Many international players remain inactive and some have moved onto the “Cracking jokes on Twitter” stage of grief when it comes to their Official World Golf Ranking.
How will this affect those from Europe and others unable to tee it up for the foreseeable future? Like everything else in the new normal, time will tell.
When the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour make welcome returns next week after being on hold since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so too will the Official World Golf Ranking.
After tying for fourth in November at the European Tour’s year-end event in Dubai, McIlroy did not touch a club for six weeks. No playing, no practice, no nothing.
Mexico has its first Presidents Cup representative, with Abraham Ancer securing a spot on the 2019 Presidents Cup International Team following his best career PGA Tour finish – a runner-up at The Northern Trust – that vaulted him from No.10 to No.5 on the International Team standings.
As the 13th edition of the Playoffs begin in 2019, the changes set to play out over the next three weeks are more than subtle tweaks but rather a dramatic overhaul to the end-of-the-season event.