LIV star expects OWGR 'to do the right thing'

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Joaquin Niemann expects the Official World Golf Ranking “to do the right thing for golf” as it reviews LIV Golf's latest submission to receive world rankings points for its events.

The Chilean star has won a third of the 15 tournaments he has teed it up in worldwide this year and is by most accounts among the top tier of golfers on the planet. But Niemann is currently No.103 in the OWGR because his five wins in 11 LIV Golf events in 2025 haven't accrued any rankings points.

He was No.68 after a tie for third in an Asian Tour event in February and he also tied for eighth at the PGA Championship before missing the cut at the year's final two majors. Niemann will not have an opportunity to earn more rankings points until playing a few tournaments on other tours after LIV’s season concludes later this month.

Niemann, 26, is among those who are hoping the OWGR softens its stance and allows players to earn points thru LIV events beginning next year.

“I feel like the ranking system is not up to me, it's up to them. I'm expecting that they're going to do the right thing for golf,” Niemann said on Wednesday ahead of this week's LIV Golf Chicago event.