Woods ranking under severe threat

The week in which his marriage officially ended could also be the one in which Tiger Woods finally loses his position as the world’s number one golfer.

The gap between Woods and Phil Mickelson, the man who has been number two to him for 260 of the 614 weeks he has reigned at the top, is down to a mere one-hundredth of a ranking point as they enter the first of the FedEx Cup play-off series events in New Jersey.