Why The Outrage Over Tiger Possibly Retaking Top Ranking?

Even before his opening round 65 at the Chevron World Challenge, there was quite a bit of Twitter outrage at the possibility Tiger could win his event and retake the top spot in the official world golf ranking. And I don't understand it.

There have been plenty of posts about the silliness of an 18-player silly season event counting in the world ranking chase. Yet how it impacts the top spot is essentially meaningless compared to the impact on who gets in the following year's events. As has been well documented this week, Graeme McDowell benefited from Tiger's accident last year by getting in the Chevron and finishing second, which earned him valuable points and a spot in the U.S. Open. More power to McDowell for taking advantage of the situation.

It seems the outrage over Tiger reclaiming the top spot should instead be directed at a system that lets him go winless over a season and still be in position to reclaim the No. 1 ranking.