Ryder Cup Wildcard Contender Up +8 as the former NO.1 and LIV Defector Sink Lower
A lot of headlines over the past week are Tommy Fleetwood finally stands out on the PGA Tour.
Now, he is knocking on the world’s top five doors, but there are other big moves as players hope to improve their rankings with a huge week or quietly.
On the other hand, we also highlight some players moving in the wrong direction.
Winner
Tommy Fleetwood 10> 6
Tommy Fleetwood is likely to win the Travelers title at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in June, and he once again led with two shots, three games.
But Keegan Bradley and Justin Rose will prevail in their two games, while Fleetwood will set out to take the stage and ignore the whispers he can’t close the big game.
He probably won seven championships on the DP World Tour, but on the PGA Tour, he had a giant monkey on his back and never ending questions about his ability to complete the game.
Then, at the start of his 164th time, at least from a financial standpoint, he did it. He won the game almost easily with a $10 million hit rate, winning three shots in the Tour Championship.
Now, he is the sixth place in the world, and in his career seven days ago, he rose four positions in his career. It’s his highest ranking, and he’s now sitting between Justin Thomas and JJ Spaun.
Alex Noren 59> 31
The Swedes are ranked 8th in the world, but this is a very important week in their career at 43. Noren won the Bell Award in 18th place at the Bell Tower, his 11th victory on the DP World Tour and his first success in seven years.
This year he has been a Swedish until the British master. He will be eligible for the season opening sentinel, but he will suffer a 90% tendon tear that attaches to the ischium in the lower pelvis.
“I’m a little bit [of tendon] Left, I’m very lucky. If that’s a whole tear, you’re going to have surgery, then a year or something. ”
In his second start, he will be in the final group of the PGA Championship, eventually leading 17 places, and now he is the winner again, for the second time in the Masters.
Noren entered the 3m open in July and looked like the world’s top 100 players – now he’s firmly established in the top 50.
Marco Penge 73> 65
As we enter the new season, the British is in the top 400 in the world. Now he ranks close in the top 50 matches, with him third in Dubai rankings behind Scotty Sffler and Rory McIlroy.
The big blow Penge lighted up Sutton Coldfield on Saturday 63, before the swinging top nine slid him to 72, with the tie sixth. However, the top 10 continued to compete in the Denmark title, who played in the field at Crans and had a final chance to impress Luke Donald with the most unlikely Ryder Cup debut.
Kazuma Kobori 234> 159
If there is evidence of what a large finish can do, the New Zealander shows what can be done on the clock tower. Kobori was in trouble today, scratching the top 10 spots and then hitting the last six holes below six.
The 23-year-old will be under 15 strokes and Noren will push the bogey at the last minute and will find himself in the championship playoffs. His 65 ended also put him in the Dubai rankings with 35 seats and determined the certainty of Dubai’s end-of-season wealth.
loser
Dustin Johnson 585> 588
It shouldn’t be said that it’s obvious that LIV golfers are not awarded the world ranking point, reminding themselves more of how far players can slide in a relatively short space of time.
The former world ranking first, jumped the ship to the top ten in LIV in mid-2022. He has struggled in the Grand Slam since then – he had to rely on invitations for this year’s PGA invitation – with little to no step forward.
For record, he ranks 14th on this year’s LIV currency list.
Henrik Stenson 1008> 1017
Professionally speaking, the Swedes played only in the Open for the past three seasons, and now he is more than 1,000 players in the world.
Who knew Stenson’s life might be like he stayed and kept the Ryder Cup captain – all planned in Rome, and he might be the topic of the town before Bethpage’s game.
Now, after his 2026 season’s drop zone and game location, his game career is in the air. The Majesticks’ co-captain now needs to win an international series or promotion on the Asian Tour, one of which can be grabbed.
Who knows how the regulation will have an opportunity in the senior tour next season, but Stenson will turn 50 in April.
He is likely to also hope for a significant change in regulations and try to lie.
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