Lee Westwood or Luke Donald Could Become No. 1 with a Win This Week

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Published: April 21, 2011

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The comical saga of the Official World Golf Rankings continues this week in South Carolina and Indonesia.

Lee Westwood and Luke Donald can each supplant Martin Kaymer as the world’s No. 1-ranked player with wins this week.

Westwood can regain his perch atop the World Golf Rankings with a win at the Indonesian Masters, where, aside from Westwood, Thongchai Jaidee is quite possibly the next biggest name in the field.

Donald could take over as the new top dog with a win this week at the Heritage, which is an event that, unfortunately, may not even exist next year due to the lack of a title sponsor.  

Neither event even remotely resembles a major championship, nor do they contain what one would describe as exceptionally strong fields.  

Being number one in the world is quickly approaching a distinction comparable to winning the John Deere Classic. In fact, you could make a strong case for a win at the John Deere Classic being an even more impressive accomplishment than reaching world number one these days, because a win at the John Deere Classic is just that…a win!

But guys can reach number one without having won an event in years.

Since January of 2010, the current top 10 in the World Golf Rankings have combined to win just 18 events, and Kaymer alone accounts for more than 27 percent of them.  

These guys may tear up the events such as Andalucía Valderrama Masters, but any true golf aficionado will know that at this level, the game is only about four events—the major championships.

Take Woods and Mickelson out of the picture, and the other top eight players in the world have combined to win two majors and two World Golf Championships.

At the first major of the year—The Masters—only two players within the top 10 in the World Golf Rankings finished 10th or better. The world’s number one—Ma...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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