Wie's (New) World Ranking

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But he won an international event: Qatar. And, by my math, 13th is about 11 spots away from second.

This year. I'm talking about when he was sixth last year (or however high he got after the Masters) without having won an event during the two-year time frame the OWGR rates players.

Are we leaving out the Women's British Open? Oops. That drops down about 12 spots by the averages...

Nice math. She finished, IIRC, T27. So 27 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 40. 40/4 is 10th. Add in her top-five finish at last year's Women's British, all the other top fives she's had this year, and basicall you've got a girl with a better top-ten percentage than Tiger Woods. Less wins (duh), but far and away a better top-ten percentage than Tiger Woods (and certainly Chris DiMarco).

Right, but all of these people have won

They haven't won a major in the past two years. If you're gonna hold Wie to that standard, hold them to it as well.

Adam Scott got points for that win though.

I'm fairly certain he didn't. He didn't get official prize money and his win doesn't count as a victory on the PGA Tour. Maybe he got OWGR points, but I don't think he did.

Oh, and Ernie won 2 events back after his surgery. I forgot which event.

All in 2005. He hasn't won on the PGA Tour since the 2004 WGC-AmEx. European Tour events typically have far less "strength of field" to contribute. LPGA majors, on the other hand, do not.

You asked how she was second, I explained it and gave examples on the PGA Tour. The simple truth is nobody can match her record - her average finishing place in tournaments and majors - on the PGA Tour. I'm not even sure Tiger Woods would match her average finish. She's winless, you bet. Should the Rolex World Rankings favor winners? That's an entirely different discussion. For now, the simple math is this: T3 and T5 in two LPGA majors beats winning a major and finishing T37 in another major on the PGA Tour (for example).