Most LIV golfenthusiasts haveactually seen their world ranking tank primarily because they are not eligible for Official World Golf Ranking points.
For others, that’s a excellent reason to cover up bad play.
With LIV’s 2nd season a week away, some of those more noteworthy gamers have strike historical lows.
Dustin Johnson’s bank account might have got a huge increase last year however his world ranking toppled to area he has not seen in 13 years. And while Phil Mickelson’s incomes skyrocketed (he got a reported $200 million to signupwith LIV) his ranking has hit a more than 3 years low.
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Johnson made more than $35 million in reward cash on the LIV Golf Series last year by winning the specific and group titles, along with finalizing for a reported $125 million. When the world rankings were launched Monday he was outside the leading 50 for the veryfirst time in 13 years.
He fell one area to No.51 The last time he was lower than 50: Jan. 31, 2010, when he was No.55 Johnson ultimately made it to No. 1 in the world in 2017, where he stayed for 64 successive weeks, the 5th longest run at the top. In all, he held the No. 1 area for a overall of 135 weeks.
Johnson was 13th in the world the week it was revealed he was signingupwith LIV. He missedouton playing in a couple of Asian Tour occasions the last 2 week that award world ranking points duetothefactthat a back injury.
Mickelson was 71st in the world when his relocation to LIV endedupbeing authorities in June and No. 32 after winning the 2021 PGA Championship. He hasactually fallen to No.279 Mickelson hasactually missedouton the cut in the last 3 occasions he hasactually played that award world ranking points: The US Open, the Open Championship, the PIF Saudi International played in early February.
The last time Mickelson’s ranking was that low: Jan. 6, 1991, when he was No. 462.
Others who have considerably dropped in