This sounds like self flagellation. This game, like other EA golf games before, are also ranked by mode. I couldn't care less if Brian McCoy doesn't or rarely play Sim and Tour mode, he's still one if not the top Arcade and Pro player in the game. Like it doesn't matter if a top Sim and Tour player rarely want to play Arcade and Pro, he's still a top player for Sim and Tour. In the overall ranking, not playing modes we don't like or tournaments who are too windy will punish us in the ranking.
Kind of weird, I'm ranked 173 and 64 spots higher on Sim than Tour for season 1. Have to believe many Tour players don't want to play any or very few Sim.