Is There Truly a No. 1 Golfer Right Now?

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Published: June 21, 2013

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Based on sheer numbers derived by the Official World Golf Ranking, Tiger Woods has earned the right to be the No. 1 player in the world.  But with the way he is playing currently, does he deserve to be there? 

If this were a voting proposition rather than one based on a numerical ranking service, would you name Tiger No. 1 right now?  And if not Tiger, then who?

How about no one?  When you view the current list of top golfers, is anyone playing like the best in the world?  Does anyone come to mind immediately as playing so great that he demands our attention?  It seems as if the current top-ranked golfers are all a bunch of wannabes looking to find their game.

With the U.S. Open firmly behind us, the Official World Golf Ranking, which puts Woods, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Matt Kuchar as its top five, does not give a clear picture of the current landscape.

What is so disappointing is that there is so much talent on the tour—Matt Kuchar, Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker, Charl Schwartzel, Hunter Mahan, Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, to name a few—who have the ability to usurp Tiger.  These guys are young and strong and have played enough golf on the world stage to rise to the top. 



Yet they all have one thing in common: a disease called “Major-itus.”  All have been so close to winning a major, and none have risen to the task.  While winning a major is not the only gauge of a No. 1 player, it does provide the gut check necessary to claim the crown.

There exists a very real distinction between the World Golf Ranking, which is an intricate scoring system based purely on performance, and the intangibles that a true No. 1, the best player in the world, evokes.  The ranking rubric includes 40 tournaments held over a two-year period with points awarded for each event maintained for...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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