LIV Golf players petition for Official World Golf Ranking status

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LIV Golf is continuing to challenge the system. 

Last week, 50 golfers signed a letter to the chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking, requesting that their results be included in the rankings, retroactively, from when the rival Saudi-backed circuit first applied for that status July 6. 

Team Captain Dustin Johnson of 4 Aces GC celebrates after winning the LIV Golf Invitational - Boston on the first playoff hole at The Oaks golf course at The International Sept. 4, 2022 in Bolton, Mass. (Joe Scarnici/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

"An OWGR without LIV would be incomplete and inaccurate, the equivalent of leaving the Big 10 or the SEC out of the U.S. college football ranking, or leaving Belgium, Argentina and England out of the FIFA rankings," the letter said. 

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Those petitioning the organization included two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson and 48 other golfers who participated in LIV Golf’s fifth tournament last weekend in Chicago. 

According to Golf Channel, the players claimed that "the level of competition at the average LIV event is at least equal to that at the average PGA Tour event."

LIV CEO and Commissioner Greg Norman high-fives fans as he walks to the first tee during the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational Series Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.  (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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LIV Golf has 13 of the top 50 players on its tour but the addition of Cameron Smith, who was ranked No. 2 at the time, sent shockwaves through the golfing community. 

"LIV Golf is showing the