Here's the top 50 in the @DataGolf rankings, with whoever is not currently eligible for the Masters in bold: 1. Scheffler 2. Schauffele 3. McIlroy 4. Rahm 5. Hovland 6. Cantlay 7. Morikawa 8. Fleetwood 9. Burns 10. Aberg 11. Hatton 12. Homa 13. Spieth 14. Poston 15. Thomas 16. Henley 17. Cole 18. Niemann 19. Tom Kim 20. Finau 21. Fitzpatrick 22. Scott 23. Theegala 24. Bradley 25. Young 26. DeChambeau 27. Day 28. Johnson 29. Ben An - (currently top 50 in OWGR) 30. Hossler 31. Im 32. McCarthy 33. Matsuyama 34. Hadwin 35. Min Woo Lee 36. Conners 37. English 38. Nicolai Hojgaard 39. Clark 40. Gooch 41. Pavon 42. Bezuidenhout 43. Koepka 44. Smith 45. Zalatoris 46. Olesen 47. Rasmus Hojgaard 48. Jaeger 49. Straka 50. Si Woo Kim So currently, the Masters field would be without Beau Hossler, Talor Gooch, Christian Bezuidenhout, Rasmus Hojgaard, and Stephen Jaeger. And with a straight face, Talor Gooch said that it's going to have an asterisk on it.
@NoLayingUp @DataGolf How is Koepka ranked so low when he’s got a win and a 2nd (in majors) along with two other liv wins in just last 25 starts? 43 cannot be right…
@NoLayingUp @DataGolf If you honestly think Ben An and Beau Hossler are better golfers than Brooks Koepka I’ve got something else to sell you too.
@NoLayingUp @DataGolf Are you ever gonna talk about the flaws in the DG rankings and how it skews against LIV players, or am I gonna have to do a deep dive to explain?
@NoLayingUp @DataGolf I'm really just curious how you decide if you're going to use DataGolf's rankings or use strokes gained over 12 months when posting stuff about LIV. Is it decided on a per narrative basis? Or just whatever you're feeling that particular day?
@NoLayingUp @DataGolf Had a thought here…what if they replaced OGWR points with @DataGolf statistics for official world rankings? I’m sure there are a bunch of “holes” in the process but just thought it would be an interesting take. Please discuss