How many OWGR points did Carlos Ortiz receive following his triumph at Asian Tour’s International Series event in Oman?

Carlos Ortiz finished the event 19-under 269 to claim his first win of the 2024 season.

How many OWGR points did Carlos Ortiz receive following his triumph at Asian Tour’s International Series event in Oman?

Carlos Ortiz (Image via Golf Australia Magazine)

As the LIV Golf participants gear up for the third event of the season in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, some participated in the Asian Tour’s International Series event in Oman where Mexican golfer Carlos Ortiz emerged as the winner and earned some Official Golf World Rankings (OWGR) points.

Ortiz, a member of LIV Golf’s Torque GC was one of the few members of the breakaway tour playing in this event. This tournament becomes significant for them as the participation translates to OWGR credit points.

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Ortiz fired a faultless 7-under 65 in the final round to claim the title. He would eventually finish ahead of his LIV league mate Louis Oosthuizen and his team captain Joaquin Niemann who came in third.

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The OWGR has been the biggest concern for LIV Golf. Despite the ongoing merger talks between the PGA Tour and PIF, their application to receive these rankings points was rejected in 2023. Ortiz recently spoke about it and revealed the league promised the golfers that they would continue receiving OWGR points. However, this has not been the case which has led the stars of the breakaway tour to try their hands at other events.

Carlos Ortiz surges up in OWGR following win at Asian Tour

The magnificent victory of Carlos Ortiz at the Asian Tour’s International Series event in Oman saw him surge up the OWGR. The 32-year-old golfer climbed up over 1,000 places following his win.

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Carlos Ortiz (Image via Golf Magazine)

Before the tournament, Ortiz was ranked 1,286th in the OWGR. His success in the Middle Eastern leg has seen him jump to 237th in the rankings. This enormous leap has brought him up in the 250 golfers in the world right now.

Following this, the Torque GC star expressed his thoughts and hoped this was the start of a great year and that he could play in the majors.

I hope this is the start of a great year. It means so much to win an event on The International Series. I would like to play in majors this year and win on the LIV Golf League.
Carlos Ortiz following his win as per Mirror.

Despite this huge leap in rankings, it is unlikely that Ortiz will make his appearance at the Masters in April. This is because only the top 50 golfers in OWGR are invited including previous winners and other participants based on their performance in previous year’s other majors.

His captain Joaquin Niemann though will be at the Augusta National. Last week he received a special invitation from the tournament organizers and thus became the 13th LIV Golfer to punch his entry ticket to this marquee event.

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