The LPGA Prepares for a Rankings Shake-Up

While the LPGA's second round on the Blue Bay LPGA changed into behind schedule a couple of hours with the aid of heavy rains, there was no delay when the news pop out...

Stacy Lewis is about to lose her #1 position in the Rolex Rankings to Inbee Park. Again.

The irony is that neither player even teed it up this week!

Inbee Park

We've seen this sort of thing manifest earlier than, of course. Adam Scott reached #1 in the OWGR on one among his off weeks. And it's now not tough to apprehend why -- as each new week ticks through, an vintage week falls off the returned end of the rankings duration and the factors average changes.

According to LPGA.Com, the 2 players have been in a statistical useless warmth entering this week. Check this out: Stacy's professional common was 11.0444 and Inbee?S was eleven.0382, each of which get rounded to eleven.04. This week the two are separated by way of barely more than five/a thousand of a factor! The tipping factor is outwardly that Inbee performed closing week even as Stacy did not. (You can find a more genuine clarification right here at golfweek.Com.)

Next week Inbee will have a slight benefit that offers her the lead (do not question me how a good deal of a lead 'purpose I've got no idea... But it can't be lots!). However, each players are scheduled to play subsequent week's Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship. Their finishes there could flip things around once more.

The simplest element I know for certain is that Lydia Ko has been ignored of the a laugh. She can not take the number 1 spot this week even if she wins at Blue Bay. But by way of the cease of the year...?

Get ready for a wild ride, oldsters. The warfare lines are being drawn!

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