OWGR denies LIV Golf: Five thoughts as Saudi-backed league loses out on bid for world rankings points

Many questions still need to be answered after the OWGR denied LIV Golf in its recent bid for points

The Official World Golf Rankings board doled out a decision to LIV Golf earlier this week that it would not receive OWGR points throughout its future tournaments. This was a blow to a league that had been waiting over a year to hear back from the organization, and it reshaped the way LIV thinks about the future and perhaps even the way major championship fields are constructed.

There is no simplistic way to consider the two entities together. The implications of this decision touch nearly everything in the golf world and, oh yeah, might even be rendered moot if the framework deal between the PGA Tour and Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia goes through. 

You will see -- and probably already have seen -- a lot of information from a variety of parties regarding this decision. The plethora of angles from which you can come at is astounding and borderline overwhelming. And while I'm not sure there's a through line to be found in all of this, I do have a lot of thoughts about what it means for the future of professional golf. Let's get to them.