In addition to another high-end clash between Scottie Scheffler, who returned to world No. could allow Tiger Woods to make a huge leap in the world rankings. The Tiger, winner of 15 Majors and 82 tournaments in total as a professional, has not played in competition since The Open last July in St Andrews, and the PNC Championship, in December with his son Charlie, who did not count for the world ranking.
Tiger Woods, ranking
He points this week to the 1,294th rank of the much criticized OWGR and is given the winner at the Riviera only 150 against 1 by the bookmakers. Nobody really knows what level of game Woods will be able to produce.
Moreover, in eleven participations since his professional debut, he has never won at the Riviera. However, at the age of 47, this improbable victory in California, in a tournament he sponsors with his Foundation, would allow him to return to 55th place in the world, gaining a whopping 1,239 places in one fell swoop!
It is the twitter account (Nosferatu) of the world ranking prediction expert who announces it based on the very high level of the Genesis Invitational. A record number of points will be distributed, including 68 to the winner on Sunday.
That’s slightly more than the 65.2 points earned by Scottie Scheffler on Sunday at Phoenix, who also walked away with $3.6 million. Tiger has only played three tournaments, three Majors, since his serious road accident in February 2021.
He made the cut at the Masters (47th) and the PGA Championship (retired after the 3rd round), but did not not qualified for the weekend at St Andrews. For the record, Woods is the record holder for the number of weeks spent at the top of the world hierarchy with 683 weeks including 281 consecutive from 2005 to 2010.
The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for assessing the level of performance of professional golfers. It was introduced in 1986, supported by the four major tournaments and six professional tours that make up the International Federation of the PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, European Tour, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Japan Golf Tour and the Sunshine Tour.
points also for good final placements in the following tours: Web.com Tour, Challenge Tour, PGA Tour Canada, OneAsia Tour, Korean Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Asian Development Tour, PGA Tour China, Alps Tour, Nordic Golf League, PGA EuroPro Tour , ProGolf Tour, MENA Golf Tour.
