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LIV Golf COO Atul Khosla addresses lack of OWGR points, provides update on TV deal during Miami finale

Previous actions have shown LIV will do whatever it takes to get what it wants.

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Majed Al Sorour, CEO of Saudi Golf, on if majors won’t allow LIV players: ‘I will celebrate. I will create my own majors for my players’

“For now, the majors are siding with the Tour, and I don’t know why."

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Graeme McDowell on LIV Golf not earning OWGR points: ‘The word ‘Official’ has to go away’ from rankings

“The word 'Official' has to go away from OWGR if they don’t take care of the players out here.”

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LIV Golf remains pointless but MENA gambit shows smarts - Nick Rodger

Here’s an absurd and not very illuminating insight into column writing. Yesterday morning, amid a shattering crisis of inspiration, I plonked…

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Lynch: Why Bryson DeChambeau and LIV’s other point-missers are protesting their equal treatment under the rules

Who could have imagined that a low-speed collision with a gallery rope would occasion a loss of critical faculty?

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Bryson DeChambeau fury at ‘lies’ in rankings delay for LIV rebels

Bryson DeChambeau has accused the Official World Golf Ranking of “slow playing” the LIV Golf Series’ urgent quest for its golfers to pick up points and declared that “lies are being told” to block the Saudi-funded circuit.

Irish Independent

LIV ranking points snub 'delaying inevitable', says DeChambeau

Bangkok (AFP) - Big-hitting American star Bryson DeChambeau insisted Friday that the failure to award world-ranking points to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf event in Thailand was just "delaying the inevitable" and blasted "lies" that have plagued the rebel tour.

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Greg Norman speaks out and slams decision to exclude LIV players from world rankings

LIV Golf were once again denied world ranking points despite their 'strategic alliance' with the MENA Tour, and CEO Greg Norman has spoken out on the blow.

Daily Mirror

‘They’re delaying the inevitable. We’ve hit every mark in their criteria’: Bryson DeChambeau had some strong words for the OWGR in Bangkok

"To not get points is kinda crazy as, at least I believe, we have the top players in the world."

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MENA Tour chief fires back as LIV Golf’s world ranking points plan goes up in smoke

LIV Golf looked to have finally secured world ranking points ahead of this week's event in Bangkok thanks to a 'strategic alliance' with the MENA Tour, but the application was rejected by the Official World Golf Rankings.

Daily Mirror

MENA Tour says golf rankings 'inaccurate' without LIV events

Bangkok (AFP) - Failure to award world-ranking points at the Saudi-backed LIV Golf event in Thailand starting on Friday renders the rankings "inaccurate", the MENA Tour said on Friday.

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MENA Tour responds to OWGR not granting points to LIV Golf events in Bangkok, Jeddah

"Not including our event in this week’s OWGR render the results and subsequent player movements inaccurate.”

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LIV Golf denied ranking points as MENA alliance comes under review

LIV Golf players will not receive world ranking points for their next two events after failing to give the Official World Golf Ranking enough time to study their new strategic alliance with the MENA Tour.

Irish Independent

‘A win on all parts’: Phil Mickelson explains why he supports the LIV Golf, MENA Tour alliance, calls out OWGR

Dustin Johnson was supportive of the alliance as well, calling it, "strategic."

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AFP

LIV Golf suffers blow as players denied ranking points

London (AFP) - LIV Golf players will not receive world ranking points for this week's event in Bangkok or the tournament in Jeddah later this month, the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) organisation said on Thursday.

Daily Mirror

Dustin Johnson argues LIV players 'deserve ranking points' as controversial series denied

LIV Golf have been dealt another blow after being refused world ranking points for now by the Official World Golf Rankings, but Dustin Johnson believes the players 'deserve' them.

Daily Mirror

Phil Mickelson left with egg on his face over LIV ranking points comments

LIV Golf's attempts to earn ranking points "immediately" by partnering with the MENA Tour have been unsuccessful, with the Official World Golf Ranking announcing the partnership is under review

The Independent UK

LIV Golf players will not receive world ranking points in next two events

The Saudi-funded breakaway claimed on Wednesday that a new strategic alliance with the MENA Tour ‘would immediately qualify LIV Golf for OWGR points’

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LIV Golf members will not earn Official World Golf Ranking points in Bangkok or Jeddah, OWGR reviewing changes to MENA Tour

LIV Golf's workaround has been stopped, for now.

The Guardian - UK

LIV golfers will not earn rankings points at Bangkok Invitational, says OWGR

LIV golfers competing in Thailand this weekend will not earn world ranking points, in what serves as an embarrassment to the rebel tour after public claims to the contrary

The Independent UK

LIV Golf players will not receive world ranking points in next two events – OWGR

The Saudi-funded breakaway claimed on Wednesday that a new strategic alliance with the MENA Tour “would immediately qualify LIV Golf for OWGR points”.

Daily Mirror

Fresh blow to LIV as world ranking points plan left in tatters ahead of Bangkok event

It was thought that LIV Golf were to be given world ranking points this week following a 'strategic alliance' with the MENA Tour, but the Official World Golf Rankings confirm that is not the case.

Irish Independent

Saudi-backed LIV rebels believe they qualify for world ranking points after strategic move with another Tour

Saudi-backed breakaway series LIV Golf believe it has gained long-awaited access to official world ranking points after signing a strategic alliance with the MENA Tour.

Irish Independent

LIV partners with MENA Tour to get world-ranking points

LIV Golf has formed a strategic alliance with the developmental MENA Tour that will see its players finally earn world-ranking points.

AFP

LIV players to get ranking points, MENA Tour says

Dubai (AFP) - Events on the LIV Golf breakaway circuit are set to be awarded world ranking points after a strategic alliance announced on Wednesday by the MENA Tour.

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