Jordan Spieth has been making records all yr, and Friday he introduced every other bit to his resum? -- he have become the primary World #1 NOT to win in his first outing after attaining the feat. And as a result, Rory McIlroy will regain his #1 ranking subsequent week without having to play in any respect.
It appears rather appropriate in a manner, considering the fact that Jordan made up the ground between him and Rory whilst Rory was out with that ankle harm.
And, as Nick Faldo mentioned, Jordan will possibly be the excellent #1 to lose it after handiest one week, having turn out to be the youngest -time principal winner on his way to the top.
I located it particularly ironic that, while Jordan changed into lacking his first cut in three months or so, that some of gamers on the Web.Com Tour had been additionally lacking the reduce with some distance greater dire consequences.
Jordan may have gotten all of the press but the actual drama changed into taking place in Portland. Unlike The Barclays, in which the reduce fell at 2, the cut at the Portland Open came at -2 and ended the goals of numerous players. If you overlooked the reduce at The Barclays, you have nonetheless were given your Tour card for next 12 months. That's now not assured for a number of the gamers in Portland.
In case you do not know how it works, the Top75 on the Web.Com Tour's season money listing and numbers 126-2 hundred at the FedExCup points listing visit the four-occasion Web.Com Playoffs. And THE 25 -- the Top25 gamers all season at the Web.Com Tour -- will have already got their PGA Tour playing cards for next season; they play of their playoffs in large part to peer if they can enhance their position.
A new twist this year is that THE 25 get to keep their season money totals going into the playoffs, as a reward for their good play all year. (I agree with that choice. It bugged me that some players won a Tour card through a year of hard work but ended up ranked worse than players who played badly all year on both tours.) Everybody else starts with $0, zilch, nada in the bank, and they're basically playing for the remaining 25 PGA Tour cards that are up for grabs.
Ron Oppenheimer neglected the reduce and is expected to drop from 24 to 27. So not only did he leave out out on the primary 25 Tour cards but he now loses the $160,158 he accrued gambling the Web.Com Tour all 12 months. He's within the identical spot as #two hundred from the FedExCup money list. (Although as a minimum Ron is assured a complete Web.Com Tour card next season. That's some thing.) He's still got a shot at his PGA Tour card however now there are 124 other players from two tours with the equal beginning position after that equal card.
For him, the dream simply became lots harder.
Other gamers failed to fare even that properly. For instance, Drew Scott additionally neglected the reduce. He became the bubble boy at seventy five, now he's projected at 79. That manner no playoffs and not even a full Web.Com Tour card subsequent season. Scott Parel fared just as badly -- seventy four before, projected seventy eight now. For those gamers, the season is over and the dream of a PGA Tour card is useless till next yr.
So while you are feeling bad for Jordan lacking the cut and dropping his World #1 rank for possibly most effective a week, but nonetheless teeing it up at Deutsche Bank subsequent week with the number 1 spot inside the FedExCup rankings, spare a few moments to reflect onconsideration on the men nonetheless trying to secure gambling privileges ANYWHERE subsequent 12 months.
After all, for each participant who lives the dream there are at least a dozen who undergo the nightmare.
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