SI World Golf Rankings: Zurich Winners, Talor Gooch on the Rise
It was a big week on the tours last week. Talor Gooch banked $4 million for winning LIV’s inaugural event in Australia, and there was a surprise winning team at the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic. While LIV Golf doesn’t boast the overall field strength of the PGA Tour, last week's event did surpass the field at the Zurich event, thanks to a greater number of top-100 players entered. Because the SIWGR treats all tours equally, Gooch made a big jump this week—up 41 spots to No. 38 on our list.
The Official World Golf Ranking does not give points for LIV Golf results, and it also ignored the two-man-team Zurich Classic. But the SIWGR did give points for the Zurich, and winners Nick Hardy (No. 73) and Davis Riley (40) made sizable moves on our list, along with other high finishers.
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3 Risers in the SI World Golf Rankings
1
Nick Hardy and Davis Riley
This week: 77 and 40
Last week: 150 and 68
Skinny: The surprise winners at the Zurich Classic, where the more-heralded defending champs Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay finished T4.
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Talor Gooch
This week: 38
Last week: 79
Skinny: Won the LIV Golf event in Australia after opening 62-62 in the first two rounds.
3
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Anirban Lahiri
This week: 69
Last week: 106
Skinny: Runner-up to Gooch in LIV Golf’s Australian event.
3 Fallers in the SI World Golf Rankings
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Sebastian Munoz
This week: 45
Last week: 38
Skinny: T21 at the LIV event not enough to sustain a top-40 ranking.
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Brendan Steele
This week: 76
Last week: 65
Skinny: T26 at last week’s LIV event, but those points didn’t offset the points he lost from a T4 at the Zurich last year, as that result fell off his calculations.