The following is a list of the 20 golfers who have risen to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. As of April 8, 2018, Dustin Johnson is the number one ranked golfer. Tiger Woods has spent the most consecutive weeks (281) and most total weeks (683) in that position. Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year atop the rankings: Nick Faldo (1993), Greg Norman (1996), and Woods (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
Number one ranked men
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- Note 1: In the first column, each number signifies the first time that golfer was ranked number one.
- Note 2: In the "Cumulative total" column, each boldface number signifies the most recent time that golfer was ranked number one.
Weeks at number one
Order â€" indicates the sequence in which the players first reached number 1.
Majors â€" number of major championships each player has won throughout his golfing career.
Weeks at number one by country
Order â€" indicates the sequence in which the country first had a number 1 player.
Majors â€" number of major championships the country's world-ranked number 1 players have won throughout their golfing careers.
Players â€" number of players from that country who have been world-ranked number 1.
Top player â€" the player from that country who has spent most weeks as the world-ranked number 1 player.
First player â€" the player from that country who was first to be world-ranked number 1 player, left blank if that country has only one such player.
Latest player â€" the player from that country who was most recently world-ranked number 1 player, left blank if that country has only one such player.
Zone â€" The zone to which that country now belongs for Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup purposes:
- EUR = Europe (plays in Ryder Cup)
- IT = International Team (plays in Presidents Cup)
- USA = United States of America (plays in both cups)
Weeks at number one by Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup zone
Weeks â€" the total number of weeks players from the zone have been world-ranked number 1, including any weeks Australia's Greg Norman was world-ranked number 1 before the Presidents Cup and its International Team zone were first created. It was first played in September 1994, shortly after the August 1994 end of Greg Norman's first 7 periods (starting in September 1986) and 209 weeks at Number 1 (out of his total of 11 periods and 331 weeks).
Order â€" indicates the sequence in which the zone first had a number 1 player.
Majors â€" number of major championships the zone's world-ranked number 1 players have won throughout their golfing careers.
Players â€" number of players from that zone who have been world-ranked number 1.
Top player â€" the player from that zone who has spent most weeks as the world-ranked number 1 player.
First player â€" the player from that zone who was first to be world-ranked number 1 player.
Latest player â€" the player from that zone who was most recently world-ranked number 1 player.
Earlier number ones
Before the start of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986, unofficial world golf rankings were published in Mark McCormack's World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985. These annual world golf rankings gave Jack Nicklaus as the number one from 1968 to 1977, Tom Watson from 1978 to 1982 and Seve Ballesteros from 1983 to 1985.
References
- General
- "Official World Golf Ranking". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 2017-07-03.Â
- "Number 1 Golf Rankings". Retrieved 2012-03-20.Â
- Specific
External links
- Official website
