Lee Westwood Takes No. 1 World Golf Ranking

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Published: April 26, 2011

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Lee Westwood has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the World Golf Rankings, and this time he did it with a victory.  It was over a weak field, but it was a victory. The victory is not the issue. The weak field is.   

Garry Smits of the Florida Times Union portrayed it in a way that just makes you laugh out loud, comparing Westwood’s win with Donald’s playoff loss:

“Not for nothing, but either way the playoff turned out, Snedeker or Donald would have finished atop a leaderboard that included, at various times, defending FedEx Cup champion and past U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, defending Tour money and scoring leader Matt Kuchar, and Tour winners Ben Crane, Tim Herron, Jason Day, Scott Verplank and Aaron Baddeley.

Here are the heavyweights Westwood had to fend off to win the Indonesian Masters: Shaaban Hussin, Thitiphun Chuayprakong, Prayad Marsksaeng, Antoni Lascuna, Prom Meesawat and Mohammad Siddikur.

I did not make up any of those names. I did, however, win the World Scrabble Championship with them.” – Garry Smits

He’s got a point.

There are two issues: 

1. Did you win

2. Who did you beat

Donald tied for first over a bunch of guys people have actually heard of, but he lost in a playoff.  So he didn’t win, but he outplayed Furyk, Kuchar, Graeme McDowell and the rest, many of whom are winners and actual names of golfers people recognize.  

Westwood won, but he beat people who are basically so low in the rankings that only their families and friends know them.   That’s not to say they can’t win; they just haven’t yet.  Many have not branched to other tours.  For example, Prayad Marsksaeng of Thailand is 238 in the world rankings.  He sometimes plays on the European Tour and he has competed at the WGC Bridgestone. However, he’s...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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