Can someone short off the tee become #1 again?

[billchao]

6 hours ago, lastings said:

If the question is, will any of those guys become #1?  I agree with you, the answer is no.  The most talented players in the group are too old to improve that much.  But, Kuchar has been as high as 4.  Zach Johnson has been 6. 

You forgot Jim Furyk who IMO is the best of the bunch. He was 2nd in the world once, behind some guy named Woods, who he had no chance of catching.

You say these guys are old and won't improve much, but they never made #1 when they were younger, either.

6 hours ago, lastings said:

Sooner or later younger and maybe more talented versions of those guys are gonna come along.

The younger pros are trending towards longer. They're getting more talented and length is part of that.

[iacas]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

You say these guys are old and won't improve much, but they never made #1 when they were younger, either.

Ernie Els did… when he was much longer.

(Relative to his peers, not in total distance.)

[billchao]

48 minutes ago, iacas said:

Ernie Els did… when he was much longer.

(Relative to his peers, not in total distance.)

Oops. Completely overlooked Ernie Els because I was focused on guys who were consistently shorter than their peers through their whole career 

[MuniGrit]

I don't think we will see Jon Curran get to number 1.