World Golf Rankings - Some Analysis Ahead of Masters

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I was having a look at the WGR this morning and having downloaded it into Excel, came up with the table below.

Using Points Gained as the marker for the rankings in 2011 only, it throws up interesting stats.

As you would expect, Kaymer, Watney and Donald are all up there.

Woods, ranked 5 in world is 44th for this year, while Padraig's 34th is in reality 44th.

Westwood in 39th place this year, as opposed to 2nd in rankings.

Vijay and Alvaro Quiros making big strides up rankings.

Thoughts?

Shows who has been performing in events this, a rough guide to form ahead of Masters perhaps?

This Year / Actual Rank / Name / Points Gained 2011

1 *1* *Martin Kaymer,* Deu* *109.68*
2 *15* *Nick Watney,* USA* *109.42*
3 *3* *Luke Donald,* Eng* *96.81*
4 *24* *Alvaro Quiros,* Esp* *90.23*
5 *9* *Matt Kuchar,* USA* *79.65*
6 *17* *Bubba Watson,* USA* *75.53*
7 *11* *Dustin Johnson,* USA* *72.38*
8 *50* *Vijay Singh,* Fji* * 64.06*
9 *43* *Anders Hansen,* Dnk* *60.32*
10 *4* *Graeme McDowell,* Nir* *60.16*
11 *18* *Hunter Mahan,* USA* *59.76*
12 *32* *Y.E. Yang,* Kor* * 58.16*
13 *7* *Paul Casey,* Eng* * 57.40*
14 *8* *Rory McIlroy,* Nir* * 52.90*
15 *26* *Charl Schwartzel,* Zaf* *47.30*
16 *6* *Phil Mickelson,* USA* *46.61*
17 *45* *Bill Haas,* USA* * 43.49*
18 *16* *Francesco Molinari,* Ita* *43.38*
19 *21* *Miguel A Jimenez,* Esp* *42.76*
20 *37* *Ryan Moore,* USA* *34.48*
21 *19* *Retief Goosen,* Zaf* *33.48*
22 *41* *Martin Laird,* Sco* * 33.45*
23 *10* *Steve Stricker,* USA* *31.40*
24 *22* *Louis Oosthuizen,* Zaf* *31.27*
25 *29* *Rickie Fowler,* USA* *30.69*
26 *36* *Peter Hanson,* Swe* *29.92*
27 *23* *Tim Clark,* Zaf* * 28.13*
28 *31* *Justin Rose,* Eng* * 27.77*
29 *27* *Robert Allenby,* Aus* *27.31*
30 *20* *Robert Karlsson,* Swe* *25.69*
31 *46* *K.J. Choi,* Kor* * 20.87*
32 *39* *Jason Day,* Aus* * 20.84*
33 *40* *Ben Crane,* USA* * 20.20*
34 *28* *Adam Scott,* Aus* * 19.24*
35 *30* *Geoff Ogilvy,* Aus* *19.14*
36 *38* *Anthony Kim,* USA* *18.67*
37 *14* *Ian Poulter,* Eng* * 17.59*
38 *13* *Ernie Els,* Zaf* * 16.73*
39 *2* *Lee Westwood,* Eng* *16.37*
40 *5* *Tiger Woods,* USA* *15.18*
41 *25* *Edoardo Molinari,* Ita* *13.57*
42 *12* *Jim Furyk,* USA* * 12.99*
43 *42* *Ross Fisher,* Eng* * 12.74*
44 *34* *Padraig Harrington,* Irl* *12.13*
45 *33* *Zach Johnson,* USA* *11.51*
46 *49* *Bo Van Pelt,* USA* *10.90*
47 *47* *Camilo Villegas,* Col* *6.24*
48 *44* *Ryo Ishikawa,* Jpn* *4.41*
49 *35* *Kim Kyung-Tae,* Kor* *3.79*
50 *48* *Yuta Ikeda,* Jpn* * 3.42*

LostPassword

It's a bit early in the season to be using this year's points as an indicator of form - some of those players have only played a few tournaments - McDowell, for example, took a good few weeks off. Some of the top players view this part of the season as warming up for the masters, bedding in swing-changes, etc.

ssbob

LostPassword wrote: »

It's a bit early in the season to be using this year's points as an indicator of form - some of those players have only played a few tournaments - McDowell, for example, took a good few weeks off. Some of the top players view this part of the season as warming up for the masters, bedding in swing-changes, etc.

I agree with this comment however perhaps you should average it out against number of tournaments played thereby giving points earned per tournament average.

Notable golfer on the rise for me "Anders Hansen", having a good year so far.