World #1 Future?

[Zeph]

I have trouble understanding the ranking system myself. I posted a question on the Sergio thread about it. How is it that he is ranked at 23 in the world with how he's played for 2 plus years? It's a confusing system for sure. For me anyway.

Source: World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, is issued every Monday, following the completion of the previous week’s tournaments from around the world. The official events from the six professional tours together with the Canadian, OneAsia, Nationwide and European Challenge Tours are all taken into account and “Ranking Points” are awarded according to the players’ finishing positions and are generally related to the strength of the field based on the number and ranking of the Top-200 World Ranked players and the Top-30 of the Home Tour players in the respective tournaments (Event “Rating Values”). However, the four Major Championships are rated separately to reflect the higher quality of the events together with the Players Championship in the United States. In addition, the BMW PGA Championship in Europe, the Australian, Japan and South African Open Championships and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours are allocated higher minimum points levels to reflect their status. The World Ranking Points for each player are accumulated over a two year “rolling” period with the points awarded for each event maintained for a 13-week period to place additional emphasis on recent performances – ranking points are then reduced in equal decrements (of 1/92nd of the original amount) for the remaining 91 weeks of the two year Ranking period. Each player is then ranked according to his average points per tournament, which is determined by dividing his total number of points by the tournaments he has played over that two-year period. There is a minimum divisor of 40 tournaments over the two year ranking period and a maximum divisor of a player’s last 60 events. The winners of the Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship are awarded 100 points (60 points for 2nd place, 40 for 3rd, 30 for 4th down to 1.50 points for a player completing the final round), and the winner of the Players Championship is awarded 80 points (points are awarded down to 1.20 points for 60th place and ties). The BMW PGA Championship has a minimum 64 points for the winner (points to 56th place). Minimum points levels for the winners of official Tour events have been set at 6 points for the Canadian Tour (points to 6th place), 12 points for the European Challenge Tour (points to 14th place), 14 points for the Asian, Sunshine and Nationwide Tours (points to 17th place), 16 points for Australasian and Japanese Tours (points to 19th place) and 24 points for European and the United States Tours (points to 27th place). In addition the Open Championships of Australia, Japan and South Africa have a minimum of 32 points for the winner (points to 37th place) and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours have a minimum of 20 points for the winner (points to 22nd place). In the cases of co-sanctioned Tour events, the minimum points levels are determined using the “average” of the minimum Tour ranking points from each Tour (rounded up to nearest whole number). Points are reduced by 25% for tournaments curtailed to 36 holes because of inclement weather or other reasons.

[Cussin hacker]

A guy can accumulate so many points in a short time that it's a slower fall than rise in the ranks. Not a good judge of who has been playing the best for say the last year. Not good here and now information. I heard Faldo today say basically the same thing. He also said it's easier for Euro players to accumulate points on their tour. Not a good system in my book.

[doctork]

Tiger's consistency, and the fact that he plays only those tourneys with the top fields, will keep him at the top as long as he's playing often enough.

Imagine how big his lead would be if not for the three short-medium-long breaks he's taken in the past few years. (Dad's death, knee and... you know.)

DoctorK

[James_Black]

Tiger's consistency, and the fact that he plays only those tourneys with the top fields, will keep him at the top as long as he's playing often enough.

He was at a 21 point average before he let because of his knee.

Phil was 2nd in the world with a 9 point average. pretty scary.

[Mizuno Junky]

I'd say AK, he's showing signs of real maturity and seems to getting within contention in most tournaments.

[Acropo]

I heard Faldo today say ...it's easier for Euro players to accumulate points on their tour.

I presume he was speaking to a US audience.

I just don't see it - the European Tour doesn't have as many high-points championships, nor do any of them get as high, as the PGA Tour. It's a bit of a bone of contention - I mean, should Steve Stricker really be higher up the rankings than Lee Westwood at the moment? But I think we can all agree that the system isn't perfect. In fact, it's the worst ever devised - except for all the other ones.

[Chilli Dipper]

Don't look now, but if Phil Mickelson wins the Players Championship this week, and Tiger Woods finishes fifth or worse, there will be a new World No. 1.

[Deryck Griffith]

Taken from --> http://www.officialworldgolfranking....me/default.sps

Phil Mickelson's 13' 8" birdie putt on the 72nd to secure 2nd place outright at the Quail Hollow Championship has set up the opportunity for him to become World Number One for the first time this week. If Mickelson wins the Players Championship and Tiger Woods finishes outside the Top 5 we will see the thirteenth World Number One in the 24 year history of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Tiger Woods has been World Number One for the last 258 weeks and for a total of 598 weeks in his career. The other players who have had official World Number 1 status in the 24 year history of the Ranking are BERNHARD LANGER (3 weeks), SEVE BALLESTEROS (61 weeks), GREG NORMAN (331 weeks), NICK FALDO (97 weeks), IAN WOOSNAM (50 weeks), FRED COUPLES (16 weeks), NICK PRICE (44 weeks), TOM LEHMAN (1 week), ERNIE ELS (9 weeks), DAVID DUVAL (15 weeks) and VIJAY SINGH (32 weeks)

[BonoVox]

Don't look now, but if Phil Mickelson wins the Players Championship this week, and Tiger Woods finishes fifth or worse, there will be a new World No. 1.

Yeah I guess his putt for sole 2nd on Sunday set up this scenario.

[Shindig]

Don't look now, but if Phil Mickelson wins the Players Championship this week, and Tiger Woods finishes fifth or worse, there will be a new World No. 1.

Given Tiger's record at the event and Phil's current hot streak, this isn't entirely out of the question.

[mcfc_nick]

Phil won't win this week