Conrad Golf Rankings

Spoken like a true Strokes Gained deisciple...

Jackson Koivun, Michael Brennan and Benjamin James have all shown promising early career form. From mid June's US Open this year, in events where at least two of them have competed- Who else should be included in this comparison, moving forward with less division in the game?

The PGA Tour had agency in how it chose to respond to LIV Golf arriving on the scene. The PGA Tour could have sat down with to try and work out if coexistence was possible, prior to LIV's first event. The PGA chose not too. When LIV started, the PGA Tour could have allowed LIV players, to play in their events and let the membership event number requirements be the factor that ended PGA Tour membership for those on LIV, rather than suspending them. This would have saved the PGA Tour millions in lawsuit legal fees. The PGA Tour chose not to. The PGA, having talked up legacy, history and tradition, could have used PIP bonus and saved legal costs to elevate event purses, while keeping full fields and the 36 hole cut. The PGA Tour chose no to. LIV's arrival brought new opportunities and challenges for the PGA Tour. However, the PGA Tour's choices were PGA Tour choices and bad ones are on the PGA Tour, not LIV.

At the halfway mark in Mexico, a look at the top of the leaderboard and the ranking on Conrad Golf Ranking. Sadly, while the course looks good and is in great condition, it's just a bland course week from how the course plays.

At the halfway mark in Abu Dhabi, a look at the top of the leaderboard and the ranking on Conrad Golf Ranking. Plenty to like about this leaderboard.

While having no issue with any players who made the move to LIV, I did like the way several waited until they had fulfilled their 2022 PGA Tour membership obligations andmoved across after the 2022 Tour Championship. Those players- Cam Smith Joaquin Niemann Cameron Tringale Harold Varner III Marc Leishman Anirban Lahiri A number of others resigned their PGA Tour membership prior to moving to LIV. Some played in the first LIV event while still holding PGA Tour membership and were suspended the minute tee shots were hit at the Centurion course in June 2022. Sometimes, it's more how you do it than what you do...

I find it amusing that the strongest and, oftened proclaimed, best golf tour seems content to do stuff all about pace of play, yet expect fans to just put up with incompleted rounds due to darkness. Somethings interrupting or halting play can be unforeseen, but darkness... Surely, fans should expect better when it's only a 120 player field 🤷🏻‍♂️

Conrad Golf Ranking Week 44 -Top 50 The Top 500 can be found- conradgolfranking.com Moving up this week- 64 Andrew Novak⬆️51 spots 88 Steven Fisk⬆️51 spots 105 Doug Ghim⬆️20 spots 152 Yuto Katsuragawa⬆️55 spots 170 Yubin Jang⬆️43 spots 176 Kristoffer Ventura⬆️156 spots 227 Mackenzie Hughes⬆️51 spots 242 Yongjun Bae⬆️79 spots 246 Julien-Alexandre Sale⬆️47 spots 405 Brian Campbell⬆️1487 spots 448 Hiroki Tanaka⬆️214 spots

Conrad Golf Ranking Week 44 Event winners and win points

It sounds as though Bryson DeChambeau remains committed to LIV, his Crushers franchise and team golf.

LIV players at DPWT 2nd Stage Q School with one round to go...

If this new Australian Test Cricket batting reality is acceptable, to those running the game, just kill the long format off completely in this country and stop paying lip service to a format you obviously don't give a damn about.

Tony Finau's career continues its freefall. In late 2023. Finau, a top 20 player for several years, was reportedly in late level talks with LIV. Finau chose to walk away from the LIV offer, but by mid 2025 his star had lost some of its shine. Now ranked 174 on the OWGR, 229 on Data Golf and 242 on Conrad Golf Ranking, does Tony ever regret his decision to stay. He would have an extra $40 million in the bank, and his slump would have been blamed on his move to LIV. There are supposedly some cautionary tales around players who went to LIV. Perhaps Tony Finau and Will Zalatoris are cautionary tales from the other side of the divide...

Second Stage Qualifying for the DPWT is happening this week at four venues. The leading 20 players at each venue will go through to Final Qualifying. LIV players competing and their current place in the respective fields after two rounds- Desert Springs Golf Club Michael La Sasso T20 Yosuke Asaji T29 Golf Las Pinaillas Luis Maseveu T28 Isal Canela Links Sam Horsfield T65 LIV Reserve, Luis Carrera is T10 at Isla Canela Links

Sergio Garcia's anticipated departure from LIV has been confirmed in an announcement from Sergio. The statement some "living in my own bubble of the highest degree, or an intentional piss take. No mention of the past few years on LIV and apparently no memory of things he said about the DPWT and PGA Tour when he was leaving. I wish Sergio all the best in his endeavours but I expect others might remember what he seems to have forgotten.

Winner of last week's Genesis Championship on the DPWT, Yuto Katsuragawa, has continued his good form in the first round of the Vantelin Tokai Classic, on the Japan Golf Tour. At -6, he leads by one shot from Tomoyo Ikemura and Yujiro Ohori.

Conrad Golf Ranking Week 43- Top 50 52 Austin Smotherman⬆️10 spots 64 Corey Conners⬆️13 spots 103 Thomas Pieters⬆️15 spots 118 Ryosuke Kinoshita⬆️27 spots 125 Yoshinori Fujimoto⬆️65 spots 140 Martin Couvra⬆️60 spots 171 Shugo Imahira⬆️44 spots 180 Frederic LaCroix⬆️129 spots 200 Sanghun Shin⬆️71 spots 201 Yuto Katsuragawa⬆️270 spots 261 John Catlin⬆️224 spots 409 Matthew Cheung⬆️310 spots

Conrad Golf Ranking Week 43 Event winners and win points

Players inside the OWGR Top 50 experiencing a ranking slide in 2026. Injuries have played a part for a couple of players. The 2025 Ryder Cup appears to have impacted another. Golf can be hard, even for Top 50 players. Any other thoughts?