The big news out of the world ranking department was Sergio Garcia's jump to a career-high third as a result of his win in Europe this past weekend. But as Mike Aitken of The Scotsman points out, this week's ranking is siginificant for an entirely different reason--there are no Scottish golfers left in the top-100...
While a good deal has changed in the golfing world over the subsequent 22-and-a-half years, until now the home of golf always felt reasonably confident of representation among the sport's elite. At least that was the case until yesterday. The latest international survey of the game's leading lights was notable mainly for a conspicuous absence of tartan – the lack of any Scottish professional from the top 100 for the first time since the rankings began.
Alastair Forsyth's slip from 98th to 102nd, in tandem with Colin Montgomerie's continuing slide to 114th place, has left Scotland without representation at the highest level.
