The curious case of the World number one golfer
Rory McIlroy adds the WGC Invitational to the Open Championship, and takes the world number one spot from Adam Scott. Any of the top 5 (McIlroy, Scott, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose) could end up number one after the PGA, although the latter three would all need to win it and see McIlroy finish well down the field. The more likely scenario is McIlroy's form continuing into Valhalla, and him earning enough points there to all but wrap up the end-of-season number one spot.
If McIlroy finishes the year number one (as he did in 2012), he will become only the seventh player to do so more than once since the World Rankings and their predecessor the McCormack rankings began in 1967 - Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman and Tiger Woods being the others. Pretty illustrious company.
Rory McIlroy adds the WGC Invitational to the Open Championship, and takes the world number one spot from Adam Scott. Any of the top 5 (McIlroy, Scott, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose) could end up number one after the PGA, although the latter three would all need to win it and see McIlroy finish well down the field. The more likely scenario is McIlroy's form continuing into Valhalla, and him earning enough points there to all but wrap up the end-of-season number one spot.
If McIlroy finishes the year number one (as he did in 2012), he will become only the seventh player to do so more than once since the World Rankings and their predecessor the McCormack rankings began in 1967 - Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman and Tiger Woods being the others. Pretty illustrious company.
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