NASSAU, Bahamas – At some point, Justin Rose stopped breaking out the champagne.
On Sept. 9, Rose jumped from fourth to first in the Official World Golf Ranking. He again moved into the top spot on Nov. 4, following his victory at the Turkish Airlines Open on the European Tour, before being bounced to second the next week. On Nov. 18, he moved back into the top spot, before being unseated on Monday by Brooks Koepka.
There are a number of reasons for Rose’s wild world rankings ride, but essentially it’s come down to divisors.
“It was nice in Turkey to win a tournament to get to No.