Tiger Woods regains #1 ranking

[habsfan]

With Woods' 1 stroke victory over Mickelson at the Ford this weekend, he has officially regained his world #1 ranking from Vijay Singh who held the title for 26 weeks.

[B17a]

Originally posted by habsfan
With Woods' 1 stroke victory over Mickelson at the Ford this weekend, he has officially regained his world #1 ranking from Vijay Singh who held the title for 26 weeks.

Awesome final round. What a clutch eagle he made on 12! Classic Tiger, looks like he's back with a vengance this year.

[DUBBED]

I'm so divided on whether I like the fact that he's #1 again or not. I definately would have wanted to see Phil win yesturday but he kind of gets on my nerves. Either way it was fun as hell to watch, best final round in a while.

Did anyone see Els' eagle on the last hole yesturday to win at Dubai? :eek:

[Z_Fan]

I'm happy Tiger pulled it off - but I think he made a big mistake going for the huge hero shot on 16. After Phil drove it in the bunker, Tiger should have just hit an iron off the tee. Would have made an easy birdie and his lead would have been 3. But hey, I was happy he pulled the driver out simply because I wanted to see if he could hit the green again!

[thinmyster]

im a big golf fan but im still unsure on how these rankings work vijay was tearing it up and then tiger wins a tourny and is right back at number one? can someone please explain?

[DUBBED]

The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, is issued every Monday, following the completion of the previous week’s tournaments from around the world.

The official events from the 6 Professional Tours (US PGA Tour, European Tour, JGTO, SA PGA, Asian PGA Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia) together with the Canadian, Nationwide and Challenge Tours are all taken into account and points are awarded according to the players’ finishing positions. The points awarded are generally related to the strength of the field based on the number and ranking of the Top-200 World Ranked players and the Top-30 of the Home Tour players in the respective tournaments (event “Ratings”). However, the 4 Major Championships are rated separately to reflect the higher quality of the events together with The Players Championship in the United States. In addition, the BMW Championship in Europe, and the Australian, Japan and South African Open Championships are allocated higher minimum points levels to reflect their status.

The World Ranking points for each player are accumulated over a two year “rolling” period with the points awarded in the most recent 13-week period doubled – ranking points will then decline in eight equal quarter-year intervals (1.75 after 13 weeks, 1.50 after 26 weeks, 1.25 after 39 weeks, 1.00 after one year, 0.75 after 65 weeks, 0.50 after 78 weeks, 0.25 after 91 weeks and eliminated altogether after 2 years). Each player is then ranked according to his average points per tournament, which is determined by dividing his total number of points by the tournaments he has played over that two-year period. Players who have not participated in 40 tournaments over the two-year period have the minimum divisor of 40 tournaments applied to the calculation of their average points figure.

The winners of the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open Championship, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship are awarded 50 points (30 points for 2nd place, 20 for 3rd, 15 for 4th down to 0.75 of a point for a player completing the final round), and the winner of the Players Championship is awarded 40 points (points are awarded down to 0.60 of a point for 60th place and ties). The BMW Championship has a minimum 32 points for the winner (points down to 56th place). Minimum points levels for the winners of official Tour events have been set at 3 points for the Asian, Canadian, Nationwide and Challenge Tours (points to 6th place), 6 points for Southern Africa (points to 14th place), 8 points for Australasia and Japan (points to 19th place) and 12 points for Europe and the United States (points to 27th place). In addition the Open Championships of Australia, Japan and South Africa have a minimum of 16 points for the winner down to 0.61 of a point for 37th place and ties. In the cases of co-sanctioned Tour events, the minimum points levels are determined using the “average” of the minimum Tour rankings points from each Tour concerned.

Points are reduced by 25% for tournaments curtailed to 36 holes because of inclement weather or other reasons.

[Z_Fan]

^^

A shorter version...

The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, is issued every Monday, following completion of the previous week's tournaments from around the world. This statistic is the average number of points earned per event in the last 104 weeks. These points are awarded based upon finish position as well as the strength of the field. The points are initially worth double their original value and decline gradually over this two-year period. There are 8 13-week periods and points decline by .25x their value each period.

[2002civic]

too bad weirs struggling, 52nd sunday or something, is he still in the top 10 rankings?

[bspot]

Check out this picture:

http://espn.starwave.com/media/pga/2005/0306/photo/a_mickelson_il.jpg

and this quote:


"I'm a little ticked at myself for not getting it done," Mickelson said after his 69.

From this article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2006691

:rofl:

[vietdood]

tigerwoods golf 2004 got me hooked on golf. i never understood golf till i played that game and now i watch it whenever it's on. i seriously thought they were going into a playoff when mickelson almost chipped it in on the final hole. it looked as if it was going ot go in 100% but didn't. i guess tiger's hat is lucky, because the one he was wearing that day was the one he wore when he was ranked #1 in 2000.

[stick-boy]

i wonder how long tiger can keep it, vijay is a more consistent golfer.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by stick-boy
i wonder how long tiger can keep it, vijay is a more consistent golfer.

From the interviews I have seen Vijay is also a far more humble player.

I hate the way that Tiger is always pouting or looking so angry all of the time. As a result I have little respect for him.

[B17a]

Originally posted by sputnik


From the interviews I have seen Vijay is also a far more humble player.

I hate the way that Tiger is always pouting or looking so angry all of the time. As a result I have little respect for him.

Vijay is definitely more reserved. But tiger's emotions are fairly typical of ultra competitive people. Look across the board at pro sports, 99% of the top guys are just like that. They have swagger, some call arrogance, but its consistent among top athletes. Whatever it is, I sure as hell don't have it!:D

[DUBBED]

To be #1, you have to act like you're #1.

Tiger plays every round of golf like nobody can possibly beat him, I love that attitude. Tiger off the golf course is a completely different person.

[Z_Fan]

Yup, Tiger owned Phil.

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by bspot
Check out this picture:

http://espn.starwave.com/media/pga/2005/0306/photo/a_mickelson_il.jpg

and this quote:



From this article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2006691

:rofl:


ahahahah that made my day!!!! :rofl: :thumbsup: