Tiger Woods To Lose No. 1 Ranking in Four Days

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Published: October 28, 2010

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For the first time in five years, Tiger Woods will relinquish his place atop the World Golf Rankings. 

In exactly four days, either Lee Westwood or Martin Kaymer will take over the number-one spot from Woods.

Kaymer can take over the top spot if he finishes in a two-way tie for second or better this week at Valderrama.

If Kaymer is unable to snatch the top spot on the golf course, Westwood will become golf’s new top dog while sitting on his couch in Worksop, England.

One way or the other, Woods will not be the number one player in the world when he enters next week’s WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.  It will be the first time in 281 weeks that such an occurrence will take place.

Although few would argue that a changing of the guard atop the World Golf Rankings is unwarranted, many would argue that it is long overdue.

Woods has not played like the number-one player in the world since his run-in with the fire hydrant last November. Yet it has taken a full year for him to be official knocked off his pedestal.

Jim Furyk has won three times in 2010, including the FedEx Cup title. He is currently ranked sixth in the world.

Steve Stricker has two wins and nine top-10 finishes in 2010, garnering a 5th-place ranking.

Kaymer has won four times this year around the world, including the PGA Championship. He presently falls into the three spot.

Westwood won earlier this year, had two second place finishes at majors and tied for fourth at the Players Championship.  He’s ranked second.

Woods, on the other hand, has just two top-10 finishes this year and hasn’t won an event since the 2009 Australian Masters.

You see, the World Golf Ranking system has been flawed for quite some time. Its flaws are only being exposed now because, for the first time in more than a decade, it’s unclear who the number ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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