Golf legend Tiger Woods has slammed the revamped world rankings system, calling it “flawed” and hoped that it might be “fixed” quickly. The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), which was revamped in August to make it extra equitable, has been criticised by prime golfers resembling Jon Rahm, who termed it “laughable”. Woods, a 15-time Major winner, mentioned there’s a have to re-look on the rankings system.

“Yeah, OWGR, it’s a flawed system. That’s something we all here recognise,” the 46-year-old, who had pulled out of the Hero World Challenge on account of a foot harm, mentioned in the course of the pre-tournament press convention on Tuesday.

“The field at Dubai (DP World Tour Championship) got less points than Sea Island (RSM Classic on the PGA Tour) and more of the top players were there in Dubai, so obviously there’s a flawed system. How do you fix it? Those are the meetings we’re going to have to have.

“I bear in mind after I had an enormous lead in my profession. I did not should play a single match the subsequent yr and I nonetheless can be ranked No. 1. We modified that system then. So it has been modified previously and I’m positive this will probably be modified hopefully quickly.” Woods, who last played at the British Open in St. Andrews in July, had developed plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of a thick band of tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes, in his right foot, while preparing for the annual charity event.

The OWGR has undergone many changes over the years. The current system, which was implemented in August, introduces the Field Rating calculation, where “rating Points are derived from every match’s Total Field Rating.” The discipline rankings are based mostly on gamers’ particular person stroke gained world rankings, which is calculated by round-by-round scores after adjusting it for the relative issue of every spherical.

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