corin_brown
Eagle Member
I'm not sure I'd call him the best player in the world. World Champion for sure, but best player in the world...
I would say #1 ranked player, POY & World Champ. "Best" is far too subjective and nearly impossible to define over such a short period of time. Was he playing the best golf through Worlds? Yes. Has he continued to dominate since? Definitely not.
Ok. I take it back. He's not the best player in the world. Can we say that he's at least the second best player in the world, tho?
I should have muted my assertion that the 2016 World Champ and 2016 NT points champion is the current best player in the world. Didn't mean for that to distract from my main point. Instead, I should have emphasized my point that it would be foolish for Rick to now abandon the style and technique that he has used so effectively to surge from relative anonymity to the absolute top of the pro game in just two seasons.
I wanted that to be the main thrust of my post. My bad.