Golf’s coveted World Number One spot will be bestowed upon European shoulders at the end of this week, but will it be Germany’s Martin Kaymer or England’s Lee Westwood that takes Tiger Woods’ crown on Sunday afternoon?
Kaymer has to win, finish second on his own, or finish second with one other player at this week’s Andalucia Valderrama Masters to reach the summit of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) and few would bet against the 25 year old given that he has won the last three events that he has competed in – the US PGA Championship, the KLM Open and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Should the German’s remarkable run of form come to an end however, then Westwood, who is ironically injured at the moment, will complete one of golf’s greatest comebacks having fallen out of the top 200 just a few years ago.
No matter which of the two European candidates officially becomes the best player on the planet, it will be a deserved achievement as a glance at their performances over the past two years indicates.
No two players have performed more consistently in the World Rankings over the course of the last two years than the German and the Englishman. Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker have been the other stand out performers in terms of accumulating World Ranking Points, but the European duo have been in a class of their own.
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