OWGR Top 5 End of 2013

OK, so 2012 isnt quite over but its fairly likely that the top 5 will be as it currently stands -
Coco
Lukey
Tigger
Westy
Cheat Stick Scott
So, who do we think might occupy those positions ocme the end of 2013 ? Ill go for -
Coco
Tigger
Oosty
Rose
Duffner

Ha good thread and quite a good shout too

Rory
Tiger
Luke
Louis
DJ

To be honest a whole host of potential names for 5th but I thought I'd go for a wee bit of a gamble.

Spade Faced McIlroy
Luke Donald.
Oosthuizen
Westwood
Poulter

Mcilory
Woods
Simpson
Donald
Mickelson

Can't see any of the current top 3 dropping out of the top 5 so i guess the other 2 spots would go to a player you think is capable of bagging a Major next season.

McIlroy
Woods
Donald
Scott
DJ

McIlroy
Woods




Oosty
Donald
Rose

Woods

(gap of at least 5 points)


Mcilroy
Hanson
Noh
Sabbatini

incontinentia wrote:Woods

(gap of at least 5 points)


Mcilroy
Hanson
Noh
Sabbatini

No shane Lowry?

I'm having this weird sense of déjà vu in relation to a 2012 golfing prediction thread and hope this doesn't end up in the same way...

Can't say I have any real confidence in what the OWGR top 5 will look like next year, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Snedeker and/or Bradley have stonking years and break in. Having said that, I don't consider the probability to be that much lower for an all-British line up (e.g. McIlroy, Donald, Rose, Poulter, Westwood).

I think it's a good thing though that there isn't an obvious consensus answer.

McIlroy
Woods
Donald
Simpson
Scott

No, Shane will be top 20 but top 5 will take another year or two.

Noh? He would need an outrageous year next year to get there as he doesn't have many pts from 20212

And such a year we should expect my good man, Woods to win at least 2 Majors next year.

incontinentia wrote:And such a year we should expect my good man, Woods to win at least 2 Majors next year.

It's rare for me to laugh so early in the morning. NO majors since 2008 and all of a sudden he's going to win 2?

Stenson
Lowry
M. Campbell
Harrington
Darren Clarke

maybe top 5 of page 4 pedro

1 Rory McIlroy
2 Adam Scott
3 Tiger Woods
4 Jason Dufner
5 Luke Donald

incontinentia wrote:Woods

(gap of at least 5 points)


Mcilroy
Hanson
Noh
Sabbatini

You must be on planet Tigger.

He has shown no form whatsoever, and doesn't look if he can compete at the top level anymore.

Rory currenlty on 12.59pts, and Tiger on 9.00....

The way the rankings work, is it even mathematically possible to have a swing of 8.59 points between Rory and Tiger in one season?

Im not sure number one is that important to Woods anymore. His schedule will be all about the majors and if he happened to get number one then all well and good. But I suspect he now knows in Coco there is a genuine new guy in town who can dominate and stay number one for a long time, no disrespect to Donald or Westy or Kaymer but I doubt he thought that with any of those guys.

Bob_the_Job wrote:Rory currenlty on 12.59pts, and Tiger on 9.00....

The way the rankings work, is it even mathematically possible to have a swing of 8.59 points between Rory and Tiger in one season?

I don't profess to understand the world rankings at all but where does the 8.59 swing come from?

Well, some pipe dreaming bell end predicted Nine Chins would be ahead of McIlroy by 5 points, given that he's 3.59 behind he'll need to add another 5 onto that, hence 8.59

Tiger has had a really good season just nowhere near as good as he's had in the past or as good as what Rory is doing. I'd still say Woods will be top 5 by end of next year though. Would love to see Oosthuizen and Schwartzel, with the 2 best looking swings in golf, give Rory and co. a run for their money but they are just so flaky - I can't understand it.

My top 5:
McIlroy
Rose
Woods
Donald
Manassero

Very eurocentric but there you go.

its very difficult to get to the top 5 without having 2 good years so predictions like Mannasero and Noh and Sabatinni are very unlikely

Donald
McIlroy
Woods
Oosthuizen
Rose

Well based on the points earned this year you have
1. McIlroy
..
2. Woods
3. Donald
4. Oosthuizen
5. Rose

So something similar to kwini, although I would go for

1. McIlroy
2. Donald
3. Oosthuizen
4. Woods
5. Rose

I don't really see too many players being able to put a big run of consistent performances together as nobody else has really shown they are able, maybe Simpson or Scott but equally there's not much difference from 5 to ~15 so anyone who wins a major could break in.

1 McIlroy - 2 Rose - 3 Woods - 4 Donald - 5 Oosthuizen

I think the top 5 players one year from now will look like pretty much what it looks like right now.

Rory-Luke-Tiger-Adam-Oosty (rather than Rose)

Pretty nice Worldwide representation.

Filling out the top 10 (not necessarily in order): Dufner, Rose, Bradley, Garcia, Van Pelt

I think Westwood is going to continue his drop in the OWGR, and Kaymer will be ahead of Westwood in the OWGR at the end of next year.

It's seems hard to look beyond McIlroy, Woods and Donald at the top but there's a decent pack not far behind who could work their way up to 2nd or 3rd. There's also a decent pack down to about 25th who could move into the 4th and 5th slots.

Can't really see anyone touching McIlroy given his game, form and confidence. Beyond that, it's so tough to call. Westwood hasn't actually had a bad points scoring season (260) which is right around Dufner, Snedecker and Bubba. But as per my post in another thread, there's a 300+ points gang and from those I'd put it in this order -

2nd Woods
3rd Rose
4th Oosty
5th Donald

...but swap any of those around and 4th and 5th are open to attack from below with Dufner and Snedecker a couple of favourites with Scott and Westwood needing a bit of putting confidence and they'd be right there too. I think it's going to be a great season but it'll be a fight for 2nd.