Fourteen-time PGA champion Aussie Adam Scott has admitted there may be frustration amongst gamers over the brand new rating system, amid a flurry of public controversy surrounding the brand new methodology.
The PGA system, carried out final August, prioritizes the power of a event’s area and relies on the amount of higher-ranked gamers at an occasion.
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The 37th-ranked Scott stated the participant anger was “unlucky” because the system was being improved.
“So far as I am conscious, behind the scenes the whole lot is being achieved to rectify a number of the points or frustrations, and hopefully there generally is a change put into place pretty quickly that higher measures the rankings,” Scott stated.
“That is what I am led to imagine is going on.
“I actually do not understand how lengthy that course of is, however hopefully it is extra of an modification to the present construction than an entire change.”
In August 2022, the PGA introduced the brand new system during which Main Championships would proceed to award 100 First-Place Factors, whereas The Gamers Championship would award 80, with all different tournaments awarding Rating Factors in line with the power and depth of their fields, with a most of 80 First-Place Factors.
Spanish golfer Jon Rahm slammed the brand new rating system, claiming he’s at present the “greatest participant on the planet” after a red-hot streak of three wins in 5 begins however is ranked No.5.
The previous US Open champion gained the Sentry Event of Champions in Hawaii over the weekend with a comeback for the ages when he overhauled Collin Morikawa’s seven-shot lead within the remaining spherical.
Having additionally gained the Spanish Open and DP World Tour Championship, former No.1 Rahm hoped to at the very least transfer previous Patrick Cantlay into 4th spot however stays in fifth.
“For the reason that playoffs… I’ve gained 3 times and I do not even get near him. So I am attempting to grasp what is going on on,” Rahm stated.
“Had they not modified the world rating factors (system) I’d have been fairly rattling shut (to world No.1) proper now. However in my thoughts, I really feel like since August I have been one of the best participant on the planet.
“Earlier within the 12 months clearly Scottie (Scheffler) was that participant, then Rory (McIlroy) was that participant, and I really feel like proper now it has been me. Anyone, any given 12 months can get a scorching three, 4 months and get to that spot.”
After a 12-month discover interval, the governing board Official World Golf Rating introduced in August that the modifications had been formally in impact.
“The up to date system incorporates fashionable statistical methods, which permits gamers and eligible tournaments to be extra precisely evaluated relative to one another,” the board stated.
On the time, Official World Golf Rating chairman Peter Dawson stated a technical committee and sub-committee had “undertaken a rigorous strategy of analyzing and creating the modifications carried out”.
“We’re assured these enhancements will greatest place OWGR for years to come back,” he stated.
Final 12 months, Rahm described the revamped world rankings system as “laughable” when precedence was positioned on the depth of the sector relatively than the ranks of the gamers concerned.
McIlroy stays on the high of the rankings adopted by Masters champion Scheffler, Open winner Cameron Smith and Cantlay.
The Sony Open begins on January 12 at Waialae Nation Membership in East Honolulu, Hawaii.
– With AAP.
