No top players anymore on the PGA Tour!

My last blog asked who was the Number One golfer in the world. One reader answered by asking who could beat Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship, the next major on tour. My answer, "Any one of the top 50 players in the world can beat him."

Not a single golfer can claim to be Number One on today's tour. Not a single golfer can claim to be in the top three! No one single golfer has shown in the past six weeks that he stands out from the rest of the pack. When was the last time that was the case on the PGA Tour, or the European Tour?

Every week a new face shows up on tour, and makes himself noticed. The days of one or two players dominating the headlines has ended, at least for the foreseeable future. The question is, does the professional tour need stars, someone that we can call the best in the world, or is it all right to have a crap shoot at every event, with a different winner holding the trophy every Sunday?

Do you remember the last time Tiger Woods was not technically the Number One player in the world according to the Sony rankings? Wasn't it about five years ago that the commentators told us that if Vijay won the tournament that Sunday, and Tiger did not finish in the top five, Vijay would move into the Number One spot? Vijay won, and Tiger shook his hand, and it was announced at that moment that Tiger was no longer the world's best.

There was no official ceremony or exchanging of any crown, just the commentator's mention of the fact.

Then about six weeks later it was announced that Tiger was once again the world's Number One.
And Phil was Number two, which Phil will always be as long as he puts endorsement money from Callaway ahead of playing the better equipment that would take him to the world's Number One position.

Technically the press still lists Tiger as Number One because the Sony point system still shows him ahead of anyone else, but bet on Tiger to win the PGA? Not with my money!