SI World Golf Rankings

[phillyk]

si.com

-All Tours get points

-at no-cut events top 75% get points

-only 12 months of events are counted, 100% of points earned from last 4 months, 70% of points earned 5-8 months ago, and 40% of points earned 9-12 months ago

-they will factor in their own strength of field; they want a strokes gained but it is not calculated for all tours, so they made a metric called DPS (distance per shot) (I’m not sure how they calculate these or how they use them)

This is their top 100. They said they will add more as time goes and try to update every Monday. 

From OWGR, this is their current ratings:

Official World Golf Ranking - Ranking

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[pganapathy]

I am trying to figure out why strokes gained matters to them.  At the end of the day you placed in some position irrespective of whether you gained or lost strokes against the field in any category

[ChetlovesMer]

42 minutes ago, pganapathy said:

I am trying to figure out why strokes gained matters to them.  At the end of the day you placed in some position irrespective of whether you gained or lost strokes against the field in any category

I kinda thought the same thing. But then as I thought about it more. I guess they are looking for who's "playing the best" right now, more so than who's "winning the most" right now. To my dumb brain I assumed it was akin to QBR for football. 

[Darkfrog]

50 minutes ago, pganapathy said:

I am trying to figure out why strokes gained matters to them.  At the end of the day you placed in some position irrespective of whether you gained or lost strokes against the field in any category

The OWGR uses a strokes gained metric for determining strength of field and I believe that determines the OWGR point allotment.

Official World Golf Ranking - FAQ

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[boogielicious]

What’s the point? Maybe I will just start my own ranking based on their clothing. The OWGR is official and part of the sport. It’s not like Vegas Odds or Quarterback rating. At least PPG offense and defense can affect seeding in playoffs. SI and ESPN tend to do these rankings for self promotion.

[klineka]

51 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

The OWGR is official and part of the sport.

Wasn't it just formed by the 4 majors as a way to determine who can/can't play in their tournaments? At one point OWGR wasn't a part of the sport either.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK there isn't anything stopping all 4 majors from coming together and choosing to utilize this SI World Golf Ranking instead of the OWGR as the determining factor for who can play their tournaments. Not that I think that would actually happen, but from my understanding it's not like they're contractually obligated to use OWGR as a system, right?

[iacas]

SI has written a number of relatively neutral to pro-LIV type things… I wonder if they're on the take.

[boogielicious]

7 hours ago, iacas said:

SI has written a number of relatively neutral to pro-LIV type things… I wonder if they're on the take.

Or maybe some of their golf writers are friendly to the LIV players and Norman. I could see both happening.