season. Scott won the Masters and became a force in the majors.''This guy has had as much of a `No. 1' period as anyone,'' Geoff Ogilvy said as he walked onto the short-game area to see Scott stick 24 tees into the ground around the cup for a putting drill. ''He contends every time he tees it up. He only plays the big tournaments. After two rounds, it feels like he has a chance in every tournament.''That sounds a little like Woods, minus the outrageous number of victories.Even so, Ogilvy remembers the time when someone else got to No. 1 - whether it was Singh in 2004 or Lee Westwood in 2010 - and the murmurs were that Woods was busy changing his swing. Now?''He seems to be playing better every week than Tiger,'' Ogilvy said about Scott. ''Tiger won five times last year, but you go to the majors, Scotty seems to be in contention with a chance to win more often than Tiger. If Tiger is your benchmark, he (Scott) has been a better player. Right now, whoever gets to No. 1 probably is. If Henrik wins a major and gets to No. 1, there can't be an argument.''Woods still has the nod over two years, the duration of how the ranking measures performances.In the 26 tournaments that Woods and Scott have played, Woods has won five times (Scott has won twice) and has a 12-11-3 edge in how they finished. However, Scott has a 5-1-1 advantage in the seven majors they have played,Air Max 2012 Womens UK, winning one of them.Stenson and Woods have played in 22 tournaments, with Woods having an 11-10-1 advantage (along with four wins to two for Stenson).Here's the very least the four contenders have to do for a chance at No. 1:- Scott has to finish in the top 16.- Stenson has to finish in the top six.- Watson has to finish second alone.- Kuchar has to win.''It would be the same as the green jacket,'' Watson said, describing it as the ''pinnacle of the game.''Scott has the most experience answering the questions,Nike Air Max 2014 Mens White Black, since it has been a mathematical possibility for more than two months. He couldn't hold a seven-shot lead at Bay Hill going into the weekend with a shot at No. 1. By now, as it was then, he cares more about winning.''Look, I'm here to win golf tournaments,Air Max 2014 Green Black,'' Scott said. ''That's been the goal and from that you can get to No. 1 in the world if you win often enough.''That's the way Woods always approached it, and it worked for him.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - At this rate, Tiger Woods will be No. 1 for at least another week.Advertisement Four players have a chance to replace Woods atop the world ranking - Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar - at The Players Championship. Watson, in his first tournament since winning the Masters, was the only one to break 70 on a day built for low scoring.''This is a golf course that doesn't like me very much, and so for me to shoot under par, shoot in the 60s, is a great start,'' Watson said after his 3-under 69. Watson would have to finish alone in second to even have a chance.Scott could have moved ahead of Woods by not playing, though he never would have missed the flagship event of the PGA Tour. He needs at least 16th place, but the Australian now can only hope to make it to the weekend. He shot 77, his worst start at the TPC Sawgrass since his first year in 2002.Any chance of even a mediocre round ended in the final round. Scott hit the par-5 16th green in two, only to three-putt for a par. Then, he dumped his tee shot into the water on the island-green 17th and made double bogey. He followed that with a tee shot into the water on the 18th for another double bogey.Stenson hit into the water on the 17th and salvaged a bogey. Kuchar took double bogey on the 18th. They both shot 71.Kuchar has to win for a shot at No. 1. Stenson would have to finish around sixth.---TURNAROUND: Geoff Ogilvy last week said his game had reached a point where he started thinking about making the cut if he started poorly on Thursday. There was something different about the opening round of The Players Championship.Through five holes, he already was 4-over par on a day for low scoring.''I really didn't feel like I was playi