Louis Oosthuizen says LIV Golf should be sanctioned by the Official World Golf Ranking ahead of its proposed merger with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
The South African began the 2022 season inside the world’s top 10, but has since dropped to 348th as LIV events do not have OWGR points on offer.
Speaking ahead of LIV London, Oosthuizen said: “Yeah, look, there’s a lot of things that need to happen [before the merger].
“I think the first thing is somehow getting world ranking points to LIV or changing the system completely. I think the system at the moment is really, it’s not a real reflection of what’s going on out there. That can change, and we can somehow get back to getting points and things,”
The 40-year-old said he had no regrets about leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV.
“I’ve had a good career in golf, and I was sort of on my final stages there on the PGA Tour. I was thinking about maybe even stopping after 2021, and then this opportunity came that was completely different to what I’m used to.
“Being part of a team, and knowing that I’m going to have these two good friends of mine in the team [Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace] was an opportunity I didn’t want to let go, and I thought, why not.”
