Filed under: PGA, Golf Odds and Ends
How perfect is this?After what will be 282 consecutive weeks ranked as the world's No. 1 golfer, beleaguered Tiger Woods will finally lose the top ranking at the end of this month, in part because he is not competing again until November. Woods will be replaced by England's Lee Westwood (right), who has played only one tournament since early August because of injury and is again taking a break.
So the biggest shift in Golf's World Rankings in almost six years comes while neither of the featured participants are playing golf -- and when Westwood arguably isn't even golf's best European.
Germany's Martin Kaymer just won his third straight tournament, dating back to the PGA Championship.
"We have always bowed to America's dominance of the world rankings, with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson one and two respectively," said winning European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie. "But now we don't just have Lee Westwood but also Martin Kaymer coming up as well.
"There is a changing of the guard towards Europe and also the European Tour."
A lot of things about the PGA Tour changed this year.
Consider Matt Kuchar. Sunday's 7-under back-in-the-pack finish in the McGladrey Classic is his last planned PGA Tour appearance of the year. Even so, Kuchar, with just over $4.9 million, is likely to win the PGA Tour money title. If he does, it will be the lowest amount to claim the title since David Duval ($2.5 million) in 1998, the year before the tour's series of big TV contracts began.
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