Here are GolfChannel.com’s Power Rankings, a weekly barometer of the hottest players in the game:
| Rank | Player | Comment | | 1 |
Phil Mickelson
| Lefty came up short for his second consecutive jacket ceremony at Quail Hollow but it wasn’t for lack of effort. Besides, if he can play like that on those “worst-designed greens” imagine what he can do at TPC Sawgrass. | | | 2 |
Jim Furyk
| Solid the final three days at Quail Hollow after shaky start and the Players is a home game for the resurgent star. Two victories and a T-7 in last five starts is pretty strong. | | | 3 |
Anthony Kim
| His play at Quail Hollow proved why AK may be the most explosive – and after Mickelson, the most implosive – player in the game. A victory, second, third and seventh-place finishes in the last two months. | | | 4 |
Ernie Els | Rested after a frenzied spring, Els is still a two-time winner on Tour this year and impossible to ignore at Sawgrass. Still, he’ll need a good finish this week at the Players to remain among the top on this list. | | | 5 |
Rory McIlroy
| We will reminisce about McIlroy’s four-stroke breakthrough at Quail Hollow for some time, but the Northern Irishman jumps in the middle of this pack because his best stroke-play finish on Tour was 40th. | | | 6 |
Lee Westwood
| Englishman never had his best stuff in Charlotte and failed to break 70 in four rounds. But the Players is shaping up to be a European-dominated affair and Westwood is a top Euro. | | | 7 |
Ian Poulter | That WGC-Match Play victory seems like ancient history, but the colorful Brit is at his best in the biggest events. And, afterall, the Players is the fifth. . . . well, you know. Poulter played well there last year. | | | 8 |
Ryo Ishikawa
| Lost in all the Ryo hype is the fact he’s been a non-story in his efforts on Tour, but at 58 on any course, particularly with the title on the line, qualifies as scorching in any language. | | | 9 |
Steve Stricker
| Stricker’s tumble in the Power Ranking is more a testament to a lingering injury than it is his status as an elite player. But the fact is he’ll miss the Players and that’s a concern. | | | 10 |
Alvaro Quiros
| The long-bombing Spanish sensation has played better than people think. Sure, the victory at the Spanish Open is impressive, but he’s finished in the top-six four times this year. |
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