Irish Open Golf 2009
irish open golf 2009
The climber in golf
The stars of 2009 and the bottom of this year have highlighted the issue of the world in the final classification of this year.
The 10 last year remains 20 years in Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey of England and Steve Stricker Americans Jim Furyk and Kenny Perry and Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, Robert Karlsson, Camilo Villegas and out Ernie Els.
The biggest climbers are U.S. champion PGA YE Yang, who started the season and finished 478th at 31, and Italy's Edoardo Molinari, who has moved from 653rd to 48th.
The largest declines is 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman, who suffered a wrist injury and crashed to 20th-133rd, Australian Aaron Baddeley (36th to 139th) and Swede Carl Pettersson (62nd to 212th).
Tiger Woods stayed on top throughout the year, but nearly lost the world No. 1 in situ in March as a result of his eight-month layoff after knee surgery and the difference is forced to close it again now it has announced an indefinite break try to resolve his personal life.
As Woods approaches his 34th birthday on December 30 - not much to celebrate, one might think, either he or his wife Elin when she turns 30 the day New Year - it is interesting to note that most players in the world top 50 are now younger than he.
The main of them, of course, McIlroy, up from 39th to ninth, and 18-year-Ryo Ishikawa, who has moved from 60th to 30th.
But folks still had its moments. Kenny Perry, 50 next June, nearly won the Masters and, more surprisingly, Tom Watson captured about one-sixth Open title two months before reaching 60.
Geoff Ogilvy topped the list of Australians in the 14 for the PGA Championship winner Robert Allenby up to 21 place.
Adam Scott is ranked 34th, while young gun Michael Sim was raised to 45 the place.
From a European perspective was the biggest disappointment to be Garcia. He began to 2009 seconds in the rankings and had a chance to topple Woods, but never managed a top-three all year.
However, the captain of the Ryder Cup, Colin Montgomerie, down from 121st to 252nd, still has reason for optimism about the match at Celtic Manor in October with five team members can play in the top 10 and nine of 20.
Moreover, Europeans have already reserved 26 seats in the Masters in April.
That list includes a Welshman (Ian Woosnam), a Scot (Sandy Lyle), two of Northern Ireland (McIlroy and Graeme McDowell), an Irishman (Padraig Harrington) and eight English - Casey, Simon Dyson, Luke Donald, Ross Fisher, Ian Poulter, Oliver Wilson, Lee Westwood and Chris Wood, who like Dyson will be making his debut.
There are also three Italians, world champion brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari joined Matteo Manassero British amateur champion, who at age 16 will be the youngest player to appear in Augusta.
If Woods will be there remains to be seen. The problems facing - When will he be seen in public again to start? - Inevitably dominate the agenda of the game of golf into a new decade.
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