majors and World Golf

Tour of two special events, the special is:
Mercedes-Benz Championship is the first event of each season, the contestants only
last season's winner of the Tour events, this event is also available from the
original name - "Tournament of Champions" (1953-1993) - to see. Therefore, the
relatively small number of event participants, there was no out of some players
after 36 holes of practice.
The Players Championship is in addition to the four majors and World Golf
Championships, the single attracted the vast majority of the world's top players to
participate in the tournament, so more and more by the media as a "fifth Grand
Slam." Its specificity in the official world golf ranking system has also been
reflected. Similar with the four majors, the Players Championship winner will be
fixed to get 80 points for just less than four points the contest 20%. Other regular
annual events depends on the integral players in the overall ranking status. In
North America, some people want to upgrade the tournament for the fifth Grand Slam,
and FedEx Cup points system in competition with the existing four to obtain the same
status, but in the world and not widely support. And any of the world golf ranking
algorithm changes need to be global support for the views, so far the program has
not been implemented this change.