The Chevron World Challenge And Rankings Points

It's a fine event and all but you know I think it's absurd that a 16-player silly season event can receive world ranking points and impact the fields of major championship. Some of the top five clearly benefitted, including Graeme McDowell, who is one week away from a top 50 year end finish and invite to the Masters.

The top 5 at Sherwood Sunday: 1-Furyk, 2-McDowell, T-3-Westwood/Harrington, T-5-Johnson/Cink/O'Hair/Poulter

The field with their rankings before the event and after the Chevron:

Steve Stricker (3) (3)
Lee Westwood (4) (4)
Padraig Harrington (5) (5)
Paul Casey (6) (8)
Kenny Perry (9) (9)
Jim Furyk (11) (6)
Martin Kaymer (12) (13)
Ian Poulter (14) (12)
Stewart Cink (15) (15)
Sean O’Hair (16) (16)
Lucas Glover (19) (20)
Anthony Kim (21) (23)
Camilo Villegas (22) (22)
Zach Johnson (23) (21)
YE Yang (31) (31)
Mike Weir (35) (36)
Justin Leonard (39) (42)
Graeme McDowell (55) (38)