Official World Golf Ranking

The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers (although there is no rule prohibiting women from being ranked). It was introduced in 1986 and is endorsed by the four major championships and six major professional tours, five of which are charter members of the International Federation of PGA Tours:

• PGA Tour
• European Tour
• Asian Tour (not a charter member of the Federation)
• PGA Tour of Australasia
• Japan Golf Tour
• Sunshine Tour

Points are also awarded for high finishes on other tours:

• Web.com Tour, the official developmental tour for the PGA Tour
• Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour for the European Tour
• PGA Tour Canada, which became a full member of the Federation in 2009 under its former name of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour
• OneAsia Tour, not a member of the Federation, but a joint venture between two charter members and two other tours that became full members in 2009
• Korean Tour, from 2011
• PGA Tour Latinoamérica, from 2012
• Asian Development Tour, the official developmental tour for the Asian Tour, from 2013
• PGA Tour China, from 2014
• Alps Tour, from July 2015
• Nordic Golf League, from July 2015
• PGA EuroPro Tour, from July 2015
• ProGolf Tour, from July 2015
• MENA Golf Tour, from April 2016
• Big Easy Tour, to be added 2018
• China Tour, to be added 2018

History

The initiative for the creation of the Official World Golf Ranking came from the Championship Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which found in the 1980s that its system of issuing invitations to The Open Championship on a tour by tour basis was omitting an increasing number of top players because more of them were dividing their time between tours, and from preeminent sports agent Mark McCormack, who was the first chairman of the International Advisory Committee which oversees the rankings. The system used to calculate the rankings was developed from McCormack's World Golf Rankings, which were published in his World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985, although these were purely unofficial and not used for any wider purpose (such as inviting players to major tournaments).

The first ranking list was published prior to the 1986 Masters Tournament. The top six ranked golfers were: Bernhard Langer, Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara and Greg Norman. Thus the top three were all European, but there were 31 Americans in the top 50 (compared with 17 at the end of 2010).

The method of calculation of the rankings has changed considerably over the years. Initially, the rankings were calculated over a three-year period, with the current year's points multiplied by four (three in 1986), the previous year's points by two and the third year's points by one. Rankings were based on the total points and points awarded were restricted to integer values. All tournaments recognised by the world's professional tours, and some leading invitational events, were graded into categories ranging from major championship (whose winners would receive 50 points) to "other tournaments" (whose winners would receive a minimum of 8). In all events, other finishers received points on a diminishing scale that began with runners-up receiving 60% of the winners' points, and the number of players in the field receiving points would be the same as the points awarded to the winner. In a major, for example, all players finishing 30th to 40th would receive 2 points, and all players finishing 50th or higher, 1 point.

Beginning in April 1989, the rankings were changed to be based on the average points per event played instead of simply total points earned, subject to a minimum divisor of 60 (20 events per year). This was in order to more accurately reflect the status of some (particularly older) players, who played in far fewer events than their younger contemporaries but demonstrated in major championships that their ranking was artificially low. Tom Watson, for example, finished in the top 15 of eight major championships between 1987 and 1989, yet had a "total points" ranking of just 40th; his ranking became a more realistic 20th when based on "average points". A new system for determining the "weight" of each tournament was also introduced, based on the strength of the tournament's field in terms of their pre-tournament world rankings. Major championships were guaranteed to remain at 50 points for the winners, and all other events could attain a maximum of 40 points for the winner if all of the world's top 100 were present. In practice most PGA Tour events awarded around 25 points to the winner, European Tour events around 18 and JPGA Tour events around 12.

In 1996, the three-year period was reduced to two years, with the current year now counting double. Points were extended to more of the field, beginning in 2000, and were no longer restricted to integer values. Beginning in September 2001, the tapering system was changed so that instead of the points for each result being doubled if they occurred in the most recent 12 months, one eighth of the initial "multiplied up" value was deducted every 13 weeks. This change effectively meant that players could now be more simply described as being awarded 100 points (not 50) for winning a major. Beginning in 2007, the system holds the points from each event at full value for 13 weeks and then reduces them in equal weekly increments over the remainder of the two-year period.

At first only the Championship Committee of the Royal and Ancient used the rankings for official purposes, but the PGA Tour recognized them in 1990, and in 1997 all five of the then principal men's golf tours did so. The rankings, which had previously been called the Sony Rankings, were renamed the Official World Golf Rankings at that time. They are run from offices in Virginia Water in Surrey, England.

Calculation of the rankings

Source:

Simply put, a golfer's World Ranking is obtained by dividing their points total by the number of events they have played, which gives their average. Players are then ranked; a higher average yields a higher rank.

Event ranking

The first stage in the calculation is the ranking of each event. For most events the ranking depends on the current world rankings of the participating golfers and the participation of the leading golfers from the "home tour".

A "world rating value" is calculated. Any golfer currently ranked in the world top 200 is given a rating value. The world No. 1 is allocated 45, the No. 2 is allocated 37, the No. 3 is allocated 32, down to those ranked between 101 and 200 who are allocated a rating value of 1 each. The maximum possible world rating value is 925 but this would only happen if all the top 200 golfers were playing.

A "home tour rating value" is calculated. The leading 30 golfers from the previous year's "home tour" are given rating values. Most tours use earnings lists for their top 30, but the PGA Tour currently uses the FedEx points list calculated after the playoffs. Major championships and WGC events use the current world top 30 list. The home tour No. 1 is allocated 8 down to those from 16 to 30 who are allocated a rating value of 1 each. The maximum home tour rating value is 75 if all the top 30 players from the home tour are competing. The total home tour rating value is limited to 75% of the world rating value.

The world rating value and home tour rating value are added together to give a total rating value. This is then converted into an event ranking using a table. As examples, a total rating value of 10 converts to an event ranking of 8, a total rating value of 100 converts to an event ranking of 24, while a total rating value of 500 converts to an event ranking of 62.

Major championships have a fixed event ranking of 100 points. For each tour, there is a minimum ranking for each event. In addition, most tours have a "flagship event" that is guaranteed a higher ranking.

Tour	Minimum points	Flagship event	Minimum points
PGA Tour	24	The Players Championship	80
European Tour	24	BMW PGA Championship	64
Japan Golf Tour	16	Japan Open	32
PGA Tour of Australasia	16 (6)	Australian Open	32
Sunshine Tour	14 (6/4)	South African Open	32
Asian Tour	14	Indonesian Masters*	20
Web.com Tour	14	Web.com Tour Championship	20
Challenge Tour	12	Challenge Tour Grand Final	17
Korean Tour	9	n/a	n/a
PGA Tour Canada	6	n/a	n/a
OneAsia Tour	6	n/a	n/a
PGA Tour Latinoamérica	6	n/a	n/a
Asian Development Tour	6	n/a	n/a
PGA Tour China	4/6	n/a	n/a
China Tour	4/6	n/a	n/a
Alps Tour	4/6	n/a	n/a
Nordic Golf League	4/6	n/a	n/a
PGA EuroPro Tour	4/6	n/a	n/a
ProGolf Tour	4/6	n/a	n/a
MENA Golf Tour	3/5	n/a	n/a
Big Easy Tour	3/5	n/a	n/a

* Previously the Thailand Golf Championship

Starting in 2012, several events that previously had not received any points, now do so: Sunshine Tour "Winter Series" – 6 points (72-hole events), 4 points (54-hole events), PGA Tour of Australasia "State Based and Regional Tournaments" – 6 points.

Starting in July 2015, the four third-tier European tours receive points: 6 points for 72-hole events and 4 points for 54-hole events. In April 2016, the Korean Tour's minimum was increased from 6 to 9 points and the MENA Golf Tour was added.

Starting in 2018, the Sunshine Tour Big Easy Tour will factor into the World Rankings, making it the 20th professional tour included in the OWGR. For 2018, the European Tour-linked China Tour was added, expanding that total to 21.

72-hole tournaments which are reduced to 54 holes retain full points, but if a tournament is reduced to 36 holes, its points allocation is reduced by 25%. 54-hole tournaments reduced to 36 holes retain full points.

The events with the highest "Total Rating" in 2017 are shown in the following table.

Date	Event	World rating value	Home tour rating value	Total rating value	Event ranking	Field size	Winner	Rank
Aug 13	PGA Championship	836	75	911	100	156	Justin Thomas	6
Jul 23	The Open Championship	818	75	893	100	156	Jordan Spieth	2
Jun 18	U.S. Open	775	74	849	100	156	Brooks Koepka	10
May 14	The Players Championship	772	72	844	80	145	Kim Si-woo	28
Aug 6	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	724	75	799	76	76	Hideki Matsuyama	3
Apr 9	Masters Tournament	715	67	782	100	93	Sergio García	7
Mar 5	WGC-Mexico Championship	710	68	778	76	77	Dustin Johnson	1
Aug 27	The Northern Trust	671	66	737	74	120	Dustin Johnson	1
Sep 4	Dell Technologies Championship	661	67	728	74	96	Justin Thomas	4
Mar 26	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	666	62	728	74	64	Dustin Johnson	1
Sep 17	BMW Championship	629	57	686	72	70	Marc Leishman	15
Jun 4	Memorial Tournament	528	54	582	66	120	Jason Dufner	27
Feb 19	Genesis Open	513	54	567	66	144	Dustin Johnson	1
Oct 29	WGC-HSBC Champions	501	49	550	64	78	Justin Rose	6
Mar 19	Arnold Palmer Invitational	480	38	518	62	120	Marc Leishman	32
Sep 24	Tour Championship	432	38	470	60	30	Xander Schauffele	32
Feb 5	Waste Management Phoenix Open	377	38	415	56	132	Hideki Matsuyama	5
Jan 29	Farmers Insurance Open	364	36	400	54	156	Jon Rahm	46
Feb 26	The Honda Classic	358	29	387	54	144	Rickie Fowler	9
Feb 12	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	313	37	350	52	156	Jordan Spieth	1
Jun 25	Travelers Championship	307	41	348	52	156	Jordan Spieth	3
Oct 22	CJ Cup	308	35	343	50	78	Justin Thomas	3
Jul 16	Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open	291	51	342	50	156	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	17
Apr 2	Shell Houston Open	310	29	339	50	144	Russell Henley	61
May 21	AT&T Byron Nelson	303	32	335	50	156	Billy Horschel	44
Jan 22	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	269	61	330	50	126	Tommy Fleetwood	53

Rank refers to the player's world ranking before the event.

Player rankings

Having calculated the ranking of the event, the ranking points of the players for that event can be calculated. The winner's ranking points are the same as the ranking of the event, so that major winners get 100 ranking points. The second place golfer gets 60% of this amount, 40% for 3rd, 30% for 4th, 24% for 5th, down to 14% for 10th, 7% for 20th, 3.5% for 40th to 1.5% for 60th. Players tied for a position share the points for those positions so that if, for example, two players tie for second place they would each receive 50%, the average of 60% and 40%.

A player's ranking points for an event must be at least 1.2. Players who would get less than this using the above formula get no ranking points. For example, if an event has a ranking of 10 only the leading 12 players (and ties) receive any ranking points since the player in 12th place gets 12% of the event ranking (i.e. 1.2). The player in 13th position gets no points. Where there is a tie for the final scoring place, those players are guaranteed to receive at least 1.2 points. Using the above example, if there were two or more players tied for 12th place, each would receive 1.2 points. The only exceptions to this system are in the major championships where all players who make the cut get a minimum of 1.5 ranking points.

Adjusted rankings

For the first 13 weeks after an event the player receives the full ranking points earned in that event. However, from then onwards they are reduced in equal weekly increments over the remainder of a two-year period. This gives priority to recent form. Each week the ranking points are reduced by a factor of 1/92 (approximately 1.09%) so that in week 14 only 98.91% of the ranking points are credited, continuing until week 104 when only 1.09% is credited. From week 105 the ranking points are completely lost.

Ranking average

The player's adjusted points for all events in the two-year period are then added together, and this total is divided by the number of events to give the average ranking. However, players are subject to both a minimum and maximum number of events over the two-year period.

If a player competes in fewer than 40 tournaments over the two-year period his adjusted points total is divided by 40 and not the actual number of events he has played in.

In 2010, a maximum number of tournaments was also introduced. The maximum number was initially set to 60 from January 2010 and was reduced by 2 every six months until it reached 52 in January 2012. This means that since 2012 only the player's 52 most recent tournaments (within the two-year period) are used to calculate his ranking average.

The resulting averages for all players are put into descending order to produce the ranking table. This means that the player who has obtained most cumulative success does not necessarily come top of the rankings: it is average performance levels that are important, and some golfers play substantially more tournaments than others. New rankings are released every Monday.

Importance of the rankings

A professional golfer's ranking is of considerable significance to his career. Currently a ranking in the World Top 50 grants automatic entry to all the majors and World Golf Championships; see table below. In addition, rankings are the sole criterion for selection for the International Team in the Presidents Cup, while ranking points are one of the qualification criteria for the European Ryder Cup team. The rankings are also used to help select the field for various other tournaments.

Tournament	Automatic entries
Masters Tournament	Top 50
U.S. Open	Top 60
The Open Championship	Top 50
PGA Championship	(Top 100)see note
WGC-Dell Match Play	Top 64 (sole criterion)
WGC-Cadillac Championship	Top 50
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Top 50
WGC-HSBC Champions	Top 50
The Players Championship	Top 50
Summer Olympics (2016)	Top 60see note

Note: The PGA Championship does not have an official automatic entry based on the Official World Golf Ranking. However, the PGA of America invites additional players, and traditionally has invited those in the top 100 for the last several years. It makes note of its strong field by referencing the number of top 100 ranked golfers entered in its press releases.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, the top-15 world-ranked players will be eligible, with a limit of four players from a given country. Beyond the top-15, players will be eligible based on the world rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players among the top-15. Within the 60 players participating, each of the five continents of the Olympic Movement with be guaranteed at least one player and the host nation will be guaranteed one player.

Current rankings

These are the top 10 ranked golfers and their average ranking points as of January 21, 2018.

Rank	Change	Player	Country	Points	Top 10 since	Weeks
1		Dustin Johnson	United States	10.93	February 22, 2015	150
2	1	Jon Rahm	Spain	9.59	July 9, 2017	29
3	1	Jordan Spieth	United States	8.77	December 7, 2014	163
4		Justin Thomas	United States	8.14	August 13, 2017	24
5		Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	7.60	October 23, 2016	65
6		Justin Rose	England	7.48	October 29, 2017	13
7		Rickie Fowler	United States	6.76	August 6, 2017	25
8		Brooks Koepka	United States	6.09	October 29, 2017	13
9	1	Sergio García	Spain	5.85	December 31, 2017	4
10	1	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	5.59	August 11, 2013	232

Top 10 since – indicates the date at which the player entered or last re-entered the top 10.
Weeks – current number of consecutive weeks in the top 10.

Since the major revision of the rating method in September 2001, the highest points average as well as the largest lead in points average were set by Tiger Woods on September 16, 2007. After winning the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship in consecutive weeks, he had an average of 24.36 and a lead of 14.73 points over Phil Mickelson.

Tiger Woods holds the record for most weeks in the World Top 10, with 860. He is followed by Ernie Els (788 weeks) and Phil Mickelson (774 weeks). Woods had a record run of 736 consecutive weeks in the top-10 from April 13, 1997 to May 15, 2011 and then had a further run of 124 consecutive weeks in the top-10 from March 25, 2012 to August 3, 2014.

Timeline of the "number one" ranking

Main article: List of World Number One male golfers

The first official ranking list was published prior to the Masters in April 1986, with Bernhard Langer the first world No. 1 ranked player, ahead of Seve Ballesteros, who had topped the unofficial McCormack's World Golf Rankings at the end of the previous year. Ballesteros briefly held the No. 1 spot after Langer, before Greg Norman's worldwide success over the rest of that season made him the first year-end No. 1. Ballesteros took the No. 1 position back from Norman in 1987, and the pair exchanged the No. 1 position several times over the next two years. During 1990, Nick Faldo remained ranked just behind Norman despite winning three majors in two years (and more world ranking points in total than his rival, albeit having entered more events). As detailed in Mark McCormack's "World of Professional Golf 1991" annual, it was also the case (but less immediately apparent) that Norman had won a total of 14 events during the ranking period to Faldo's 10, and when the two had competed in the same tournament, had finished ahead of his rival 19 times to 11, so Norman's No. 1 position (on the new "average points" system) had some justification. Faldo did inherit the No. 1 ranking for the first time early in 1991.

In April 1991, a quirk in the way the rankings treated results from previous years meant that Ian Woosnam, who had never won a major, took the No. 1 spot from Faldo on the eve of the latter's attempt to win the Masters for a third year in succession; as if justifying the ranking system, Woosnam—and not Faldo—won the tournament. Twelve months later, Fred Couples similarly took over the No. 1 ranking shortly before the 1992 Masters, then also went on to make that tournament his first major victory. Faldo's Open victory in 1992 lifted him back to the No. 1 position, and he held that spot until replaced by Nick Price, who in 1994 became the first African ranked No. 1 after his back-to-back major victories that summer.

By 1996, Greg Norman had regained the top spot and ended 1996 and 1997 narrowly ahead of first Tom Lehman, and then Tiger Woods and Ernie Els in the rankings, despite his rivals enjoying major victories in those years while he won none. Lehman, Els and Woods would all briefly become No. 1 during 1997, Lehman for a week – to date, the only player to hold the No. 1 ranking for just one week. In 1996, Colin Montgomerie also led the rankings in total points earned over the two-year period (but never on average points per event); in 1997 Els was top of a similar "total points" list. Those were the last occasions on which a player led on "total" points but not average points until 2016, when Dustin Johnson similarly had more points in total than the world number one Jason Day. Woods then finished 1998 narrowly ahead of Mark O'Meara even though the latter won two major titles that year while Woods won just once on the PGA Tour. In March 1999, David Duval became world No. 1 after winning The Players Championship, his sixth victory in a twelve-month period that came before his first major victory (which would follow two years later at the Open Championship).

In 2000, Tiger Woods had an unprecedented season of success that saw him earn 948 world ranking points in a single calendar year, so many points that even had his 1999 points (which represented the previous single-season record) been totally discounted from the calculation, Woods would still have had a points average easily high enough to lead the rankings – and Woods would still have led at the end of 2001 even had he earned no further points that year. Tiger Woods dominated the No. 1 spot for the following five years, but when Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship in 2004 and with it took the No. 1 ranking, that change highlighted the fact that Woods had not won a major for over two years, and also the extraordinary success Singh had recently on tour had that had allowed him to overtake the American. Woods responded by winning the very next major, the 2005 Masters, and with it regained the No. 1 spot, which he would then retain for a further five years. Following knee surgery in the summer of 2008, Woods missed the entire second half of the year, while Pádraig Harrington won two major championships, to add to the Open Championship he won in 2007. Despite earning no further ranking points during his absence, Woods remained No. 1 on the ranking system in December 2008.

During 2010, there was much debate as to whether Woods' continued retention of the No. 1 ranking (which he held up until the end of October) was justified given his relatively poor form—Woods finished fourth in two major championships in 2010, but failed to finish in the top ten of any other events he entered. During the 2010 season, several of his rivals for the No. 1 spot - including Masters champion Phil Mickelson (who had won four majors since 2004 but had yet to reach No. 1 in the rankings), Lee Westwood (who had yet to win a major but had finished second in both the Masters and Open Championships in 2010), and then Martin Kaymer (who had won the PGA Championship among four worldwide wins)— each missed opportunities to win particular events that would have taken them above Woods, before Westwood finally became world No. 1 on October 31.

During 2011, the possession of the No. 1 ranking would be the subject of much discussion among European golf commentators as it passed from Westwood to Kaymer, back to Westwood and then in May to Luke Donald, who took No. 1 spot by defeating Westwood in a playoff for the BMW PGA Championship. Donald, in becoming the fifteenth world No. 1, also became the first ever to reach No. 1 before having won or finished runner-up in a major championship in his career. Donald's position at the top of the rankings was justified by his consistency through the rest of the 2011 season – becoming the first golfer ever to win the money title on both the European and PGA Tours in the same season.

In March 2012, Donald lost the No. 1 position to Rory McIlroy; the pair then exchanged the No. 1 position a further four times in the following two months, so the volatility of the No. 1 ranking again became a source of comment. At the end of 2012, McIlroy had opened up a clear lead at the top of the rankings, following his second major victory at the PGA Championship and emulating Donald in leading the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic. However, by the end of March 2013, a resurgent Tiger Woods had returned to the top of the rankings, after adding three PGA Tour wins in 2013 to his three victories from 2012 while McIlroy struggled with his form following equipment changes. Woods then suffered a back injury that sidelined him for the early part of 2014, and in his absence, Adam Scott, winner of the 2013 Masters, became the 17th world No. 1 on May 18, despite not winning an event in 2014 to that date; he would win the following week to secure his No. 1 position and avoid following Tom Lehman as a one-week No. 1. He held the No. 1 position until August 3, when McIlroy regained the top spot by following his Open Championship victory with another at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Following his second-place finish at the 2015 PGA Championship (that followed earlier wins at the Masters and the U.S. Open), Jordan Spieth became the 18th world No. 1 on August 16, 2015, describing it as "as good a consolation prize as I've ever had". Over the following three weeks, the No. 1 spot passed back and forth between McIlroy and Spieth, due to the way each player's average points (which were almost identical) fluctuated (as their point weightings and events played divisors changed), until, on September 20, both were overtaken by Jason Day, the 2015 PGA Championship winner, who became the 19th world No. 1 with victory in the BMW Championship, his fifth of the season. A week later, Spieth regained the No. 1 spot from Day after winning the Tour Championship (and with it, the FedEx Cup), and concluded 2015 as world No. 1, but Day's continued good form took him back to number one after winning the WGC Matchplay in March 2016.

On February 19, 2017, Dustin Johnson became the 20th player to reach number one in the rankings following his victory at the Genesis Open.

Breakdown by nationality

A breakdown of the year-end top-100 by nationality.

Country	20 17	20 16	20 15	20 14	20 13	20 12	20 11	20 10	20 09	20 08	20 07	20 06	20 05	20 04	20 03	20 02	20 01	20 00	19 99	19 98	19 97	19 96	19 95	19 94	19 93	19 92	19 91	19 90	19 89	19 88	19 87*	19 86*
United States	48	42	40	38	40	31	37	32	32	31	34	39	41	41	49	47	48	51	56	55	56	58	56	52	49	53	60	58	55	59	59	59
England	10	12	13	8	9	8	8	11	11	8	9	11	11	7	7	4	4	1	2	3	3	4	5	8	9	7	5	3	6	4	3	4
Japan	6	6	5	6	5	4	6	8	8	8	3	5	5	4	4	5	9	9	7	5	5	6	7	3	3	5	4	4	5	8	10	10
Australia	5	4	7	8	6	9	10	9	10	10	12	11	12	11	7	9	5	5	6	9	8	7	8	8	9	11	11	12	12	9	8	7
South Africa	4	5	5	7	7	6	8	6	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	5	3	3	2	2	3	4	3
South Korea	4	5	2	1	2	4	4	4	2	1	2	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	3	2	2	4	3	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	5	2	3	4	3	2	3	1	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	5
Sweden	2	4	4	3	5	8	4	4	4	7	6	6	3	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	3	0	0	1	1	1	1
France	2	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	1
Thailand	1	2	3	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Argentina	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
Scotland	1	1	2	4	2	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Germany	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Italy	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
China	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wales	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
New Zealand	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Portugal	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Finland	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

A breakdown of the year-end top-100 by eligibility for the major team competitions: Ryder Cup (USA vs. Europe) and Presidents Cup (USA vs. non-European international team).

Region	20 17	20 16	20 15	20 14	20 13	20 12	20 11	20 10	20 09	20 08	20 07	20 06	20 05	20 04	20 03	20 02	20 01	20 00	19 99	19 98	19 97	19 96	19 95	19 94	19 93	19 92	19 91	19 90	19 89	19 88	19 87*	19 86*
United States	48	42	40	38	40	31	37	32	32	31	34	39	41	41	49	47	48	51	56	55	56	58	56	52	49	53	60	58	55	59	59	59
Europe	27	31	35	34	35	40	33	36	29	30	30	28	28	27	25	23	25	23	19	18	19	18	20	25	27	21	17	18	20	16	15	17
International	25	27	25	28	25	29	30	32	39	39	36	33	31	32	26	30	27	26	25	27	25	24	24	23	24	26	23	24	25	25	27	25

*Two men tied for 100th place.
Note: The Presidents Cup was founded in 1994.

Rankings archive

World Ranking of major championship winners

The table shows the World Rankings of the winners of each major championship in the week before their victory.

Year	Masters Tournament		U.S. Open		The Open Championship		PGA Championship
1986	Jack Nicklaus	33	Raymond Floyd	c.20	Greg Norman	3	Bob Tway	c.25
1987	Larry Mize	36	Scott Simpson	27	Nick Faldo	46	Larry Nelson	84
1988	Sandy Lyle	3	Curtis Strange	5	Seve Ballesteros	4	Jeff Sluman	71
1989	Nick Faldo	5	Curtis Strange	4	Mark Calcavecchia	11	Payne Stewart	13
1990	Nick Faldo	2	Hale Irwin	90	Nick Faldo	2	Wayne Grady	55
1991	Ian Woosnam	1	Payne Stewart	8	Ian Baker-Finch	25	John Daly	168
1992	Fred Couples	1	Tom Kite	22	Nick Faldo	2	Nick Price	15
1993	Bernhard Langer	5	Lee Janzen	34	Greg Norman	4	Paul Azinger	6
1994	José María Olazábal	10	Ernie Els	11	Nick Price	3	Nick Price	2
1995	Ben Crenshaw	33	Corey Pavin	9	John Daly	109	Steve Elkington	17
1996	Nick Faldo	9	Steve Jones	99	Tom Lehman	13	Mark Brooks	44
1997	Tiger Woods	13	Ernie Els	8	Justin Leonard	19	Davis Love III	17
1998	Mark O'Meara	14	Lee Janzen	42	Mark O'Meara	12	Vijay Singh	18
1999	José María Olazábal	34	Payne Stewart	13	Paul Lawrie	159	Tiger Woods	2
2000	Vijay Singh	8	Tiger Woods	1	Tiger Woods	1	Tiger Woods	1
2001	Tiger Woods	1	Retief Goosen	44	David Duval	7	David Toms	19
2002	Tiger Woods	1	Tiger Woods	1	Ernie Els	3	Rich Beem	73
2003	Mike Weir	10	Jim Furyk	10	Ben Curtis	396	Shaun Micheel	169
2004	Phil Mickelson	8	Retief Goosen	9	Todd Hamilton	56	Vijay Singh	3
2005	Tiger Woods	2	Michael Campbell	80	Tiger Woods	1	Phil Mickelson	4
2006	Phil Mickelson	4	Geoff Ogilvy	17	Tiger Woods	1	Tiger Woods	1
2007	Zach Johnson	56	Ángel Cabrera	41	Pádraig Harrington	10	Tiger Woods	1
2008	Trevor Immelman	29	Tiger Woods	1	Pádraig Harrington	14	Pádraig Harrington	3
2009	Ángel Cabrera	69	Lucas Glover	71	Stewart Cink	33	Yang Yong-eun	110
2010	Phil Mickelson	3	Graeme McDowell	37	Louis Oosthuizen	54	Martin Kaymer	13
2011	Charl Schwartzel	29	Rory McIlroy	8	Darren Clarke	111	Keegan Bradley	108
2012	Bubba Watson	16	Webb Simpson	14	Ernie Els	40	Rory McIlroy	3
2013	Adam Scott	7	Justin Rose	5	Phil Mickelson	5	Jason Dufner	21
2014	Bubba Watson	12	Martin Kaymer	28	Rory McIlroy	8	Rory McIlroy	1
2015	Jordan Spieth	4	Jordan Spieth	2	Zach Johnson	25	Jason Day	5
2016	Danny Willett	12	Dustin Johnson	6	Henrik Stenson	6	Jimmy Walker	48
2017	Sergio García	11	Brooks Koepka	22	Jordan Spieth	3	Justin Thomas	14

Summary

Event	Total	World 1-10	World 11-50	World 51-100	World 101-200	World 201+
Masters Tournament	32	18	12	2	–	–
U.S. Open	32	14	14	4	–	–
Open Championship	32	16	10	2	3	1
PGA Championship	32	12	12	4	4	–
All majors	128	60	48	12	7	1

Year-end world number 1 ranked golfers

See also: List of World Number One male golfers

• 1986 Greg Norman
• 1987 Greg Norman (2)
• 1988 Seve Ballesteros
• 1989 Greg Norman (3)
• 1990 Greg Norman (4)
• 1991 Ian Woosnam
• 1992 Nick Faldo
• 1993 Nick Faldo (2)
• 1994 Nick Price
• 1995 Greg Norman (5)
• 1996 Greg Norman (6)
• 1997 Greg Norman (7)
• 1998 Tiger Woods
• 1999 Tiger Woods (2)
• 2000 Tiger Woods (3)
• 2001 Tiger Woods (4)
• 2002 Tiger Woods (5)
• 2003 Tiger Woods (6)
• 2004 Vijay Singh
• 2005 Tiger Woods (7)
• 2006 Tiger Woods (8)
• 2007 Tiger Woods (9)
• 2008 Tiger Woods (10)
• 2009 Tiger Woods (11)
• 2010 Lee Westwood
• 2011 Luke Donald
• 2012 Rory McIlroy
• 2013 Tiger Woods (12)
• 2014 Rory McIlroy (2)
• 2015 Jordan Spieth
• 2016 Jason Day
• 2017 Dustin Johnson

Mark H. McCormack Award

Awarded to the player with the most weeks at No. 1 during calendar year and named after Mark McCormack, originator of the ranking.

• 1998 Tiger Woods
• 1999 Tiger Woods (2)
• 2000 Tiger Woods (3)
• 2001 Tiger Woods (4)
• 2002 Tiger Woods (5)
• 2003 Tiger Woods (6)
• 2004 Tiger Woods (7)
• 2005 Tiger Woods (8)
• 2006 Tiger Woods (9)
• 2007 Tiger Woods (10)
• 2008 Tiger Woods (11)
• 2009 Tiger Woods (12)
• 2010 Tiger Woods (13)
• 2011 Luke Donald
• 2012 Rory McIlroy
• 2013 Tiger Woods (14)
• 2014 Rory McIlroy (2)
• 2015 Rory McIlroy (3)
• 2016 Jason Day
• 2017 Dustin Johnson

Year-end world top 10 players

See History section above for notes on changes to method of calculation.

Rank	2017		2016
1	Dustin Johnson	10.41	Jason Day	10.91
2	Jordan Spieth	9.21	Rory McIlroy	9.83
3	Justin Thomas	8.36	Dustin Johnson	9.53
4	Jon Rahm	8.05	Henrik Stenson	8.69
5	Hideki Matsuyama	7.92	Jordan Spieth	8.04
6	Justin Rose	7.84	Hideki Matsuyama	7.49
7	Rickie Fowler	6.80	Adam Scott	6.55
8	Brooks Koepka	6.33	Patrick Reed	5.40
9	Henrik Stenson	5.90	Alexander Norén	5.35
10	Sergio García	5.66	Bubba Watson	5.19

Rank	2015		2014		2013
1	Jordan Spieth	11.51	Rory McIlroy	11.04	Tiger Woods	11.69
2	Jason Day	10.94	Henrik Stenson	8.13	Adam Scott	9.60
3	Rory McIlroy	10.75	Adam Scott	7.71	Henrik Stenson	9.16
4	Bubba Watson	7.95	Bubba Watson	7.27	Justin Rose	7.16
5	Henrik Stenson	7.34	Sergio García	6.70	Phil Mickelson	7.06
6	Rickie Fowler	7.13	Justin Rose	6.69	Rory McIlroy	6.50
7	Justin Rose	7.02	Jim Furyk	6.62	Matt Kuchar	6.15
8	Dustin Johnson	6.13	Jason Day	5.81	Steve Stricker	5.72
9	Jim Furyk	5.62	Jordan Spieth	5.75	Zach Johnson	5.45
10	Patrick Reed	4.66	Rickie Fowler	5.47	Sergio García	5.31

Rank	2012		2011		2010
1	Rory McIlroy	13.22	Luke Donald	10.03	Lee Westwood	9.24
2	Luke Donald	8.62	Lee Westwood	8.06	Tiger Woods	7.88
3	Tiger Woods	8.53	Rory McIlroy	7.77	Martin Kaymer	7.26
4	Justin Rose	6.42	Martin Kaymer	6.55	Phil Mickelson	6.70
5	Adam Scott	6.21	Adam Scott	5.50	Jim Furyk	6.22
6	Louis Oosthuizen	6.14	Steve Stricker	5.33	Graeme McDowell	6.18
7	Lee Westwood	6.03	Dustin Johnson	5.27	Steve Stricker	6.11
8	Bubba Watson	5.29	Jason Day	5.07	Paul Casey	5.90
9	Jason Dufner	5.29	Charl Schwartzel	5.06	Luke Donald	5.65
10	Brandt Snedeker	5.23	Webb Simpson	5.03	Rory McIlroy	5.60

Rank	2009		2008		2007
1	Tiger Woods	14.67	Tiger Woods	11.97	Tiger Woods	19.62
2	Phil Mickelson	8.26	Sergio García	8.10	Phil Mickelson	8.72
3	Steve Stricker	6.67	Phil Mickelson	7.03	Jim Furyk	6.55
4	Lee Westwood	6.60	Pádraig Harrington	6.95	Ernie Els	6.51
5	Pádraig Harrington	5.55	Vijay Singh	6.65	Steve Stricker	6.45
6	Jim Furyk	5.53	Robert Karlsson	5.09	Justin Rose	6.00
7	Paul Casey	5.36	Camilo Villegas	4.90	Adam Scott	5.81
8	Henrik Stenson	5.33	Henrik Stenson	4.77	Pádraig Harrington	5.57
9	Rory McIlroy	4.86	Ernie Els	4.77	K. J. Choi	5.15
10	Kenny Perry	4.72	Lee Westwood	4.73	Vijay Singh	5.08

Rank	2006		2005		2004
1	Tiger Woods	20.41	Tiger Woods	17.16	Vijay Singh	12.79
2	Jim Furyk	8.88	Vijay Singh	9.78	Tiger Woods	11.60
3	Phil Mickelson	7.17	Phil Mickelson	8.14	Ernie Els	10.98
4	Adam Scott	7.03	Retief Goosen	8.10	Retief Goosen	7.47
5	Ernie Els	6.05	Ernie Els	8.03	Phil Mickelson	7.00
6	Retief Goosen	5.61	Sergio García	7.23	Pádraig Harrington	5.55
7	Vijay Singh	5.58	Jim Furyk	5.80	Sergio García	5.40
8	Pádraig Harrington	5.46	Colin Montgomerie	4.78	Mike Weir	5.40
9	Luke Donald	5.25	Adam Scott	4.68	Davis Love III	5.38
10	Geoff Ogilvy	5.21	Chris DiMarco	4.58	Stewart Cink	4.65

Rank	2003		2002		2001
1	Tiger Woods	14.58	Tiger Woods	15.72	Tiger Woods	15.67
2	Vijay Singh	9.77	Phil Mickelson	7.72	Phil Mickelson	9.16
3	Ernie Els	8.41	Ernie Els	6.84	David Duval	7.98
4	Davis Love III	7.53	Sergio García	6.19	Ernie Els	6.99
5	Jim Furyk	6.81	Retief Goosen	6.16	Davis Love III	6.02
6	Mike Weir	6.54	David Toms	6.02	Sergio García	5.86
7	Retief Goosen	5.92	Pádraig Harrington	5.63	David Toms	5.83
8	Pádraig Harrington	5.28	Vijay Singh	5.53	Vijay Singh	5.60
9	David Toms	5.09	Davis Love III	4.82	Darren Clarke	5.03
10	Kenny Perry	5.08	Colin Montgomerie	4.39	Retief Goosen	4.95

Rank	2000		1999		1998
1	Tiger Woods	29.40	Tiger Woods	19.98	Tiger Woods	12.30
2	Ernie Els	11.65	David Duval	13.15	Mark O'Meara	10.43
3	David Duval	11.20	Colin Montgomerie	10.36	David Duval	9.67
4	Phil Mickelson	11.07	Davis Love III	9.48	Davis Love III	9.43
5	Lee Westwood	9.46	Ernie Els	8.64	Ernie Els	9.18
6	Colin Montgomerie	8.34	Lee Westwood	7.85	Nick Price	8.98
7	Davis Love III	7.88	Vijay Singh	7.82	Colin Montgomerie	8.91
8	Hal Sutton	7.71	Nick Price	7.20	Lee Westwood	8.65
9	Vijay Singh	7.17	Phil Mickelson	6.58	Vijay Singh	8.51
10	Tom Lehman	7.10	Mark O'Meara	6.52	Phil Mickelson	7.76

Rank	1997		1996		1995 [1]
1	Greg Norman	11.49	Greg Norman	10.78	Greg Norman	21.93
2	Tiger Woods	10.76	Tom Lehman	9.74	Nick Price	16.34
3	Nick Price	9.93	Colin Montgomerie	9.10	Bernhard Langer	15.64
4	Ernie Els	9.89	Ernie Els	8.60	Ernie Els	14.66
5	Davis Love III	9.09	Fred Couples	8.16	Colin Montgomerie	14.00
6	Phil Mickelson	8.73	Nick Faldo	7.98	Nick Faldo	13.94
7	Colin Montgomerie	8.58	Phil Mickelson	7.77	Corey Pavin	13.47
8	Masashi Ozaki	8.05	Masashi Ozaki	7.58	Fred Couples	11.02
9	Tom Lehman	8.02	Davis Love III	7.53	Masashi Ozaki	10.82
10	Mark O'Meara	7.98	Mark O'Meara	7.12	Steve Elkington	10.43

Rank	1994 [2]		1993 [3]		1992 [4]
1	Nick Price	21.30	Nick Faldo	20.65	Nick Faldo	23.54
2	Greg Norman	20.68	Greg Norman	18.79	Fred Couples	16.27
3	Nick Faldo	16.78	Bernhard Langer	17.19	Ian Woosnam	13.14
4	Bernhard Langer	15.66	Nick Price	15.89	José María Olazábal	12.87
5	José María Olazábal	15.18	Fred Couples	14.93	Greg Norman	12.63
6	Fred Couples	13.74	Paul Azinger	14.59	Bernhard Langer	12.44
7	Ernie Els	13.57	Ian Woosnam	11.41	John Cook	11.68
8	Colin Montgomerie	12.38	Tom Kite	10.07	Nick Price	11.51
9	Masashi Ozaki	11.39	Davis Love III	9.61	Paul Azinger	10.83
10	Corey Pavin	10.87	Corey Pavin	9.59	Davis Love III	10.75

Rank	1991 [5]		1990 [6]		1989 [7]
1	Ian Woosnam	17.11	Greg Norman	18.95	Greg Norman	17.76
2	Nick Faldo	15.34	Nick Faldo	18.54	Nick Faldo	16.25
3	José María Olazábal	15.32	José María Olazábal	17.22	Seve Ballesteros	15.03
4	Seve Ballesteros	13.70	Ian Woosnam	15.47	Curtis Strange	13.79
5	Greg Norman	13.11	Payne Stewart	12.75	Payne Stewart	12.82
6	Fred Couples	12.78	Paul Azinger	11.63	Tom Kite	12.41
7	Bernhard Langer	12.59	Seve Ballesteros	10.15	José María Olazábal	12.00
8	Payne Stewart	11.83	Tom Kite	10.10	Mark Calcavecchia	11.81
9	Paul Azinger	10.88	Mark McNulty	10.06	Ian Woosnam	11.56
10	Rodger Davis	8.90	Mark Calcavecchia	9.96	Paul Azinger	10.95

Rank	1988 [8]		1987 [9]		1986 [10]
1	Seve Ballesteros	1458	Greg Norman	1231	Greg Norman	1507
2	Greg Norman	1365	Seve Ballesteros	1169	Bernhard Langer	1181
3	Sandy Lyle	1297	Bernhard Langer	1112	Seve Ballesteros	1175
4	Nick Faldo	1103	Sandy Lyle	879	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	899
5	Curtis Strange	1092	Curtis Strange	873	Andy Bean	694
6	Ben Crenshaw	898	Ian Woosnam	830	Bob Tway	687
7	Ian Woosnam	854	Payne Stewart	717	Hal Sutton	674
8	David Frost	843	Lanny Wadkins	697	Curtis Strange	653
9	Paul Azinger	825	Mark McNulty	673	Payne Stewart	652
10	Mark Calcavecchia	819	Ben Crenshaw	668	Mark O'Meara	639

Single-season total ranking points leaders

Although not recognized by any official award, these golfers have won the most World Ranking Points during the years for which the rankings have been calculated (points totals prior to 1996 are scaled to the current standard, i.e. major wins are worth 100 points):

Year	Player	Points
1983	Seve Ballesteros	422
1984	Tom Watson	376
1985	Bernhard Langer	368
1986	Greg Norman	582
1987	Seve Ballesteros Ian Woosnam	326
1988	Seve Ballesteros	482
1989	Greg Norman	422
1990	José María Olazábal	466
1991	Seve Ballesteros	392
1992	Nick Faldo	596
1993	Greg Norman	492
1994	Ernie Els	554
1995	Greg Norman	430
1996	Tom Lehman	370
1997	Ernie Els	394
1998	Mark O'Meara	408
1999	Tiger Woods	750
2000	Tiger Woods	948.22
2001	Tiger Woods	568.11
2002	Tiger Woods	684.00
2003	Vijay Singh	550.87
2004	Vijay Singh	707.57
2005	Tiger Woods	772.44
2006	Tiger Woods	746.28
2007	Tiger Woods	689.60
2008	Tiger Woods	426.24
2009	Tiger Woods	604.54
2010	Lee Westwood	374.21
2011	Luke Donald	533.49
2012	Rory McIlroy	596.99
2013	Tiger Woods	488.25
2014	Rory McIlroy	567.77
2015	Jordan Spieth	598.49
2016	Dustin Johnson	454.20
2017	Jordan Spieth	450.43

World Money List

From 1996 to 2012, the International Federation of PGA Tours sanctioned a World Money List [11] which was the total official money earned by a player on all member tours. It was computed in United States dollars. The yearly leaders are listed below.

Year	Player	Events	Earnings ($)
2012	Rory McIlroy	24	10,961,511
2011	Luke Donald	27	9,371,748
2010	Luke Donald	28	5,867,601
2009	Tiger Woods	19	10,948,054
2008	Sergio García	26	6,979,959
2007	Tiger Woods	17	11,002,706
2006	Tiger Woods	19	11,141,827
2005	Tiger Woods	23	11,515,939
2004	Vijay Singh	32	11,104,892
2003	Vijay Singh	28	7,639,461
2002	Tiger Woods	21	7,392,188
2001	Tiger Woods	21	6,213,229
2000	Tiger Woods	22	9,501,387
1999	Tiger Woods	23	6,981,836
1998	David Duval	24	2,680,489
1997	Tiger Woods	22	2,082,381
1996	Masashi Ozaki	21	1,944,034

Players who have reached number two in the ranking but never number one

14 players have reached world No. 2 in the official rankings, but have never risen to world No. 1.

Player	Country	First	Weeks	Ref
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	April 10, 1988	23
José María Olazábal	Spain	March 17, 1991	35
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	March 17, 1996	24
Corey Pavin	United States	June 2, 1996	1
Davis Love III	United States	July 19, 1998	5
Mark O'Meara	United States	September 6, 1998	15
Phil Mickelson	United States	February 11, 2001	270
Jim Furyk	United States	September 10, 2006	39
Sergio García	Spain	November 9, 2008	18
Steve Stricker	United States	September 6, 2009	12
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	May 25, 2014	24
Bubba Watson	United States	February 22, 2015	4
Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	June 18, 2017	7
Jon Rahm	Spain	January 21, 2018	1

First – first week the player reached number 2, Weeks – total weeks at number 2.

See also

• List of World Number One male golfers
• Women's World Golf Rankings – for female professional golfers
• World Amateur Golf Ranking – for male and female amateur golfers

External links

• Official website