Hal Sutton won the Players
Championship for the second time to move to No.5 in the latest Official World
Golf Ranking. This is Hal's highest World Ranking position since he was No.4
on June 22 1986 after finishing second in the Atlanta Golf Classic, shortly after
the World Ranking had been first launched in April 1986. At that time Hal was
the highest placed United States golfer in the ranking having already won the
Phoenix Open and Memorial Tournament that year and the St. Jude Memphis and Southwest
Classics in the previous twelve months. Hal won his first Players Championship
title along with the PGA Championship in 1983.
World No.1 Tiger Woods'
second place finish extends his Official World Golf Ranking records with 1119.11
ranking points for an average of 23.81 points per event extending last week's
record totals of 1075.11 and 22.87 respectively.
Ernie Els falls out of the
top 10 this week as he continues to lose points from good performances at the
beginning of 1998 & 1999, he has now lost more points this year than any
other player - 166.
Roger Chapman's victory
in the Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open was his first in nineteen years on
the European Tour. He defeated Padraig Harrington at the second extra hole of
sudden death and is now 254th in the latest Official World Golf Ranking.
