In all, 16 LIV players received invites to play at Augusta National this April. Barring a change in LIV’s status with the OWGR, those numbers will continue to decrease — with the real potential that none of them will be eligible for Paris next year.

“I think it would be unfortunate, yes, for Australia and their team,” Scott said. “Cam also made these decisions, as did (Marc Leishman) and Matt Jones and any other Aussie who has gone on there. There may be some sacrifice.

“Seems like they’re OK with living with that, mostly. At least the Aussies seem that way.”

The world rankings system has come under intense scrutiny in recent months, with several top players including Jon Rahm calling for LIV Golf events to be included. Scott is among those who believe it is far from a perfect system, although he isn’t certain what the correct solution is.

“World rankings is a very, very hard thing to get right,” Scott said. “I don’t think it’s correct.

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“The weight at the top of the points I don’t think is enough. I beat about four people last week (at the Tournament of Champions), so I shouldn’t get a lot of points. But Jon Rahm beat a field of champion players on the PGA Tour and apparently the best 30 players on the tour for the year, so I think that’s worthy of some points.”

Rahm remained fifth in the rankings following his dramatic come-from-behind victory on Maui.

However, tweaks to the current system won’t directly address the debate around LIV. And with multiple ongoing court cases and a submission to the OWGR under a review with no known timeline, LIV Golf players could be increasingly rare entries at marquee events over the next two years.