there will always be controversy with any rankings formula. just look at the bcs. luckily, there are a few undisputed ways to rank golfers such as the money list, vardon scoring average, tour wins, etc. in any case, it's always hard to label one golfer as #1 because golf is such a fickle game and at the pga tour level, there's a good possibility of the 58th ranked golfer beating the 1st ranked golfer on any one round.