World No. 1 Rank and More at Stake in European Tour's Finale

Filed under: PGA, European Tour

The world's top ranking is becoming a pretty common storyline heading into golf tournaments these days, and it's something you should get used to. There are three golfers that everyone will be paying attention to -- Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer (pictured), and Graeme McDowell -- and there are two key competitions taking place at the European Tour's final stop this week. Up for grabs this week will be the Race to Dubai and the World's Number One ranking.

For these three, it's been quite the breakout year, and they're the main reason European golf has been shoved into the face of anyone that follows the sport. One look at the six trophies displayed on the first tee at this week's Dubai World Championships and it's clear which continent is playing the best golf.

The Ryder Cup, the U.S. Open Trophy, the Claret Jug (British Open), Wannamaker Trophy (PGA Championship), the Dubai World Championship spectre and the Race to Dubai Trophy signified the dominance by Europe in 2010 and that trio was instrumental in all but one.

So I guess it's fitting that the final tournament of the year, which will determine the best player in Europe, will likely also crown the year's best player and world's top player. Kaymer and McDowell sit one and two respectively in the Race to Dubai with no one else close enough to catch them. The U.S. Open Champion has to finish no less than third in order to overcome the €290,910 difference between him and the PGA Champion. If either of them wins this week, which will, in turn, give them the Race title, they would have a strong case for the best player in 2010.

 

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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/11/24/more-than-world-no-1-is-at-stake-in-european-tours-finale/

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