Tiger Woods finishes T18, rises in Official World Golf Ranking
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Not that it will be greeted by a massive celebration within the cozy
confines of Team Tiger Woods, but for the first time in four months,
forward progress can be documented.
Drum roll, please . . . Tiger Woods has improved to No. 262 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Stunning, yes, to think that moving up four spots to 262nd is seen as progress for a guy who was once so cemented into the No. 1 position, but this is Woods’ golf in the summer of 2015. His share of 18th place in the Quicken Loans National was embraced as positive stuff, especially shooting in the 60s three times and closing with a 68, and while he was still a whopping 10 behind the winner, Troy Merritt, it at least allowed Woods to stop this slide that has been weekly for four months.
The last time Woods actually improved in the OWGR was April 12 when he jumped from 111th to 101st.
There remains a multitude of ways to digest exactly how far the greatest player of his generation has tumbled, but consider the happiness that seems to exist given Woods’ T-18 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Back in the day a T-18 would leave him disgusted, but it’s actually his second-best finish since 2014, behind only the T-17 at this year’s Masters.
A tie for 17th is his best? Crazy.
Take four of his most productive seasons — 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, for instance — and in those he played in a combined 63 PGA Tour tournaments, never missed a cut, and finished better than T-17 a whopping 56 times, 21 of them wins.
Then Tiger Woods would have laughed at a T-18, but given his current state of affairs, he’ll take it. Consider it part “of the process.”
What the T-18 didn’t do, however, was make a significant dent in his FedEx Cup standings. Woods improved just 12 spots, but at 185th he’s still miles from being within the top 125 and he’s not qualified for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational — a proverbial FedEx Cup and cash giveaway — for the first time ever.
So unless Woods has a rousing PGA Championship (and he’s been T-24 and T-28 in two trips to Whistling Straits) or possible Wyndham Championship (and he’s never played the event), he’ll miss the FedEx Cup playoffs for a second straight year and three of the past five.
Elsewhere in the OWGR, Quicken Loans winner Troy Merritt jumped from 180th to 99th (and earned himself a trip to Akron, Ohio, for the Bridgestone in lieu of a start in Reno, Nev.), while Rickie Fowler moved back into fifth, matching his best career position in the ranking.
Here's a look at the top 10 (with average points):
Drum roll, please . . . Tiger Woods has improved to No. 262 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Stunning, yes, to think that moving up four spots to 262nd is seen as progress for a guy who was once so cemented into the No. 1 position, but this is Woods’ golf in the summer of 2015. His share of 18th place in the Quicken Loans National was embraced as positive stuff, especially shooting in the 60s three times and closing with a 68, and while he was still a whopping 10 behind the winner, Troy Merritt, it at least allowed Woods to stop this slide that has been weekly for four months.
The last time Woods actually improved in the OWGR was April 12 when he jumped from 111th to 101st.
There remains a multitude of ways to digest exactly how far the greatest player of his generation has tumbled, but consider the happiness that seems to exist given Woods’ T-18 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Back in the day a T-18 would leave him disgusted, but it’s actually his second-best finish since 2014, behind only the T-17 at this year’s Masters.
A tie for 17th is his best? Crazy.
Take four of his most productive seasons — 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, for instance — and in those he played in a combined 63 PGA Tour tournaments, never missed a cut, and finished better than T-17 a whopping 56 times, 21 of them wins.
Then Tiger Woods would have laughed at a T-18, but given his current state of affairs, he’ll take it. Consider it part “of the process.”
What the T-18 didn’t do, however, was make a significant dent in his FedEx Cup standings. Woods improved just 12 spots, but at 185th he’s still miles from being within the top 125 and he’s not qualified for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational — a proverbial FedEx Cup and cash giveaway — for the first time ever.
So unless Woods has a rousing PGA Championship (and he’s been T-24 and T-28 in two trips to Whistling Straits) or possible Wyndham Championship (and he’s never played the event), he’ll miss the FedEx Cup playoffs for a second straight year and three of the past five.
Elsewhere in the OWGR, Quicken Loans winner Troy Merritt jumped from 180th to 99th (and earned himself a trip to Akron, Ohio, for the Bridgestone in lieu of a start in Reno, Nev.), while Rickie Fowler moved back into fifth, matching his best career position in the ranking.
Here's a look at the top 10 (with average points):
- Rory McIlroy, 12.49
- Jordan Spieth, 11.42
- Bubba Watson, 7.54
- Jason Day, 6.92
- Rickie Fowler, 6.67
- Jim Furyk, 6.58
- Dustin Johnson, 6.55
- Justin Rose, 6.42
- Henrik Stenson, 6.07
Labels: US TOUR
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