Spieth closes 2015 No. 1; top 50 headed to Masters
Spieth closes 2015 No. 1; top 50 headed to Masters
The final Official World Golf Ranking of 2015 was discharged Sunday, with Jordan Spieth finishing the year No. 1.
Spieth (11.51), No. two mythical being Day (10.94) and No. three Rory McIlroy (10.75) have separated themselves from the remainder, with No. four Bubba Watson (7.95) leading a chase pack that lags well behind.
In the method, Spieth, Day and McIlroy created some history:
Lowest combined age of top-3 at finish of year, OWGR history 2015: Spieth/Rory/Day - seventy six2000: Woods/Els/Duval - eighty five 2001: Woods/Phil/Duval - eighty seven
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) Dec twenty seven, 2015
While the highest of the ranking is fun to trace, the $64000 drama usually happens additional down the list. Specifically, the highest fifty within the world at the top of the year earn invitations to the Masters in Gregorian calendar month. Lee Westwood can shut 2015 as No. fifty because of his finish in Thailand, securing his seventeenth (and 12th) consecutive trip to Augusta.
The OWGR top-50 also can earn access to the WGC-Cadillac, WGC-Dell golf game (top 64), Players Championship, U.S. Open (top 60), Open Championship, WGC-Bridgestone, PGA Championship and WGC-HSBC at completely different time limits throughout the year.
Of the players United Nations agency finished 2015 within the high fifty, eighteen of them were outside it only 1 year a gone. Of that cluster, the players United Nations agency created the most important jumps were No. seventeen Kevin Kisner, from 236th, No. forty three Matthew Fitzpatrick, from 413th, No. forty five Soren Kjeldsen, from 335th, and No. forty eight Danny Lee, from 220th.
Some notables to fall outside the highest fifty embrace No. fifty six Ian Poulter, from 27th, No. fifty seven Graeme McDowell, from 15th, No. sixty eight Hunter Alfred Thayer Mahan, from 22nd, No.seventy Keegan Bradley, from 28th, No. seventy four Webb Simpson, from 43, and No. seventy seven Luke Donald, from 33rd. Of that cluster, solely Donald isn't presently secure a Masters invite in Gregorian calendar month, because the rest have qualified via different avenues.
Finally, in our last weekly Tiger Woods watch of 2015, the soon-to-be 40-year-old finished a black year all the approach down at 416th, sandwiched between Martin Flores and Rob Oppenheim. For reference, Woods was last stratified this low on Aug. 31, 1996, the week of his initial skilled begin at the larger metropolis Open, once he was 433rd.
Here is your final high ten of 2015: one. Jordan Spieth, 2. Jason Day, 3. Rory McIlroy, 4. Bubba Watson, 5. Henrik Stenson, 6. Rickie Fowler, 7. Justin Rose, 8. Dustin Johnson, 9. Jim Furyk, 10. Saint Patrick Reed
Spieth (11.51), No. two mythical being Day (10.94) and No. three Rory McIlroy (10.75) have separated themselves from the remainder, with No. four Bubba Watson (7.95) leading a chase pack that lags well behind.
In the method, Spieth, Day and McIlroy created some history:
Lowest combined age of top-3 at finish of year, OWGR history 2015: Spieth/Rory/Day - seventy six2000: Woods/Els/Duval - eighty five 2001: Woods/Phil/Duval - eighty seven
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) Dec twenty seven, 2015
While the highest of the ranking is fun to trace, the $64000 drama usually happens additional down the list. Specifically, the highest fifty within the world at the top of the year earn invitations to the Masters in Gregorian calendar month. Lee Westwood can shut 2015 as No. fifty because of his finish in Thailand, securing his seventeenth (and 12th) consecutive trip to Augusta.
The OWGR top-50 also can earn access to the WGC-Cadillac, WGC-Dell golf game (top 64), Players Championship, U.S. Open (top 60), Open Championship, WGC-Bridgestone, PGA Championship and WGC-HSBC at completely different time limits throughout the year.
Of the players United Nations agency finished 2015 within the high fifty, eighteen of them were outside it only 1 year a gone. Of that cluster, the players United Nations agency created the most important jumps were No. seventeen Kevin Kisner, from 236th, No. forty three Matthew Fitzpatrick, from 413th, No. forty five Soren Kjeldsen, from 335th, and No. forty eight Danny Lee, from 220th.
Some notables to fall outside the highest fifty embrace No. fifty six Ian Poulter, from 27th, No. fifty seven Graeme McDowell, from 15th, No. sixty eight Hunter Alfred Thayer Mahan, from 22nd, No.seventy Keegan Bradley, from 28th, No. seventy four Webb Simpson, from 43, and No. seventy seven Luke Donald, from 33rd. Of that cluster, solely Donald isn't presently secure a Masters invite in Gregorian calendar month, because the rest have qualified via different avenues.
Finally, in our last weekly Tiger Woods watch of 2015, the soon-to-be 40-year-old finished a black year all the approach down at 416th, sandwiched between Martin Flores and Rob Oppenheim. For reference, Woods was last stratified this low on Aug. 31, 1996, the week of his initial skilled begin at the larger metropolis Open, once he was 433rd.
Here is your final high ten of 2015: one. Jordan Spieth, 2. Jason Day, 3. Rory McIlroy, 4. Bubba Watson, 5. Henrik Stenson, 6. Rickie Fowler, 7. Justin Rose, 8. Dustin Johnson, 9. Jim Furyk, 10. Saint Patrick Reed
Spieth closes 2015 No. 1; top 50 headed to Masters
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