Rory regains top spot as Donald’s reign halted at Heritage

Rory McIlroy’s return yesterday to the top of the world rankings even though he only tied for 40th in the Masters and didn’t play at all last week has many people mystified as to how this could possibly happen.

The rankings are based on a player’s average achievements over a two-year period and endorsed by the four major championships and the six leading professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours and these are their guidelines as to how the system operates.

“The 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.

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