Forward Press: Off-Shore World Ranking Points

If you were thinking the long 2015 or looming 2016 scheduling mess would hurt the Hero World Challenge's ability to lure a top field, think again.

But like the perks of parking your money in off-shore, tax-free accounts, there is still something a little shady with an 18-player field counting in the world ranking. The stellar turnout tells you all you need to know about the value of such points, particularly with Olympic berths on the line.

That, and what I could muster in the way of a preview for the third course in three years to host Tiger's event, can be found in this week's edition of the Forward Press.

Incidentally, host Tiger Woods is slated to give a press conference Tuesday at 1 pm ET.