Over the final three weeks of 2015, we will be breaking down players that rose and fell over the past 12 months in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
The full series will reside here.
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Michael Thompson
Ranking/movement: +15 (No. 184 to No. 169)
Michael Thompson concedes that he had to allow his game to take two steps back in hopes it would take one giant leap forward. The winner of the 2013 Honda Classic slumped in 2014-15, finishing No. 146 on the money list after making swing changes with new instructor Todd Anderson.