But wait... No sooner had he signed for his 73 word emerged that even though he'd missed back to back cuts ( something Tiger never did ) he would go back to World Number 1 if Jason Day did not win and Rory finished outside 44th place. This ended up happening and Jordan is now sitting back on the top of the World.
No one can question the fact he deserves to be number one after the season he has had. In my opinion only Tiger in 2000 and Hogan in 1953 have had better seasons. So even after missing the cut he should be in the top spot !
But wait the plot thickens ! With no event on this week because all the players are tired ( see last weeks post ) surely Jordan will be teeing it up as world number 1 at The BMW. Nope somehow without hitting a shot Rory goes back to Number 1 !!!
Sounds a lot like something you'd hear been sang at a children's birthday, The Hockey Pokey !
As I have already mentioned no one can deny Jordan his top spot after the season he had and likewise last year with Rory. After missing most of the summer season with injury he wasn't even able to gain points during Jordan's dominance of The Majors this year so I really can't understand how he leapfrogs him back to the top on Monday.
I've had a small look into the rankings and to say it's complicated is an understatement. Points available in an event are determined by how many ranking players are in it. So for example on a general week to week basis a PGA Tour event will have a lot more than a European event and this will always be the way I suppose because that's where the pot of gold is. So unless we have a world tour with divisions its going to be very hard to have equal divide week in week out.
This is evident in how many Americans and Europeans occupy the Top 100. 44 from the U.S and 35 from Europe. Leaving 21 spots for the rest of the world. Does this mean they are the dominant continents yes of course but I think there are a few American and Europeans rankings being bloated. Two suspects of this are:
Billy Horschel, World Number 24. Now for an outsider looking in you'd have to think this is a guy that is teeing it up every week and going into a Sunday with a great chance to win. Wrong, His stats don't match up, He's had only two top tens this year and missed six cuts from 27 starts. This giving him a current FedEx Cup standing of 67th, once again just scrapping into the final two events of the season. You could say he won those last two events last year and the monster cheque of ten million dollars, but everyone forgets these were basically shoot-outs, one with a field of only 60 and the last only 30.
Lee Westwood, now here is a player living on his reputation currently ranked in 34th. Before having a looking at the rankings I would have put money on him being outside the top 100 because I can't remember the last time I seen him compete in a big event. I know he won some exhibition event towards the end of last year but again this year his stats are awful. Just one top ten, two missed cuts and average finish of 42nd on the European tour.
Now I'm no mathematician but that doesn't add up. In a world looking for instant results surely the system is outdated. Results from previous years should be removed from your ranking a lot quicker and a more global equal division of points should help filter an American and European dominated Top 100
And to finish It seems to me players are being rewarded for being in the company of consistent winners and big name players. Reminds me of the school yard when you got picked on the better soccer team even if you weren't a great player you always went in from lunch a winner !
