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There has been a lot of criticism of the golf world rankings over the years, saying that they are not really accurate. For example, somebody winning a minor event in Japan, with not many ranked players present there, can get as many points towards world golf rankings as an event in America, which has more than twice as many Top 100 players.
Two Professors, Broadie and Rendleman have now come up with a new study, suggesting that rankings should be set according to the ratings of the players taking part in a tournament and also on how those players do, when they go head to head in a tournament and play against each other. They give as an example in their system Yuta Ikeda and Nick Watney. They both had similar ratings in the official rankings in 2010 but on their system they would be 78 places apart. When the two of them were in the same tournament, Nick Watney had finished with better scores 10 out of the 12 times they played together and against that background they would be saying that to say, as the world rankings do, that the two players are similar is incorrect and that is why the official world golf rankings require a revision.
Players who travel to, and win bizarre events, such as the Golf Nippon Series Cup or the Singapore Open, the Madeira Islands Open or the WGC-HSBC Champions Event, end up earning far more world rating points at the moment than scientific methodology indicates those tournaments should have been worth. Hopefully we will see an implementation of a new system in the future and we will see some changes in the rankings.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Wednesday 25-Jul-12
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Kaylene said:
on Friday 27-Jul-12 03:40 PM
In most cases the competition is always between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els
Tans said:
on Thursday 26-Jul-12 02:39 PM
I don't know much about the current golf rankings. But it seems like the current manner in which they are worked out is not fair. Clearly, the USPGA is the strongest tour having three of the majors. The next strongest has to be the European tour. Surely the points should be allocated on which tour a player plays and then increase according to the tournament (for example, the four majors and the Players Championship count the most).
Liesl said:
on Wednesday 25-Jul-12 12:43 PM
I really don't know much if anything about golf but I think it's great if they can implement changes that will be more fair towards the avid golf players
salomie said:
on Wednesday 25-Jul-12 11:47 AM
i do not understand the meaning behind playing golf, "you hit a ball, then walk miles to get to it and then proceed to do it all over again" in afrikaans golf stands for "moer n soek"
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
