Official World Golf Ranking

Despite not playing since his victory at the US Open, while he recovers from knee surgery, Tiger Woods remains on top of the world ranking at the end of 2008, a position he has occupied for a record total of 528 weeks. The previous record for weeks at no. 1 was held by Greg Norman with 331 weeks. Woods' no. 1 status is however at risk from second placed Sergio Garcia, or third and fourth placed Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrington.

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Rank Player Country Avg Total Total Pts lost Pts won Pts Pts Events 2006/07 2008 ---- ----- ------- --- ----- ------ -------- ------- 1 Tiger Woods USA 11.97 478.71 40 -732.13 426.24
2 Sergio Garcia Esp 8.10 421.34 52 -230.50 408.10
3 Phil Mickelson USA 7.03 344.38 49 -351.77 312.68
4 Padraig Harrington Irl 6.95 354.44 51 -293.67 330.64
5 Vijay Singh Fji 6.65 365.51 55 -301.61 357.24
6 Robert Karlsson Swe 5.09 269.61 53 -145.74 269.91
7 Camilo Villegas Col 4.90 244.75 50 -103.24 235.14
8 Henrik Stenson Swe 4.77 243.06 51 -232.39 256.12
9 Ernie Els Zaf 4.76 257.28 54 -316.45 196.19
10 Lee Westwood Eng 4.73 255.55 54 -165.62 238.05
11 Anthony Kim USA 4.45 226.84 51 -96.09 254.94
12 Geoff Ogilvy Aus 4.44 213.14 48 -217.38 212.05
13 Jim Furyk USA 4.30 210.71 49 -310.61 193.77
14 Kenny Perry USA 3.89 198.27 51 -89.38 218.01
15 Steve Stricker USA 3.87 174.13 45 -215.47 131.66
16 Stewart Cink USA 3.85 188.70 49 -185.60 207.47
17 Adam Scott Aus 3.80 171.15 45 -272.77 159.40
18 K.J. Choi Kor 3.75 198.50 53 -258.36 158.42
19 Justin Rose Eng 3.58 164.66 46 -228.29 81.11
20 Trevor Immelman Zaf 3.40 180.23 53 -198.79 174.76
21 Mike Weir Can 3.35 170.81 51 -119.59 157.63
22 Miguel A Jimenez Esp 3.35 180.72 54 -126.10 169.69
23 Justin Leonard USA 3.24 175.19 54 -98.65 188.71
24 Ben Curtis USA 3.12 146.78 47 -80.27 157.61
25 Martin Kaymer Deu 3.12 171.49 55 -88.76 192.72
26 Ian Poulter Eng 3.09 166.81 54 -166.16 131.70
27 Robert Allenby Aus 3.06 186.72 61 -136.47 195.67
28 Tim Clark Zaf 2.99 155.57 52 -110.85 128.82
29 Ross Fisher Eng 2.91 151.24 52 -67.78 132.98
30 Andres Romero Arg 2.87 149.02 52 -125.77 130.49
31 Luke Donald Eng 2.81 115.34 41 -198.88 112.95
32 Shingo Katayama Jpn 2.80 156.85 56 -114.72 129.38
33 Graeme McDowell Nir 2.77 157.88 57 -86.62 164.64
34 Rory Sabbatini Zaf 2.76 149.09 54 -205.60 101.58
35 Jeev Milkha Singh Ind 2.76 203.92 74 -137.33 212.57
36 Aaron Baddeley Aus 2.72 130.46 48 -173.17 94.84
37 Stephen Ames Can 2.70 127.09 47 -113.01 122.08
38 Stuart Appleby Aus 2.62 149.26 57 -144.19 146.59
39 Rory McIlroy Nir 2.58 103.03 40 -23.80 96.42
40 Oliver Wilson Eng 2.57 138.90 54 -70.59 130.61
41 Paul Casey Eng 2.51 123.08 49 -162.74 112.16
42 Angel Cabrera Arg 2.51 125.57 50 -168.59 66.88
43 Richard Sterne Zaf 2.47 128.18 52 -100.66 110.65
44 Hunter Mahan USA 2.44 134.43 55 -126.29 108.70
45 Retief Goosen Zaf 2.44 131.75 54 -189.19 129.25
46 Zach Johnson USA 2.38 114.04 48 -170.03 75.76
47 Soren Hansen Dnk 2.37 125.74 53 -98.39 98.85
48 Boo Weekley USA 2.36 127.52 54 -134.09 129.06
49 Lin Wen-Tang Twn 2.34 93.80 40 -37.16 91.86
50 Soren Kjeldsen Dnk 2.27 131.90 58 -80.85 113.91
51 Kevin Sutherland USA 2.26 115.24 51 -68.16 122.00
52 Prayad Marksaeng Tha 2.25 144.12 64 -82.01 123.04
53 Brendan Jones Aus 2.21 101.50 46 -65.34 74.63
54 Dudley Hart USA 2.18 87.22 40 -30.13 102.31
55 Peter Hanson Swe 2.17 121.73 56 -81.24 99.01
56 Rod Pampling Aus 2.16 129.72 60 -115.25 121.64
57 Woody Austin USA 2.13 123.38 58 -130.24 93.63
58 Mathew Goggin Aus 2.13 125.50 59 -56.82 128.75
59 Sean O'Hair USA 2.12 114.43 54 -110.96 117.66
60 Ryo Ishikawa Jpn 2.07 82.90 40 -11.92 79.60
61 Richard Green Aus 2.07 91.18 44 -95.07 75.23
62 Carl Pettersson Swe 2.03 121.92 60 -112.57 114.99
63 Scott Verplank USA 2.01 96.29 48 -123.16 65.57
64 Brandt Snedeker USA 1.98 118.90 60 -120.96 100.00
65 Chad Campbell USA 1.96 109.57 56 -86.12 116.24
66 Ryuji Imada Jpn 1.95 114.82 59 -83.75 136.30
67 Fredrik Jacobson Swe 1.94 85.29 44 -58.20 78.58
68 Charl Schwartzel Zaf 1.92 107.32 56 -94.56 108.41
69 Azuma Yano Jpn 1.85 92.37 50 -34.95 87.12
70 Darren Clarke Nir 1.84 104.64 57 -46.50 114.62
71 Rocco Mediate USA 1.80 88.17 49 -59.01 92.16
72 James Kingston Zaf 1.79 100.28 56 -51.85 94.05
73 Alvaro Quiros Esp 1.77 72.62 41 -23.96 73.32
74 D.J. Trahan USA 1.76 102.32 58 -66.60 116.50
75 J.B. Holmes USA 1.75 90.90 52 -72.55 118.40
76 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Esp 1.73 91.66 53 -59.36 70.99
77 Hideto Tanihara Jpn 1.70 88.31 52 -68.87 70.24
78 Nick Dougherty Eng 1.67 86.60 52 -94.17 53.90
79 Francesco Molinari Ita 1.66 91.53 55 -49.62 92.29
80 Davis Love-III USA 1.66 73.21 44 -76.25 69.22
81 Ken Duke USA 1.65 105.56 64 -73.87 98.21
82 Pat Perez USA 1.63 88.09 54 -75.85 84.58
83 Hiroyuki Fujita Jpn 1.61 75.62 47 -51.47 63.17
84 David Smail NZl 1.60 79.93 50 -55.66 59.28
85 Bart Bryant USA 1.58 75.64 48 -78.87 92.98
86 Peter Hedblom Swe 1.57 77.15 49 -51.96 78.91
87 Jeff Quinney USA 1.57 89.38 57 -88.79 110.08
88 Shintaro Kai Jpn 1.57 65.85 42 -7.87 71.98
89 Anders Hansen Dnk 1.56 76.20 49 -88.03 54.26
90 Gareth Maybin Nir 1.54 61.59 40 -10.32 60.69
91 Thongchai Jaidee Tha 1.54 90.67 59 -69.23 78.52
92 Billy Mayfair USA 1.51 89.19 59 -75.09 82.47
93 Toru Taniguchi Jpn 1.51 80.01 53 -111.29 33.49
94 Hennie Otto Zaf 1.48 59.28 40 -32.03 73.54
95 Nick O'Hern Aus 1.48 82.76 56 -124.64 68.67
96 Pablo Larrazabal Esp 1.47 67.72 46 -12.53 73.44
97 Alexander Noren Swe 1.47 79.23 54 -45.22 75.60
98 Paul Goydos USA 1.46 66.93 46 -73.25 78.15
99 Steve Flesch USA 1.45 88.56 61 -82.88 74.53
100 Heath Slocum USA 1.43 81.71 57 -91.49 73.96
101 Ben Crane USA 1.43 57.19 40 -49.61 72.27
102 Jerry Kelly USA 1.43 85.52 60 -108.14 80.77
103 Gregory Havret Fra 1.42 78.22 55 -54.24 64.90
104 Paul McGinley Irl 1.39 73.42 53 -49.08 76.22
105 Mark Brown NZl 1.38 73.30 53 -34.21 86.49
106 John Senden Aus 1.38 85.59 62 -114.49 73.86
107 Liang Wen-Chong Chn 1.37 75.50 55 -78.68 65.44
108 Niclas Fasth Swe 1.36 74.59 55 -141.28 37.76
109 Stephen Marino USA 1.36 86.72 64 -54.90 96.96
110 Anthony Wall Eng 1.35 79.85 59 -61.29 73.25
111 Brian Gay USA 1.35 84.80 63 -60.45 92.22
112 Steve Webster Eng 1.33 68.02 51 -48.67 45.02
113 Briny Baird USA 1.33 80.94 61 -51.79 88.47
114 Charlie Wi Kor 1.33 76.87 58 -51.17 73.84
115 Peter Lonard Aus 1.32 83.33 63 -91.94 62.95
116 David Toms USA 1.32 55.28 42 -97.04 41.86
117 Scott Strange Aus 1.30 73.95 57 -45.69 83.10
118 Hur Suk-ho Kor 1.30 58.34 45 -36.86 56.93
119 Mark Wilson USA 1.28 69.33 54 -64.61 70.13
120 Toshinori Muto Jpn 1.28 60.02 47 -26.17 57.64
121 Colin Montgomerie Sco 1.28 65.03 51 -100.28 54.98
122 Alastair Forsyth Sco 1.27 66.27 52 -53.86 60.19
123 Kevin Streelman USA 1.27 50.88 40 -6.69 57.57
124 Arron Oberholser USA 1.27 50.80 40 -92.87 21.26
125 Bubba Watson USA 1.26 69.55 55 -74.93 67.61
126 Gregory Bourdy Fra 1.26 68.16 54 -48.71 57.54
127 Taco Remkes Nld 1.25 49.80 40 -4.17 53.97
128 David Horsey Eng 1.23 51.87 42 -11.30 52.42
129 Simon Dyson Eng 1.23 75.31 61 -94.66 53.90
130 Daniel Chopra Swe 1.23 87.56 71 -96.53 86.85
131 Tomohiro Kondo Jpn 1.23 55.41 45 -54.12 39.98
132 Richard Finch Eng 1.22 75.48 62 -33.50 72.84
133 Matt Bettencourt USA 1.21 49.59 41 -3.48 49.54
134 Louis Oosthuizen Zaf 1.20 61.43 51 -65.83 58.03
135 Matt Kuchar USA 1.19 64.15 54 -53.45 68.81
136 Felipe Aguilar Chl 1.16 53.57 46 -47.61 52.12
137 Graeme Storm Eng 1.15 63.34 55 -60.39 54.92
138 Taichi Teshima Jpn 1.15 55.20 48 -47.10 44.50
139 Koumei Oda Jpn 1.15 56.22 49 -30.75 41.89
140 George McNeill USA 1.14 67.31 59 -46.78 59.24
141 Charles Howell-III USA 1.14 65.95 58 -139.64 60.60
142 Tommy Armour-III USA 1.14 55.63 49 -34.08 60.10
143 Dustin Johnson USA 1.12 44.85 40 -8.33 53.18
144 Mark Calcavecchia USA 1.11 58.83 53 -106.75 37.30
145 David Lynn Eng 1.11 62.05 56 -40.54 59.69
146 Mikael Lundberg Swe 1.10 51.87 47 -23.60 45.49
147 Jyoti Randhawa Ind 1.09 58.01 53 -76.33 54.77
148 Marc Turnesa USA 1.09 65.59 60 -20.97 59.33
149 Johnson Wagner USA 1.09 65.35 60 -52.63 73.82
150 Markus Brier Aut 1.08 58.58 54 -62.15 45.77
151 Thomas Levet Fra 1.08 49.79 46 -25.64 55.66
152 Steven Conran Aus 1.08 48.61 45 -26.42 39.45
153 Lu Wen-Teh Twn 1.08 43.03 40 -33.23 29.59
154 Robert-Jan Derksen Nld 1.08 60.20 56 -53.18 48.73
155 Jonathan Byrd USA 1.07 53.65 50 -75.02 45.68
156 Nicholas Thompson USA 1.07 73.49 69 -42.24 80.29
157 Bradley Dredge Wal 1.06 49.96 47 -77.74 33.18
158 Ryan Moore USA 1.06 56.98 54 -79.33 47.88
159 Dean Wilson USA 1.06 63.31 60 -82.01 61.92
160 Thaworn Wiratchant Tha 1.05 63.18 60 -43.34 54.85
161 Richie Ramsay Sco 1.05 45.19 43 -12.26 42.18
162 Lee Dong-hwan Kor 1.04 52.13 50 -38.37 39.18
163 Steve Elkington Aus 1.04 52.99 51 -44.43 58.63
164 Tim Herron USA 1.04 57.07 55 -50.79 51.57
165 David Gleeson Aus 1.04 49.77 48 -11.76 46.23
166 Paul Lawrie Sco 1.04 56.97 55 -30.00 50.36
167 David Howell Eng 1.03 51.74 50 -60.25 59.66
168 Hidemasa Hoshino Jpn 1.03 43.31 42 -36.63 42.84
169 John Bickerton Eng 1.02 51.11 50 -45.09 41.76
170 Johan Edfors Swe 1.02 54.05 53 -70.22 60.09
171 John Mallinger USA 1.02 58.97 58 -50.70 57.05
172 Kenichi Kuboya Jpn 1.01 48.70 48 -10.91 44.76
173 John Merrick USA 1.01 58.59 58 -37.43 68.01
174 Damien McGrane Irl 1.00 61.74 62 -41.71 70.48
175 Fred Couples USA 0.98 39.30 40 -23.89 52.38
175 John Rollins USA 0.98 56.01 57 -98.19 50.11
177 Lucas Glover USA 0.98 53.80 55 -87.61 43.90
178 Jason Bohn USA 0.97 38.88 40 -49.93 47.09
179 Peter Lawrie Irl 0.97 56.34 58 -37.00 58.09
180 Noh Seung-yul Kor 0.96 38.44 40 -9.17 45.94
181 Michael Allen USA 0.95 47.51 50 -27.08 41.06
182 Tom Lehman USA 0.95 37.96 40 -55.60 35.49
183 Michael Campbell NZl 0.94 47.04 50 -46.82 42.83
184 Lam Chih Bing Sgp 0.94 38.56 41 -1.44 39.40
185 Troy Matteson USA 0.94 52.60 56 -84.81 52.49
186 Katsumasa Miyamoto Jpn 0.94 46.91 50 -46.58 38.45
187 Gary Orr Sco 0.93 37.34 40 -27.10 37.60
188 Yasuharu Imano Jpn 0.93 43.86 47 -17.13 32.78
189 Nathan Green Aus 0.93 61.50 66 -91.85 53.93
190 Steve Lowery USA 0.93 43.61 47 -43.40 58.64
191 Estanislao Goya Arg 0.92 36.90 40 -6.58 43.47
192 Thomas Bjorn Dnk 0.92 41.46 45 -63.68 30.05
193 Hiroshi Iwata Jpn 0.92 45.01 49 -29.24 35.36
194 Chris Wood Eng 0.91 36.52 40 -2.77 39.30
195 Parker McLachlin USA 0.91 50.70 56 -30.64 54.16
196 Scott Piercy USA 0.90 36.14 40 -4.09 38.72
197 Bae Sang-moon Kor 0.90 36.00 40 -14.20 33.21
198 Ross McGowan Eng 0.90 53.06 59 -42.54 39.78
199 Tom Pernice-Jr USA 0.90 54.85 61 -74.60 58.54
200 Greg Chalmers Aus 0.90 52.12 58 -41.23 54.39