Could Phil Mickelson overtake Tiger as the No. 1 player in the world?
A. It’s a possibility, but Mickelson would probably need to win one of the two remaining majors, as well as the remaining World Golf Championships event, the Bridgestone Invitational, and another couple of tournaments to accumulate enough points by Dec. 31. That’s a tall order. Official World Golf Ranking points are based on a two-year span and gradually reduced. Woods currently has an average of 21.14 — roughly double that of Mickelson — and would finish the year with an average of 11.968. Projections indicate that if Woods remains idle, his ranking average wouldn’t approach Mickelson’s current 10.214 until just before next year’s Masters.
