Jordan Spieth can still finish No. 1 in the world despite Deutsche Bank missed cut
Even though Jordan Spieth missed his second consecutive cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday, the two-time 2015 major winner could well have his No. 1 ranking back on Tuesday.
According to the folks behind the Official World Golf Ranking, Spieth will regain the top spot in the world — which he lost to the idle Rory McIlroy last week — if two things happen:
1. Jason Day doesn’t win the Deutsche Bank Championship, and
2. Rory McIlroy finishes worse than solo 10th place.
Right now, it’s looking like both of those things have a good possibility of happening. Day is six back of 36-hole leader and 2010 Deutsche Bank winner Charley Hoffman, while McIlroy is tied for 59th place after shooting 3-over 74 in Round 2.
Ultimately, the No. 1 ranking doesn’t mean a whole lot until a player can hang onto it for a month or two without facing a near weekly threat of losing it. That’s going to take a while to sort out, so expect the possibility of some volatility at No. 1 throughout the remainder of the FedEx Cup playoffs and perhaps into the end of calendar 2015.
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