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:

Points are also awarded for high finishes on other tours:

Previous tours:

  • 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, dropped in 2018.[8]


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:[9]

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.

TourMinimum
points		Flagship eventMinimum
points
PGA Tour24The Players Championship80
European Tour24BMW PGA Championship64
Japan Golf Tour16Japan Open32
PGA Tour of Australasia16 (6)Australian Open32
Sunshine Tour14 (6/4)South African Open32
Asian Tour14Ho Tram Players Championship*20
Web.com Tour14Web.com Tour Championship20
Challenge Tour12Challenge Tour Grand Final17
Korean Tour9n/an/a
PGA Tour Canada6n/an/a
PGA Tour Latinoamérica6n/an/a
Asian Development Tour6n/an/a
PGA Tour China4/6n/an/a
China Tour4/6n/an/a
Alps Tour4/6n/an/a
Nordic Golf League4/6n/an/a
PGA EuroPro Tour4/6n/an/a
ProGolf Tour4/6n/an/a
MENA Golf Tour3/5n/an/a
Big Easy Tour3/5n/an/a

* Previously the Thailand Golf Championship and the Indonesian Masters[10]

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.[11]

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.[3] In April 2016, the Korean Tour's minimum was increased from 6 to 9 points and the MENA Golf Tour was added.[4]

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.[5] 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.

OneAsia Tour, whose events previously earned a minimum of 6 points, lost its eligibility for world ranking points in 2018.[8]

The events with the highest "Total Rating" in 2017 are shown in the following table.[12]

DateEventWorld
rating value		Home tour
rating value		Total
rating value		Event
ranking		Field
size		WinnerRank
Aug 13PGA Championship83675911100156Justin Thomas6
Jul 23The Open Championship81875893100156Jordan Spieth2
Jun 18U.S. Open77574849100156Brooks Koepka10
May 14The Players Championship7727284480145Kim Si-woo28
Aug 6WGC-Bridgestone Invitational724757997676Hideki Matsuyama3
Apr 9Masters Tournament7156778210093Sergio García7
Mar 5WGC-Mexico Championship710687787677Dustin Johnson1
Aug 27The Northern Trust6716673774120Dustin Johnson1
Sep 4Dell Technologies Championship661677287496Justin Thomas4
Mar 26WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play666627287464Dustin Johnson1
Sep 17BMW Championship629576867270Marc Leishman15
Jun 4Memorial Tournament5285458266120Jason Dufner27
Feb 19Genesis Open5135456766144Dustin Johnson1
Oct 29WGC-HSBC Champions501495506478Justin Rose6
Mar 19Arnold Palmer Invitational4803851862120Marc Leishman32
Sep 24Tour Championship432384706030Xander Schauffele32
Feb 5Waste Management Phoenix Open3773841556132Hideki Matsuyama5
Jan 29Farmers Insurance Open3643640054156Jon Rahm46
Feb 26The Honda Classic3582938754144Rickie Fowler9
Feb 12AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am3133735052156Jordan Spieth1
Jun 25Travelers Championship3074134852156Jordan Spieth3
Oct 22CJ Cup308353435078Justin Thomas3
Jul 16Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 2915134250156Rafael Cabrera-Bello17
Apr 2Shell Houston Open3102933950144Russell Henley61
May 21AT&T Byron Nelson 3033233550156Billy Horschel44
Jan 22Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship2696133050126Tommy Fleetwood53

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.[13]

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.

TournamentAutomatic entries
Masters TournamentTop 50
U.S. OpenTop 60[14]
The Open ChampionshipTop 50
PGA Championship(Top 100)see note
WGC-Dell Match PlayTop 64 (sole criterion)
WGC-Cadillac ChampionshipTop 50
WGC-Bridgestone InvitationalTop 50
WGC-HSBC ChampionsTop 50
The Players ChampionshipTop 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.[15][16][17]

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 will be guaranteed at least one player and the host nation will be guaranteed one player.[18]

Current rankings

These are the top 10 ranked golfers and their average ranking points as of October 7, 2018, which is the end of week 40.[19]

RankChangePlayerCountryPointsTop 10 sinceWeeks
1SteadyDustin Johnson United States10.19February 22, 2015186
2SteadyJustin Rose England9.98October 29, 201749
3SteadyBrooks Koepka United States9.60May 27, 201820
4SteadyJustin Thomas United States9.31August 13, 201760
5SteadyRory McIlroy Northern Ireland7.21March 18, 201830
6SteadyFrancesco Molinari Italy7.10July 22, 201812
7SteadyBryson DeChambeau United States6.86September 2, 20186
8SteadyJon Rahm Spain6.69July 9, 201765
9SteadyRickie Fowler United States6.52August 6, 201761
10SteadyJordan Spieth United States6.22December 7, 2014199

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.[20]

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.[21][22][23]

Timeline of the "number one" ranking

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. He would remain number one for over a year before being overtaken in May 2018 by Justin Thomas, who had won the PGA championship and four other events in 2017. Johnson regained top spot but was overtaken again in September 2018 by Justin Rose, who had finished second at the Open and again in two FedEx Cup playoff events. Rose became the 22nd player to reach number one, and the fourth Englishman.

Breakdown by nationality

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

Country20
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 States4842403840313732323134394141494748515655565856524953605855595959
 England101213898811118911117744123345897536434
 Japan6656546888355445997556733544581010
 Australia5478691091010121112117955698788911111212987
 South Africa45577686897655543333332553322343
 South Korea45212444212323110000000000000000
 Spain32243654454432523432314333344245
 Sweden24435844476634346544323453001111
 France21232012101022010110000000000000
 Ireland21111211111222122311231001132201
 Thailand12312201222101000000000000000000
 Denmark12222322333112131111100000000000
 Northern Ireland12222233240122111111111332222111
 Argentina12111001122112344321101112111000
 Scotland11242422001113325433332443443343
 Germany11122211112012221121122111111111
 Italy11112233210000000001111110000000
 Austria11111100001000000000000000000000
 Netherlands11111011000000000000000000000000
 India11110200112200000000000000000000
 Belgium11101110000000000000000000000000
 Venezuela11000000000000000000000000000000
 Canada10011000222221111221110000001100
 China10000001101000000000000000000000
 Wales01111112001221222211111111111111
 New Zealand01100000111121341112233211110001
 Portugal00100000000000000000000000000000
 Zimbabwe00011100000001112111112333232333
 Finland00011000001000000000000000000000
 Paraguay00010000000011000111110000000000
 Fiji00000111111111111111111111111000
 Colombia00000011111000000001100000000000
 Taiwan00000000110000001000000010001121
 Trinidad and Tobago00000000000001000000000000000000
 Philippines00000000000000000011110000000000
 Namibia00000000000000000001000000000000

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).

Region20
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 States4842403840313732323134394141494748515655565856524953605855595959
Europe2731353435403336293030282827252325231918191820252721171820161517
International2527252825293032393936333132263027262527252424232426232425252725

*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.

YearMasters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship
1986United States Jack Nicklaus33United States Raymond Floydc.20Australia Greg Norman3United States Bob Twayc.25
1987United States Larry Mize36United States Scott Simpson27England Nick Faldo46United States Larry Nelson84
1988Scotland Sandy Lyle3United States Curtis Strange5Spain Seve Ballesteros4United States Jeff Sluman71
1989England Nick Faldo5United States Curtis Strange4United States Mark Calcavecchia11United States Payne Stewart13
1990England Nick Faldo2United States Hale Irwin90England Nick Faldo2Australia Wayne Grady55
1991Wales Ian Woosnam1United States Payne Stewart8Australia Ian Baker-Finch25United States John Daly168
1992United States Fred Couples1United States Tom Kite22England Nick Faldo2Zimbabwe Nick Price15
1993Germany Bernhard Langer5United States Lee Janzen34Australia Greg Norman4United States Paul Azinger6
1994Spain José María Olazábal10South Africa Ernie Els11Zimbabwe Nick Price3Zimbabwe Nick Price2
1995United States Ben Crenshaw33United States Corey Pavin9United States John Daly109Australia Steve Elkington17
1996England Nick Faldo9United States Steve Jones99United States Tom Lehman13United States Mark Brooks44
1997United States Tiger Woods13South Africa Ernie Els8United States Justin Leonard19United States Davis Love III17
1998United States Mark O'Meara14United States Lee Janzen42United States Mark O'Meara12Fiji Vijay Singh18
1999Spain José María Olazábal34United States Payne Stewart13Scotland Paul Lawrie159United States Tiger Woods2
2000Fiji Vijay Singh8United States Tiger Woods1United States Tiger Woods1United States Tiger Woods1
2001United States Tiger Woods1South Africa Retief Goosen44United States David Duval7United States David Toms19
2002United States Tiger Woods1United States Tiger Woods1South Africa Ernie Els3United States Rich Beem73
2003Canada Mike Weir10United States Jim Furyk10United States Ben Curtis396United States Shaun Micheel169
2004United States Phil Mickelson8South Africa Retief Goosen9United States Todd Hamilton56Fiji Vijay Singh3
2005United States Tiger Woods2New Zealand Michael Campbell80United States Tiger Woods1United States Phil Mickelson4
2006United States Phil Mickelson4Australia Geoff Ogilvy17United States Tiger Woods1United States Tiger Woods1
2007United States Zach Johnson56Argentina Ángel Cabrera41Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington10United States Tiger Woods1
2008South Africa Trevor Immelman29United States Tiger Woods1Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington14Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington3
2009Argentina Ángel Cabrera69United States Lucas Glover71United States Stewart Cink33South Korea Yang Yong-eun110
2010United States Phil Mickelson3Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell37South Africa Louis Oosthuizen54Germany Martin Kaymer13
2011South Africa Charl Schwartzel29Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy8Northern Ireland Darren Clarke111United States Keegan Bradley108
2012United States Bubba Watson16United States Webb Simpson14South Africa Ernie Els40Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy3
2013Australia Adam Scott7England Justin Rose5United States Phil Mickelson5United States Jason Dufner21
2014United States Bubba Watson12Germany Martin Kaymer28Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy8Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy1
2015United States Jordan Spieth4United States Jordan Spieth2United States Zach Johnson25Australia Jason Day5
2016England Danny Willett12United States Dustin Johnson6Sweden Henrik Stenson6United States Jimmy Walker48
2017Spain Sergio García11United States Brooks Koepka22United States Jordan Spieth3United States Justin Thomas14
2018United States Patrick Reed24United States Brooks Koepka9Italy Francesco Molinari15United States Brooks Koepka4

Summary

EventTotalWorld
1-10		World
11-50		World
51-100		World
101-200		World
201+
Masters Tournament3318132––
U.S. Open3315144––
Open Championship331611231
PGA Championship33131244–
All majors13262501271

Year-end world number 1 ranked golfers

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.

Year-end world top 10 players

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

Rank 2017 2016
1Dustin Johnson10.41Jason Day10.91
2Jordan Spieth9.21Rory McIlroy9.83
3Justin Thomas8.36Dustin Johnson9.53
4Jon Rahm8.05Henrik Stenson8.69
5Hideki Matsuyama7.92Jordan Spieth8.04
6Justin Rose7.84Hideki Matsuyama7.49
7Rickie Fowler6.80Adam Scott6.55
8Brooks Koepka6.33Patrick Reed5.40
9Henrik Stenson5.90Alexander Norén5.35
10Sergio García5.66Bubba Watson5.19
Rank 2015 2014 2013
1Jordan Spieth11.51Rory McIlroy11.04Tiger Woods11.69
2Jason Day10.94Henrik Stenson8.13Adam Scott9.60
3Rory McIlroy10.75Adam Scott7.71Henrik Stenson9.16
4Bubba Watson7.95Bubba Watson7.27Justin Rose7.16
5Henrik Stenson7.34Sergio García6.70Phil Mickelson7.06
6Rickie Fowler7.13Justin Rose6.69Rory McIlroy6.50
7Justin Rose7.02Jim Furyk6.62Matt Kuchar6.15
8Dustin Johnson6.13Jason Day5.81Steve Stricker5.72
9Jim Furyk5.62Jordan Spieth5.75Zach Johnson5.45
10Patrick Reed4.66Rickie Fowler5.47Sergio García5.31
Rank 2012 2011 2010
1Rory McIlroy13.22Luke Donald10.03Lee Westwood9.24
2Luke Donald8.62Lee Westwood8.06Tiger Woods7.88
3Tiger Woods8.53Rory McIlroy7.77Martin Kaymer7.26
4Justin Rose6.42Martin Kaymer6.55Phil Mickelson6.70
5Adam Scott6.21Adam Scott5.50Jim Furyk6.22
6Louis Oosthuizen6.14Steve Stricker5.33Graeme McDowell6.18
7Lee Westwood6.03Dustin Johnson5.27Steve Stricker6.11
8Bubba Watson5.29Jason Day5.07Paul Casey5.90
9Jason Dufner5.29Charl Schwartzel5.06Luke Donald5.65
10Brandt Snedeker5.23Webb Simpson5.03Rory McIlroy5.60
Rank 2009 2008 2007
1Tiger Woods14.67Tiger Woods11.97Tiger Woods19.62
2Phil Mickelson8.26Sergio García8.10Phil Mickelson8.72
3Steve Stricker6.67Phil Mickelson7.03Jim Furyk6.55
4Lee Westwood6.60Pádraig Harrington6.95Ernie Els6.51
5Pádraig Harrington5.55Vijay Singh6.65Steve Stricker6.45
6Jim Furyk5.53Robert Karlsson5.09Justin Rose6.00
7Paul Casey5.36Camilo Villegas4.90Adam Scott5.81
8Henrik Stenson5.33Henrik Stenson4.77Pádraig Harrington5.57
9Rory McIlroy4.86Ernie Els4.77K. J. Choi5.15
10Kenny Perry4.72Lee Westwood4.73Vijay Singh5.08
Rank 2006 2005 2004
1Tiger Woods20.41Tiger Woods17.16Vijay Singh12.79
2Jim Furyk8.88Vijay Singh9.78Tiger Woods11.60
3Phil Mickelson7.17Phil Mickelson8.14Ernie Els10.98
4Adam Scott7.03Retief Goosen8.10Retief Goosen7.47
5Ernie Els6.05Ernie Els8.03Phil Mickelson7.00
6Retief Goosen5.61Sergio García7.23Pádraig Harrington5.55
7Vijay Singh5.58Jim Furyk5.80Sergio García5.40
8Pádraig Harrington5.46Colin Montgomerie4.78Mike Weir5.40
9Luke Donald5.25Adam Scott4.68Davis Love III5.38
10Geoff Ogilvy5.21Chris DiMarco4.58Stewart Cink4.65
Rank 2003 2002 2001
1Tiger Woods14.58Tiger Woods15.72Tiger Woods15.67
2Vijay Singh9.77Phil Mickelson7.72Phil Mickelson9.16
3Ernie Els8.41Ernie Els6.84David Duval7.98
4Davis Love III7.53Sergio García6.19Ernie Els6.99
5Jim Furyk6.81Retief Goosen6.16Davis Love III6.02
6Mike Weir6.54David Toms6.02Sergio García5.86
7Retief Goosen5.92Pádraig Harrington5.63David Toms5.83
8Pádraig Harrington5.28Vijay Singh5.53Vijay Singh5.60
9David Toms5.09Davis Love III4.82Darren Clarke5.03
10Kenny Perry5.08Colin Montgomerie4.39Retief Goosen4.95
Rank 2000 1999 1998
1Tiger Woods29.40Tiger Woods19.98Tiger Woods12.30
2Ernie Els11.65David Duval13.15Mark O'Meara10.43
3David Duval11.20Colin Montgomerie10.36David Duval9.67
4Phil Mickelson11.07Davis Love III9.48Davis Love III9.43
5Lee Westwood9.46Ernie Els8.64Ernie Els9.18
6Colin Montgomerie8.34Lee Westwood7.85Nick Price8.98
7Davis Love III7.88Vijay Singh7.82Colin Montgomerie8.91
8Hal Sutton7.71Nick Price7.20Lee Westwood8.65
9Vijay Singh7.17Phil Mickelson6.58Vijay Singh8.51
10Tom Lehman7.10Mark O'Meara6.52Phil Mickelson7.76
Rank 1997 1996 1995
1Greg Norman11.49Greg Norman10.78Greg Norman21.93
2Tiger Woods10.76Tom Lehman9.74Nick Price16.34
3Nick Price9.93Colin Montgomerie9.10Bernhard Langer15.64
4Ernie Els9.89Ernie Els8.60Ernie Els14.66
5Davis Love III9.09Fred Couples8.16Colin Montgomerie14.00
6Phil Mickelson8.73Nick Faldo7.98Nick Faldo13.94
7Colin Montgomerie8.58Phil Mickelson7.77Corey Pavin13.47
8Masashi Ozaki8.05Masashi Ozaki7.58Fred Couples11.02
9Tom Lehman8.02Davis Love III7.53Masashi Ozaki10.82
10Mark O'Meara7.98Mark O'Meara7.12Steve Elkington10.43
Rank 1994 1993 1992
1Nick Price21.30Nick Faldo20.65Nick Faldo23.54
2Greg Norman20.68Greg Norman18.79Fred Couples16.27
3Nick Faldo16.78Bernhard Langer17.19Ian Woosnam13.14
4Bernhard Langer15.66Nick Price15.89José María Olazábal12.87
5José María Olazábal15.18Fred Couples14.93Greg Norman12.63
6Fred Couples13.74Paul Azinger14.59Bernhard Langer12.44
7Ernie Els13.57Ian Woosnam11.41John Cook11.68
8Colin Montgomerie12.38Tom Kite10.07Nick Price11.51
9Masashi Ozaki11.39Davis Love III9.61Paul Azinger10.83
10Corey Pavin10.87Corey Pavin9.59Davis Love III10.75
Rank 1991 1990 1989
1Ian Woosnam17.11Greg Norman18.95Greg Norman17.76
2Nick Faldo15.34Nick Faldo18.54Nick Faldo16.25
3José María Olazábal15.32José María Olazábal17.22Seve Ballesteros15.03
4Seve Ballesteros13.70Ian Woosnam15.47Curtis Strange13.79
5Greg Norman13.11Payne Stewart12.75Payne Stewart12.82
6Fred Couples12.78Paul Azinger11.63Tom Kite12.41
7Bernhard Langer12.59Seve Ballesteros10.15José María Olazábal12.00
8Payne Stewart11.83Tom Kite10.10Mark Calcavecchia11.81
9Paul Azinger10.88Mark McNulty10.06Ian Woosnam11.56
10Rodger Davis8.90Mark Calcavecchia9.96Paul Azinger10.95
Rank 1988 1987 1986
1Seve Ballesteros1458Greg Norman1231Greg Norman1507
2Greg Norman1365Seve Ballesteros1169Bernhard Langer1181
3Sandy Lyle1297Bernhard Langer1112Seve Ballesteros1175
4Nick Faldo1103Sandy Lyle879Tsuneyuki Nakajima899
5Curtis Strange1092Curtis Strange873Andy Bean694
6Ben Crenshaw898Ian Woosnam830Bob Tway687
7Ian Woosnam854Payne Stewart717Hal Sutton674
8David Frost843Lanny Wadkins697Curtis Strange653
9Paul Azinger825Mark McNulty673Payne Stewart652
10Mark Calcavecchia819Ben Crenshaw668Mark O'Meara639

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):

YearPlayerPoints
1983Seve Ballesteros422
1984Tom Watson376
1985Bernhard Langer368
1986Greg Norman582
1987Seve Ballesteros
Ian Woosnam		326
1988Seve Ballesteros482
1989Greg Norman422
1990José María Olazábal466
1991Seve Ballesteros392
1992Nick Faldo596
1993Greg Norman492
1994Ernie Els554
1995Greg Norman430
1996Tom Lehman370
1997Ernie Els394
1998Mark O'Meara408
1999Tiger Woods750
2000Tiger Woods948.22
2001Tiger Woods568.11
2002Tiger Woods684.00
2003Vijay Singh550.87
2004Vijay Singh707.57
2005Tiger Woods772.44
2006Tiger Woods746.28
2007Tiger Woods689.60
2008Tiger Woods426.24
2009Tiger Woods604.54
2010Lee Westwood374.21
2011Luke Donald533.49
2012Rory McIlroy596.99
2013Tiger Woods488.25
2014Rory McIlroy567.77
2015Jordan Spieth598.49
2016Dustin Johnson454.20
2017Jordan Spieth450.43

World Money List

From 1996 to 2012, the International Federation of PGA Tours sanctioned a World Money List 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.

YearPlayerEventsEarnings ($)
2012Rory McIlroy2410,961,511
2011Luke Donald279,371,748
2010Luke Donald285,867,601
2009Tiger Woods1910,948,054
2008Sergio García266,979,959
2007Tiger Woods1711,002,706
2006Tiger Woods1911,141,827
2005Tiger Woods2311,515,939
2004Vijay Singh3211,104,892
2003Vijay Singh287,639,461
2002Tiger Woods217,392,188
2001Tiger Woods216,213,229
2000Tiger Woods229,501,387
1999Tiger Woods236,981,836
1998David Duval242,680,489
1997Tiger Woods222,082,381
1996Masashi Ozaki211,944,034

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

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

PlayerCountryFirstWeeksRef
Sandy Lyle ScotlandApril 10, 198823[25]
José María Olazábal SpainMarch 17, 199135[26]
Colin Montgomerie ScotlandMarch 17, 199624[27]
Corey Pavin United StatesJune 2, 19961[28]
Davis Love III United StatesJuly 19, 19985[29]
Mark O'Meara United StatesSeptember 6, 199815[30]
Phil Mickelson United StatesFebruary 11, 2001270[31]
Jim Furyk United StatesSeptember 10, 200639[32]
Sergio García SpainNovember 9, 200818[33]
Steve Stricker United StatesSeptember 6, 200912[34]
Henrik Stenson SwedenMay 25, 201424[35]
Bubba Watson United StatesFebruary 22, 20154[36]
Hideki Matsuyama JapanJune 18, 20177[37]
Jon Rahm SpainJanuary 21, 20186[38]
Brooks Koepka United StatesAugust 12, 20185[39]

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

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Ranking Points Incentive For Asian Development Tour Hopefuls". January 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "OWGR – Press Release". November 20, 2013. Archived from the original on November 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. July 15, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. April 15, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. August 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Board Announcement". OWGR. December 22, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "OWGR Board Announcement". OWGR. July 20, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Board Announcement". OWGR. May 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ Structure of Ranking Points and Rating Values from January 1 2012
  10. ↑ Thailand Golf Championship 2011 Archived 2011-12-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking Board Announces Adjustments To Ranking System". July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Events – 2017". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ Official World Ranking Board Approves Introduction of Maximum Divisor July 15, 2009
  14. ↑ "U.S. Open to expand world-ranking use". ESPN. Associated Press. February 5, 2011.
  15. ↑ "PGA Championship field to include 93 of top 100 players". PGA of America. August 2, 2005.
  16. ↑ "For Woods and Mickelson, Medinah means everything". PGA of America. Associated Press. August 13, 2006.
  17. ↑ "Kiawah's got talent". PGA of America. August 2, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Olympic Games - Qualification System". International Golf Federation. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  19. ↑ Official World Golf Ranking
  20. ↑ OWGR, Week 37, September 16, 2007
  21. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking - Top Tens". Golf Today. February 4, 2007.
  22. ↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached the Top-10 in World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. December 31, 2007.
  23. ↑ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.
  24. ↑ "Tiger Woods Wins Seventh Consecutive Mark H. McCormack Award". March 16, 2005. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Week ending April 10th 1988" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  26. ↑ "After week ending March 17th 1991" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  27. ↑ "March 17 1996" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  28. ↑ "June 02 1996" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  29. ↑ "July 19 1998" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  30. ↑ "September 06 1998" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  31. ↑ "February 11 2001" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  32. ↑ "September 10 2006" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  33. ↑ "Week ending 09 November 2008" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Week ending 06 September 2009" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  35. ↑ "Week 21 2014 Ending 25 May 2014" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  36. ↑ "Week 8 2015 Ending 22 February 2015" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  37. ↑ "Week 4 2017 Ending 18 June 2017" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  38. ↑ "Week 3 2018 Ending 21 January 2018" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  39. ↑ "Week 32 2018 Ending 12 August 2018" (pdf). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
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