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On Sunday evening Lee Westwood completed one of the most remarkable comebacks in golf history, without even picking up a club.
Despite being out injured with the calf problem that has hampered his season, his reward for consistency and sheer hard work over the past two years was to finally depose Tiger Woods from the summit after five and a half years at the top.
The hugely popular Englishman has battled back from the brink of the golfing wilderness after dropping out of the world's top 250 following a complete loss of form to become England's first world number one since Sir Nick Faldo in 1994. He becomes only the 13th player in history to be officially the best player in the world.
For 14-time major champion Woods it is a remarkable fall from grace, having at one time seemed unstoppable in his assault on Jack Nicklaus's record of 18 major wins. He has faltered badly after a knee injury and revelations about his personal life that saw him take an extended break from the game.
Indeed, many will suggest that Westwood has not won the top spot but Woods has lost it; that may be so, Woods has lost more ranking points in the past year than anyone else has won, but nobody could argue that Westwood has been anything other than the best player in the world for the past two years.
His career so far has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs; he spent 180 weeks in the top 10 between 1998 and 2001, winning the Order of Merit in 2000 and reaching world number four before his dramatic loss of form hit as he tried to make ill-advised swing changes.
His next victory was not until the BMW International Open in 2003, but when he won the Andalucia Open and British Masters in 2007 he moved back into the top 50 and by the end of the 2008 season he was back in the top 10.
Over the past couple of years his game has been at another level; he has become fitter and stronger, and with his hard work in the gym backing up his hard work with coach Pete Cowen on the range he has achieved remarkable consistency. Only one thing has eluded him so far, that first Major Championship.
Westwood is the fourth player to go to world number one before winning a major. He is desperately keen to follow in the spikemarks of Ian Woosnam, Fred Couples and David Duval - who each landed one of the big four titles after reaching the summit of the rankings.
Perhaps his biggest danger is to over-emphasise the majors, putting too much pressure on himself might prove counter-productive. He has been close, so close; it just wasn't to be for him so far. On the other hand, his mindset might be different, looking down from the top knowing he is the best might help to instil great belief that he can win.
Reaching the world number one spot was one of his ambitions, but now as Westwood, in partnership with fitness coach Steve McGregor, seeks a permanent cure for the calf injury that severely curtailed his golf in 2010, everything is being aimed at being in prime form for the Masters to give him his best chance of going one better than last year's runner-up finish.
There was another player who had hopes of claiming the number one spot this week - Germany's Martin Kaymer. A top two finish in the Andalusian Open at Valderrama would have seen the US PGA Champion complete a rapid rise to the top after three previous victories in a row, but it wasn't to be.
US Open Champion Graeme McDowell's victory in the south of Spain sees him close the gap on Kaymer in the Race to Dubai, the European Tour's money list. The Northern Irishman also moves up to tenth in the world rankings, becoming the sixth European in the top 10 alongside four Americans.
Westwood intends to play at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai, setting up a mouth-watering showdown with Woods as well as Kaymer and Phil Mickelson.
Once he is again fully-fit, everything will be in place for a tilt at the majors. Westwood has the perfect supporting cast in his family, management and caddie Billy Foster. A major title is the only thing missing and the world number one is on a mission to make sure that doesn't remain the case for much longer.
