Can anyone please explain to me?

Bob, I don’t know the answer but if the rankings are anything like the ICC cricket rankings is dependant on previous year fixtures. So I’m guessing Rory played the event in Germany and France last year and got ranking points from these. As he didn’t take part this year those pints will drop off.

As I said only guessing this!
 
Could be wrong here but isnt it a week by week over 2years rolling thing ,, so as rory hasnt played his points would be dropping on average ... could be totaly wrong but i think thats it ..
 
I may be wrong but I thought he'd gone from about 6th or 7th down to 4th place after the US Open?
I can't remember him ever being number 3.
 
seems a bit bizzare, sometimes wonder if they know how it works !!! :D :D
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especialy as the points on offer depend on strenght of the field playing .. as europe are dominating the rankings at present maybe if a few of the guys played a bit more over here the points for the european tour events would go up , the yanks would or should i say might travel a bit more then .. more of Bubbas outbursts .. mayb not eh?
 
It's pretty simple really. Rory rose from 4th to 3rd after the US Open but hasn't played for the last 2 weeks, so he's dropped back to 4th.
 
Kaymer finished 4th in France, so presumably the points gained there put him back ahead of Rory. Some weeks players can change positions when neither play and this has to do with loosing points from older events.
 
Its all done to favour the Americans, they just allocate more ranking points to try and help their guys and keep their over inflated boring boom and pitch tour at the forefront.

Glad too see they're getting their ass whipped though by those pesky Europeans!

I am also going to agree with Brendy and say he will be higher again after next week. Loving the WR at the moment. Tiger and Phil who???????
 
Bob

I have taken this from the Official World Ranking website, its a lot of reading I know, but it does explain quite well how it all works.

just for info Rory played the Scottish open two years ago and finished T46 so he will lose his .02 from that competition. the following week he finished T47 in the Open and he will lose that .06 after the Open.

The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six leading professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours (PGA TOUR, European Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour) is issued every Monday, following the completion of the previous week’s tournaments from around the world.

The official events from the six leading professional tours together with the Canadian, OneAsia, South American (TLA), Korean, Nationwide and European Challenge Tours are all taken into account and “Ranking Points” are awarded according to the players’ finishing positions and are generally related to the strength of the field based on the number and ranking of the Top-200 World Ranked players and the Top-30 of the Home Tour players in the respective tournaments (event “Rating Values”). However, the four Major Championships are rated separately to reflect the higher quality of the events together with the Players Championship in the United States. In addition, the BMW PGA Championship in Europe, the Australian, Japan and South African Open Championships and the Flagship events on the Asian, Nationwide and European Challenge Tours are allocated higher minimum points levels to reflect their status.

The World Ranking Points for each player are accumulated over a two year “rolling” period with the points awarded for each event maintained for a 13-week period to place additional emphasis on recent performances – ranking points are then reduced in equal decrements for the remaining 91 weeks of the two year Ranking period. Each player is then ranked according to his average points per tournament, which is determined by dividing his total number of points by the tournaments he has played over that two-year period. There is a minimum divisor of 40 tournaments over the two year ranking period and a maximum divisor of a player’s last 56 events (54 from June 26 2011).

The winners of the Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship are awarded 100 points (60 points for 2nd place, 40 for 3rd, 30 for 4th down to 1.50 points for a player completing the final round), and the winner of the Players Championship is awarded 80 points (points are awarded down to 1.20 points for 60th place and ties). The BMW PGA Championship has a minimum 64 points for the winner (points to 56th place). Minimum points levels for the winners of official Tour events have been set at 6 points for the Canadian, OneAsia, South American and Korean Tours (points to 6th place), 12 points for the European Challenge Tour (points to 14th place), 14 points for the Asian, Sunshine and Nationwide Tours (points to 17th place), 16 points for Australasian and Japanese Tours (points to 19th place) and 24 points for European and the United States Tours (points to 27th place). In addition the Open Championships of Australia, Japan and South Africa have a minimum of 32 points for the winner (points to 37th place) and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours have a minimum of 20 points for the winner (points to 22nd place) and the European Challenge Tour has a minimum of 16 points for the winner (points to 19th place). In the cases of co-sanctioned Tour events, the minimum points levels are determined using the “average” of the minimum Tour ranking points from each Tour (rounded up to nearest whole number).

Points are reduced by 25% for tournaments curtailed to 36 holes because of inclement weather or other reasons.
 
Bob, just to confirm.....


I saw on Sky Sports News this week how Rory dropped to 4th due to Kaymer's finishing position in the comp over the weekend. (can't remember which comp it was now)
So as it's been said already, I can confirm this as accurate :)
 
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