Behind his dramatic 1-shot victory at the Chevron World Challenge on Sun., Tiger Woods surged in the Official World Golf Rankings to No. Twenty-one after virtually a quarter spent outside of the top Fifty. Basketball lines

The silly-season event, with only 18 players in the field, commenced awarding world ranking points in 2009.

Woods dropped as low as 58th on Nov. Six, 2011 and has not been within the top Twenty since mid-July. He’s expected to continue to climb in 2012 since the 2 year rolling scale utilized by the rankings will be taking off his 2010 performances now, instead of victories earned earlier in 2009.

At 1 time during his drop early on in the year, Woods went down in the world rankings for 15 consecutive weeks.

Woods has not been No. 1 in the world since Lee Westwood took control of the spot on Halloween in 2010.

Turns out that Tiger Woods won the last copy of the Chevron World Challenge.

Chevron has decided to not replenish its title sponsoring of the contest that Woods hosts at Sherwood Private club to benefit his foundation. The company had been the title sponsor for 4 years. Basketball betting lines

Tournament director Greg McLaughlin asserts he feels confident that he will be able to find another title sponsor. The tournament has had three title sponsors since it commenced in 1999.

Meanwhile, McLaughlin announces Sherwood Country club has extended its contract to host the competition through 2015.

Woods has won the competition 5 times, although his victory Sun. was the 1st time he won when it was called the Chevron World Challenge.