@taniwharugby said in Golf:
@KiwiPie and the issue with Shuffler right now, is there will always be a bit of an asterisk next to him name given he is rarely playing Koepka, Rahm etc.
Sure he likely would still be winning what he is winning, but the WGR do have a bit of a gap with the LIV stuff.
I saw a stat recently saying Shuffler would need to stay #1 for the next 500 weeks or so to match Tigers reign, which is pretty astounding.
Tiger at number 1 - his long reigns, he reached number 1 eleven times.
264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004.
281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010.
60 weeks from March 2013 to May 2014.
683 weeks in total - over 13 years! Scheffler has done 84 weeks already, another decade at number 1 and he will be getting close! He's already at number 6 for weeks at number 1 (after Woods, Norman, Johnson, McIlroy, Faldo) and as you say, without the LIV golfers, it's an easier feat.
Bonus point if you can name the 3 different men who were next number 1 at the end of those 3 reigns. I'll post the answers today some time.