Yahoo! Sports · Feb 21, 2017
Identifying the best in golf not as easy as 10 years ago
Dustin Johnson tees off on the 16th hole during the first round of the Genesis Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Imagine the best players in golf competing at the absolute top of their games.
Who's the toughest to beat?
World ranking computations aside, who's the real No. 1?
That question was a lot easier 10 years ago.
The evidence was the record that Tiger Woods compiled, whether it was his 79 victories in 17 full years on the PGA Tour, the 10 tournaments he won by at least eight shots or the two times he spent more than five straight years at No. 1.