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On Friday the governing body of the Official World Golf Ranking issued a statement regarding the current situation in the world of professional golf. As it is already clear several European Tour and PGA Tour tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was announced that the OWGR will be frozen as per week 11 – the week ending March 16th 2020. They will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation and will be ready to unfreeze the ranking once the situation allows it. As it stands now Rory McIlroy is the top ranked man player, followed by Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson.
The same applies for the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. The LPGA calendar also was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several tournaments, including majors, were postponed. Jin Young Ko is the top ranked player in women’s golf, followed by Nelly Korda and Sung Hyun Park.
Meanwhile the International Golf Federation also issued a statement regarding the ranking system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. They also freezes their ranking due to the many postponed golf tournaments worldwide. They confirmed that they stick to their plan and the race for Tokyo 2020 ends on 22 June 2020 for the men and 29 June 2020 for the women.