Elite golf is biased towards Americans (and so are our rankings)
Each non-American player that makes it to the PGA Tour and then struggles, is propping up the rankings of every American who integrates seamlessly into American tournaments. But every American that plays terrible in the token 2 or 3 non-American events they play each year is a blip in career with few world ranking consequences. Imagine the scene, a promising young male golfer has been at the top of the game in home country for…