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NASSAU, Bahamas --?Tiger Woods has steadily fallen in the Official World Golf Ranking since last playing a tournament in August of 2015, but he is set to pass about 150 players this week at the Hero World Challenge -- even if he doesnt beat anyone.Such are the oddities of the ranking system that Woods, ranked 898th in the world, will move to roughly 750th even if he finishes last in the 18-player field at Albany Golf Club.The tournament that began in 1999 and benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation is considered unofficial by the PGA Tour. That means a victory does not count on a players record, nor is prize money added to an official total. There are also no FedEx Cup points distributed.But in 2009, the tournament sought and received standing with the Official World Golf Ranking, which is administered by the European Tour and was founded by all the major organizations of the game.In order to comply, however, the tournament had to agree to go from 16 players to 18 players and could not invite anyone not ranked in the top 50 in the world.The event invites its defending champion, the four major winners and then goes in order of the World Ranking list to fill the field, with two sponsor exemptions. Woods ranking created an issue in 2011 when for a time he slipped out of the top 50 but managed to stay within before the tournament deadline.But last year it became clear as he played less and dealt with injuries that his ranking would fall outside of the top 50. It would be a bit odd if Woods were unable to play in his own tournament, so basically Woods sought and received an exemption.Given the fact that the Tiger Woods Foundation owns and runs the event, that Tiger hosts the event, that hes been critical to the success of the Tiger Woods Foundation and hes won the tournament five times, we felt the request was reasonable, said Ty Votaw, executive vice president of the PGA Tour, at the time. After consulting with the Official World Golf Ranking people, we approved it.Woods agent, Mark Steinberg, said it would be detrimental to the tournament to not allow world ranking points and for all the things Tiger means to the tour and what he means to his own foundation, I would think this was an easy request to accommodate. I dont think there is one player on the entire tour who would remotely have an issue with it.Woods, who has been ranked No. 1 in the world longer than any other player, was 257th after his last start at the Wyndham Championship in 2015.If he completes four rounds, he will likely get to about 750th, according to Ian Barker, a European Tour official who helps manage the world ranking. A 10th-place finish would mean around 550th, a fifth around 450th and a win 150th.Last-place points are actually capped for a limited-field event such as the Hero, Barker said. The winner is projected to get 48 points based on a strong field that has no other player ranked worse than 38th.For comparison, the 30-player Tour Championship awarded 58 points to winner Rory McIlroy. Defending champion Bubba Watson got 49 points here last year and 60 when he won the Northern Trust Open in February. Winners of major championships get 100 points.An improvement in average of 0.06 [ranking points] would have minimal impact in the higher reaches of the ranking, so the fact that Tiger would climb from 898 to around 750 is simply a measure of how low in the ranking he currently sits, Barker said.Adidas NMD R1 Wholesale . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Adidas NMD R1 Cheap . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. http://www.cheapnmdonline.com/authentic-adidas-nmd-r1-japan-black-unisex.html . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. Adidas NMD XR1 For Sale . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. Adidas NMD Human Race Cheap . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium.SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Jason Day and Jordan Spieth are at Baltusrol. So are 20 club pros, who for one week of the year get treated on equal ground as the best golfers in the world.They drive the same model Mercedes-Benz as courtesy cars. Lockers are in alphabetical order, and it doesnt matter if they give lessons or make millions in PGA Tour earnings. Club pros will have the same tee times as tour players when the PGA Championship starts Thursday.When I go back next week to work Ill be a club pro again, but this week Im out here playing these guys and thats how you have to look at it, Ryan Helminen, a club pro at Ridgeway Country Club in Neenah, Wisconsin said. Im another player in the field.Helminen is competing in his third straight PGA Championship, qualifying with the other 19 club pros through the PGA Professional Championship in June. The club pros will join the 136 tour players for the final major of the season, which has the strongest field of the year.Only when the championship begins are the club pros at a disadvantage at Baltusrol.They spend most of the year teaching golf, not spending hours working on their own games or competing against the best from January to December. And it shows. No club pro has ever won the PGA Championship, and the best finish was third place in 1971 by Tommy Bolt, who once played the tour and won the 1958 U.S. Open.The last top 10 by a club pro was another former player -- Sam Snead -- in 1973. Not since 1994 has a club pro finished in the top 30.Making the cut is no easy task. Only one club pro has managed that in the last two years. That was Brian Gaffney, who finished 71st out of the 77 players who made the cut last year at Whistling Straits. He earned $17,900 for the week and provided inspiration for the others.The club pros are very good players and I think youd be very surprised how well club pros have done, and theyve had good showings in the past, and so hopefully we can build on that. And hopefully as time goes on more club pros can make the cut and be competitive, Helminen said.One golfer who has made the transition from club pro to tour regular is five-year PGA Tour player Jim Herman.Herman, 38, was a club pro for about four years before he earned a spot on the Web.com Tour in 2008, and was financially backed by Donald Trump. Herman was an assistant pro at TTrump National in New Jersey, moved up to the big tour in 2011 and won his first PGA Tour event this year at the Houston Open.ddddddddddddEvery year it was a struggle, Herman said. You can make it here, but are you good enough to stay? Are you good enough to win? But I put in my time and worked really hard and Ive been able to ring out a pretty good career so far.Herman acknowledged that there was a little bit of a divide between the club pros and the tour players in terms of talent, but everyone on the tour feels indebted to the club pros who helped them grow their own games.Obviously were looked at differently than the PGA member here, the host clubs, and at every club around the country, and they have a different role and a different job. We are the players, but they are the teachers and they are the ones who are growing the game, Herman said.Rob Labritz, PGA director of golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, New York is a club pro and recognizes the distinct line between his level and a tour player. But Labritz said he understands his place and is just happy to be out on the course playing his game.Would I like to do this day in and day out and be treated like a rockstar like Mick Jagger? Oh yeah, Labritz said.And while Labritz is getting the top-level treatment at Baltusrol, he said the fans who line the fairways arent there to see him. They might not even know who he without seeing his name on his bag or on the back of his caddies bib.They are here to see Jason Day, Labritz said.Labritz played on the Canadian Tour full time from 2003 to 2005 before the passing of his father and going through a divorce made him rethink his career path.Sure I would love to practice 8 to 10 hours a day, but I cant because that doesnt pay the bills for me, Labritz said. Running the club does. I dont know if I could ever be a full-time player because I truly enjoy teaching my clients and being at the club.The 45-year-old is now a husband as well as a father to two. Labritz was the only club pro to make the cut at the PGA Championship in 2010.You got to keep telling yourself its just another shot and its OK what happens, Labritz said. If I miss one or two its OK, because Im a club pro. 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