Canberra United secured a 2-1 win in a physical and high-tempo encounte

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. Josh Donaldson Braves Jersey . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Mike Soroka Braves Jersey . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. https://www.cheapbraves.com/343o-phil-niekro-jersey-braves.html . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead. Josh Donaldson Jersey . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. Huascar Ynoa Jersey . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. It took 19 matches and an unlikely winner from a 15-year-old but Melbourne City have finally suffered defeat in the W-League.Teenage forward Karly Roestbakken scored with seven minutes remaining on Saturday as Canberra United secured a 2-1 win in a physical and high-tempo encounter in Melbourne.Going into the match City had won four from four, including a 2-1 win over Canberra in November, to have a share of top spot alongside Sydney FC.City went through last season undefeated on the way to the championship in a remarkable maiden season in the competition.On Saturday, Jenna McCormick put Canberra ahead with a header off the underside of the crossbar four minutes after halftime, but American striker Beverly Yanez equalised within a matter of moments with a sweet strike on her City debut.The match became an end-to-end contest but, with chances at both ends, it was Canberra who found a way through.Nickolettta Flannery delivered a perfect cross for fellow teenager Roestbakken to finish from close range past former Canberra goalkeeper Lydia Williams.ddddddddddddCanberra now sit in third spot, two points off the pace, while Sydney FC have the opportunity to skip clear at the top when they meet Perth Glory on Sunday evening.It was a real ding-dong battle with very high intensity, but tactical as well, and in the end it went our way, Canberra coach Rae Dower said.We had some wounded and ill players so that is probably the biggest thing in terms of belief, that we now know that we have that resilience, she said.We will have the belief that we can get the job done moving forward, but we also know that it will put a target on our back and so next week we will have to be better again. 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