Golf: Simpson's runaway Players victory destined to be soon forgotten

[ASFN Admin]

You must be registered for see images attach

By Andrew Both PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Webb Simpson jumped from 41st to 20th in the world rankings with his victory at the Players Championship on Sunday, still far from superstar territory in a sport with room for only a handful of household names. Tiger Woods, at 42, will no doubt dominate the golf landscape until he retire while 20-somethings Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy have all occupied top spot at a young age. U.S. Masters champion Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson, world number one before Thomas deposed him on Sunday, were all but ignored by fans, media and the television cameras alike at TPC Sawgrass, so Simpson would seem to have little chance of being more than a 24-hour story.

Continue reading...