The following is a list of the 20 golfers who have risen to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking. As of October 8, 2017, 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
- 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.
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
