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After Further Review: Are Hero world ranking points fair?

Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here's what's weighing on our writers' minds.

On the world ranking points awarded at the 18-player "unofficial" Hero World Challenge ...

“The winner of the Hero World Challenge receives 48 world ranking points this week, the same as this year's Houston Open, CIMB Classic, Dubai Desert Classic and Scottish Open.” That’s from Golf Channel numbers guru Justin Ray. Can anyone out there explain how that’s fair?

Yes, this is a question that has come up every year since the event began awarding world ranking points in 2009, but it remains relevant because we’re still waiting to hear how that’s fair.