British Open: Can Tiger Woods regain top spot?

Can Tiger Woods regain top spot at British Open? [photo: Pubpepper]

What are the chances of Tiger Woods regaining the top spot he once enjoyed? Can Tiger Woods again be the world’s top golfer with a victory at this week’s British Open, specially after nearly three years of dishonour – a stunning collapse of status, popularity and earning power; a turn as a tabloid luminary; a stint in rehabilitation; a glassy-eyed public apology; leg operations; a divorce; a swing change; and the firing of his coach and his caddie?

Well Montreal Gazette's Bill Pennington thinks so.

Pennington is of the view that despite falling out of the top 50 in the world rankings late last year, Woods has won three PGA Tour events in 2012 and swiftly put himself in sight of the top spot, a position he held for 281 successive weeks from 2005 to 2010. To become the world’s new No. 1, Woods would have to win this week – ending a victory drought in major championships that dates to June 2008 – and the current No. 1, Luke Donald, would have to finish lower than a tie for third.

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