Woods back for Masters

[FlowJack]

Tiger has reported he will play the Masters, and is still ranked #1 in the world. How are you determined to be #1 in the world? With all the time off, you would think he's not garnering enough "points" to remain #1... Any thoughts?

[RETIREDFAN1]

I don't think he should still be #1....he hasn't proven that he is the #1 player since he hasn't played in a tournament this year.....I imagine his rust will be showing at the Masters....

[JUSTwannaSAY2u]

he WILL be ranked #1 at the masters...with only 3 tournys so far this year with so so players winning not enough there to knock him off..i think he will be in the middle of the pack most of he tourny with a late round fury & finish in the top 10..will be a great return for him & golf (even if we dont like it) and will be the highest rated golf event EVER!..the only down fall will be that his wife wont be there

[Smoaky]

I don't think he should still be #1....he hasn't proven that he is the #1 player since he hasn't played in a tournament this year.....I imagine his rust will be showing at the Masters....

 

 

Actually, the World Rankings are calculated based on a 2-year basis. Found this on Wikipedia.

 

Calculation of the rankings

 

Points are awarded on the basis of final positions in official money events on the qualifying tours. For each tour, a minimum number of points are available for each event. For most events the actual number of points available depends on the current rankings (top 200) of the participating golfers and the ranking of the top 30 golfers entered from the "home tour". Major championships have a fixed number of 100 points for the winner. In addition, most tours have a "premier event" that is guaranteed a much higher minimum point level.

 

The winners of the individual events in the World Golf Championships series (three from 1999 to 2008, four from 2009) generally receive 70 to 78 points. The winner of most PGA Tour events gains a number of points in the range from 24 to the 70s, and most European Tour events offer a points tally between 24 and 50s for the winner. Before 2007 the official points allocations were half these levels, and they were initially doubled up to calculate weighted points. For example a major championship win carried 50 points for the winner, which was initially given a weighting of two, so the adjusted points tally was 100. This system, which was confusing and had no apparent advantages, was abandoned in mid 2007. Tournaments which are reduced to 54 holes by inclement weather or other factors retain full points, but if a tournament is reduced to 36 holes, its points allocation is reduced by 25%.

 

Each player's personal ranking is calculated from the ranking points he has obtained over the previous two years. Firstly, his points from all the tournaments he has played in are scaled down over a two year period. The full value of a tournament holds for 13 weeks, but from then on it is reduced in equal weekly increments over the remainder of the two year period, in order to give priority to recent form. The player's adjusted points are then totalled, and this total is divided by the number of ranking tournaments in which he has participated over the previous two years, subject to a minimum denominator of 40 tournaments. The resulting averages for all players are put into descending order to produce the ranking table. This means that the player who has obtained most cumulative success does not necessarily come top of the rankings: it is average performance levels that are important, and some golfers play substantially more tournaments than others. Players with full membership of one of the larger tours (that is, almost all players in the top few hundred in the rankings) usually play between 20 and 35 ranking tournaments each year, unless they are injured. Starting in 2010, a maximum denominator is also used. The maximum denominator was set to 60 starting the first week of 2010 and will be reduced by 2 every six months until it reaches 52 in January 2012. Only the player's 60 (58, 56, 54, 52) most recent tournaments (within the two year period) will be used to calculated his ranking.[5] New rankings are released every Monday.

[GOLEE]

Actually, the World Rankings are calculated based on a 2-year basis. Found this on Wikipedia.

 

Calculation of the rankings

 

Points are awarded on the basis of final positions in official money events on the qualifying tours. For each tour, a minimum number of points are available for each event. For most events the actual number of points available depends on the current rankings (top 200) of the participating golfers and the ranking of the top 30 golfers entered from the "home tour". Major championships have a fixed number of 100 points for the winner. In addition, most tours have a "premier event" that is guaranteed a much higher minimum point level.

 

The winners of the individual events in the World Golf Championships series (three from 1999 to 2008, four from 2009) generally receive 70 to 78 points. The winner of most PGA Tour events gains a number of points in the range from 24 to the 70s, and most European Tour events offer a points tally between 24 and 50s for the winner. Before 2007 the official points allocations were half these levels, and they were initially doubled up to calculate weighted points. For example a major championship win carried 50 points for the winner, which was initially given a weighting of two, so the adjusted points tally was 100. This system, which was confusing and had no apparent advantages, was abandoned in mid 2007. Tournaments which are reduced to 54 holes by inclement weather or other factors retain full points, but if a tournament is reduced to 36 holes, its points allocation is reduced by 25%.

 

Each player's personal ranking is calculated from the ranking points he has obtained over the previous two years. Firstly, his points from all the tournaments he has played in are scaled down over a two year period. The full value of a tournament holds for 13 weeks, but from then on it is reduced in equal weekly increments over the remainder of the two year period, in order to give priority to recent form. The player's adjusted points are then totalled, and this total is divided by the number of ranking tournaments in which he has participated over the previous two years, subject to a minimum denominator of 40 tournaments. The resulting averages for all players are put into descending order to produce the ranking table. This means that the player who has obtained most cumulative success does not necessarily come top of the rankings: it is average performance levels that are important, and some golfers play substantially more tournaments than others. Players with full membership of one of the larger tours (that is, almost all players in the top few hundred in the rankings) usually play between 20 and 35 ranking tournaments each year, unless they are injured. Starting in 2010, a maximum denominator is also used. The maximum denominator was set to 60 starting the first week of 2010 and will be reduced by 2 every six months until it reaches 52 in January 2012. Only the player's 60 (58, 56, 54, 52) most recent tournaments (within the two year period) will be used to calculated his ranking.[5] New rankings are released every Monday.

Good going there Smoak. As long as its the same for everybody, he gets what he earned. Regardess of perception, I think its good for him as a person to get back on the golf coarse. That will be the best medicine for Tiger.

 

[Cats51]

I'm wondering how much his golf will suffer due to the fact that he now cannot get his "fix" after the round. Being an admitted addict and not getting what you need would affect one's game I would think.