Westwood nabs very last WGC-Match Play spot thru OWGR
That approach that he hung on to the final spot in the 64-guy subject for next week’s WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, with the scores cutoff made following the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion. Lee Westwood has reason to grin even though he did not hit a shot at TPC Sawgrass. The former global No. 1 became not in the discipline for The Players Championship, but a week off only dropped Westwood from No. Sixty-two to No. 64 inside the latest Official World Golf Ranking installment.
Westwood, who hasn’t teed it up because of a T-33 finish at the WGC-Mexico Championship, might be making his 2d begin in a WGC event in August 2017. At the same time, the 64 certified gamers are set, together with No. 62 Russell Knox and No. Sixty-three Aaron Wise, the seeding for pods (Nos. 1-16, 17-32, 33-forty eight, and 49-sixty four) might be decided based on the scores after the Valspar Championship. On the occasion of a withdrawal, international No. Sixty-five Satoshi Kodaira was the first trader, accompanied by Luke List, Joost Luiten, and Adam Hadwin.
Rory McIlroy moved up two spots to No. Four after his victory at TPC Sawgrass, however, the most important ratings move turned reserved for the runner-up. Jim Furyk jumped one hundred ten spots to No. 57, qualifying him for the subsequent week’s event in Austin despite playing on conditional Tour popularity this season. Eddie Pepperell jumped seven spots to No. 36 after his T-3 end, even as the same result moved Jhonattan Vegas from 116th to 79th. Dustin Johnson stays global No. 1 for another week, followed by Justin Rose, Brooks Koepka, McIlroy, and Justin Thomas. Bryson DeChambeau dropped one spot to No. 6, with Francesco Molinari, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, and Jon Rahm rounding out the top 10. After trying for 30th at The Players, Tiger Woods fell spots to No. 13 inside the modern ratings.
