posted Dec 11, 2007

PS: All reports, including by the BBC yesterday, stated Justin Rose was playing in the Tiger tournament. But I don't see his name among the latest announcements of Thursday's field.

Has Rose withdrawn with an injury? There doesn't seem to be much information available about his participation. Or not.

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posted Dec 12, 2007

I saw that as well. I went on to the web site and justin's name isn't there?????

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posted Dec 13, 2007

Perhaps Tigger is scared of the worlds form player and currently the only guy who can putt like Tigger too!

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posted Dec 13, 2007

Kwin .... dont get hooked up on world rankings. They are a joke. The manipulation of the rankings over many years shows how false they are. On world rankings the Ryder cup is a walk over everytime..mm..no, actually they are living proof that despite teeing up against their supposed better ranked players ... the "lower rankers" of Europe victories highlight the sham rankings.

Stewart Cink was in the top 20 for years...how? ... now after a few good results Steve Stricker is ranked 4... what a joke

As regards Justin ... I believe that his back is playing him up again and hes skipped the event.. shame as he might nearly have won given his recent form

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posted Dec 13, 2007

welloffside, I think we agree. The only reason I get aggravated about them is that they are the entry ticket to Majors / WGC's.

The point that I was trying to make is that the World Rankings are structured to help the smallish "cartel" of golfers, "Make sure the rich get richer", as the well-worn phrase describes.

Of course, once a player slips below the top forty or fifty, he really starts to plummet unless his slide can be arrested. Clarke, Howell, Chad Campbell, DLIII to name but four, with others such as Goosen, Toms, Luke Donald destined to slip quickly unless they can turn it round.

Cink and Stricker, and to a lesser extent Justin Rose (agree about his fitness) beneficiaries of high finishes in Majors / WGC events but few w's.

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posted Dec 13, 2007

I agree, the system of rankings is a joke. I think that points should be awarded for placings in tournaments regardless of the prize money. This would force the " elite " to play in most tournaments and reward the promoters and the public for supporting some of the " minors ". I would think that Woods would still be number one but the rankings of the rest of the golfers would be radically different.

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posted Dec 13, 2007

"Tiger says no.."

We didn't really expect Tiger to take part, but we will see the top European Tour players, playing the Tour more often.

Their should be more World Golf events in Europe, America should not have them all.

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posted Dec 17, 2007

Here's the thing about the World Rankings: It doesn't really affect anything important. Remember, a tournament like the one Tiger won this past weekend is just a silly-season event. Does anyone really think the top players in the world aren't at all four majors? It surely doesn't impact Europe fielding the best team for the Ryder Cup.

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