Devil Ball Golf World Top 5: Spieth's back in, baby!
Welcome into this week's Devil Ball Golf World Top 5, our ranking of the best players on the planet based on the most recent results instead of the two-year window covered by the Official World Golf Ranking.
With the top two in the DBGT5 off last week, there's little movement at the top of the ranking. However, we did have some moves in the back half.
5. Jordan Spieth (Last start: T-7 at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, OWGR: 9): Spieth gets back into the fifth spot on the heels of another sneaky good finish, this time a T-7 effort at Pebble Beach. His game travels anywhere, but no one seems to be noticing.
4. Jimmy Walker (Last start: T-21 at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, OWGR: 13): Jimmy Walker wasn't much of a factor in his title defense at Pebble Beach, but has been very strong in 2015. The Sony Open wins keeps him ahead of Spieth, for now.
3. Jason Day (Last start: T-4 at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, OWGR: 4): Jason Day won in San Diego, then almost pulled out of the Clambake with flu-like symptoms after an opening 72. So what's he do instead? Play a killer final three rounds and finish T-4. Special.
2. Bubba Watson (Last start: 2nd at Waste Management Phoenix Open, OWGR: 3): Watson is back as defending champion this week at the Northern Trust Open. Expect good things.
1. Rory McIlroy (Last start: WIN at Omega Dubai Desert Classic, OWGR: 1): McIlroy is off until the Honda Classic. Must be nice to be playing that much better than anyone else right now.
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