Though it is the second time in the space of a few months that Lee Westwood has climbed to the top of the world rankings, Americans think he doesn't really deserve the honour. What is the reason behind?

Last time Westood topped the heap, our American cousins didn't like the fact he had ended Tiger Woods' long reign at the top without him having won a major. Now they're grumbling because he regained the No 1 spot by beating a field of "nobodies" to win the Indonesian Masters.

Heck, one American writer was more interested in poking fun at the names of some of the players in that Asian Tour event in Jakarta than giving credit to Westwood for beating them in their own backyard, holding off a last-day charge from Thongchai Jaidee.

According to another US-based observer, the Englishman needs to "win something that matters" and "beat somebody who matters" to "give us a reason to believe you really deserve that No 1 world ranking". In other words, take his TaylorMade Tour Preferred Forged CB Irons and win something on the PGA Tour.

That, of course, won't be in The Players' Championship, its flagship event, in a fortnight's time. Westwood isn't playing at Sawgrass and that is part of the reason he'll not get the plaudits he deserves for becoming the first player to regain the top spot since Woods got it back from Vijay Singh by winning the 2005 Masters.

Sure, the field Westwood beat to win in Jakarta was one of the weakest assembled anywhere in the world this year and, if truth be told, he was only there himself because he was being paid a handsome appearance fee. But, on the day of his 38th birthday, Westwood became the first player in six years to have arrived at an event knowing he had to win to become No 1 and actually pull it off with TaylorMade R9 Irons.

No-one has failed more miserably in that position than Phil Mickelson yet many Americans seem more interested in picking holes in Westwood's feats than asking why 'Lefty' has under-achieved to the extent he has in recent years.

What makes the apparent reluctance to accept Westwood as the best player on the planet at this moment in time all the more frustrating is that the American viewpoint would have been different if another Englishman had secured the No 1 ranking on Sunday.

Needing to win The Heritage, Luke Donald certainly gave it his best shot, almost holing from a bunker at the 72nd hole before losing in a play-off to Brandt Snedeker. In six starts this season, Donald has secured five top 10s, including a win in the WGC-Accenture Match Play and a share of fourth in The Masters.

Without question, he has the best short game and Callaway X-24 Hot Irons in the business right now and holes those six to ten-footers with the same regularity as Woods once did.

For a englishman,it sems hard to win the recognition of American people as a No.1 in the golf word. What do you think about his success?

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