Golf Australia

“… I’M NOT ALONE WHEN IT COMES TO ROLLING MY EYES WHENEVER THE WORLD RANKINGS ARE MENTIONED.”

Somehow or other, golf’s (male) world-ranking system has grown from relatively inauspicious commercial beginnings to a position of importance that far outweighs any logic behind their existence.

In particular, being one of the top-50 players on the planet has become a passport to, well, just about anything and everything for professional golfers. It’s madness.

I say, get rid of them.

Think about it. They make no sense. There are just too many variables. We are supposed to compare and

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