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Luke Donald this week demonstrated why he is always such an important Ryder Cup figure for Europe as he claimed his first WGC crown.
His victory in the WGC Match Play final over Martin Kaymer in Arizona was another indicator that it is all change in the golfing world with the power shifting across the Atlantic.
Donald graduated from being a perennial member of the supporting cast to having his name up in lights as he rocketed up to third in the world rankings with the closing out of a fantastic final with the new world number one.
It gives the 33-year-old a cheque for $1.4 million, a WGC title and his first win Stateside since the 2006 Honda Classic.
And, with Kaymer first, Lee Westwood now down to second and Graeme McDowell fourth, Europe holds the top four positions for the first time since 1992 when Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Jose Maria Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros topped the rankings.
Some American commentators have been left scratching their heads as to how a player like Donald, with only two wins in five years in the US, can climb to number three in the world. The answer is born out of consistency and riding the recent wave of European domination in the game.
European Tour players have now won four of the last five World Golf Championships events and the last three majors with Kaymer claiming the US PGA, Louis Oosthuizen the Open and Graeme McDowell the US Open.
Kaymer is the game's new top dog. It was only a matter of time before the world rankings reflected what has become abundantly clear since August - that the 26-year-old son of a footballer from Dusseldorf is the best golfer on the planet. A first major title was claimed when he won the play-off against Bubba Watson at Whistling Straits with an exemplary display of putting under pressure.
That PGA Championship victory heralded eight straight rounds in the 60s as Kaymer swept to follow-up victories at the Dutch Open and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. This hat-trick of titles, on top of a seventh-place finish at the Open, brought him the season long Race to Dubai title.
His 2011 campaign began with an eight-shot victory in Abu Dhabi. Remember when it was Tiger Woods who used to dominate in this way?
The 14-time major champion clearly remains some way from completing the 'process' of revamping his swing under the tutelage of Sean Foley. Woods desperately needed to win his first-round match in the Match Play against Thomas Bjorn, but having earned the opportunity by forcing a sudden death play-off was unable to capitalise. He was once the most deadly finisher in the game, not anymore.
Unless there is a rapid turn around Woods will continue to slide down the rankings - he's now down to number five, as points accrued in 2009, when he won seven times, diminish in value and drop away from his tally.
There is a frenzy of opinion over what is wrong. Most pundits are suggesting Woods should increase his number of tournament appearances to play his way out of trouble. Others say he should bin Foley and go back to Butch Harmon who gave him the swing that ruled the world. Woods isn't one for U-turns and, in any case, it is impossible to see the man who teaches Phil Mickelson taking back his former charge. The most likely scenario is Woods continuing with what appears an ever more lonely 'process'.
The fact is Woods and Mickelson now trail four Europeans at the top of the rankings. It was only one week of matchplay and many Americans have complained that too many ranking points were up for grabs for a tournament of this nature. There has been a discernible shift that remains ongoing.
It's been coming for a while.
