional PGA Tour players, including 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and 2018 Masters winner Patrick Reed, are expected to be included in the 48-man field for LIV Golf's next event. It will be the first one played in the United States, at Pumpkin Ridge in Portland, Oregon, from June 30 to July 2.

Monahan said players who competed in future LIV Golf events without a conflicting-event release would face the same punishment as the 17 who were suspended.

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