Official World Golf Rankings

The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. Points are also awarded for high finishes on the Canadian Tour, Nationwide Tour and Challenge Tour.

Contents 1 History 2 Calculation of the rankings 3 Importance of the rankings 4 Current rankings 5 Number 1 ranked golfers 6 Discussion caused by the "number one" ranking 7 Breakdown by nationality 8 Rankings archive 8.1 Year end world number 1 ranked golfers 8.2 Mark H. McCormack Award - Most weeks at number 1 during calendar year 8.3 Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies 9 World Money List 10 Notes and references 11 See also 12 External links

History

The initiative for the creation of the Official World Golf Rankings 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 thirty-one Americans in the top fifty (compared with thirteen at the end of 2006).

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, 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; this became 20th when the system changed to "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.

Twelve players have been Official World No. 1. Seve Ballesteros took over from Bernhard Langer shortly after Langer had been the first ranking leader in 1986 and then vied with Greg Norman for the No.1 spot for three years, when Nick Faldo took over as Greg Norman’s main rival. Ian Woosnam and Fred Couples held the position at various times during 1991 and 1992 before Nick Faldo took over again until 1994, when Nick Price’s career year took him to No. 1. Greg Norman would return to the top ranking in 1995 and 1996, then after a single week at No. 1 by Tom Lehman, Tiger Woods dominated the position from 1997 to 2005 with brief interruptions from Ernie Els and David Duval. In September 2004 Vijay Singh became the twelfth World No. 1, and he and Woods swapped the position several times in 2005, but Woods eventually opened a wide lead. Woods' lead over his nearest rivals in the rankings at that point was large enough that he may still remain number one at the end of 2008, despite currently taking six months off following knee surgery - even with no further points, Woods would have an average points ranking at the end of 2008 of 11.97, more than three points ahead of his nearest rival as of November 16, 2008. Woods holds the longest consecutive streak as No. 1 at 264 weeks.

Calculation of the rankings

Points are awarded on the basis of final positions in official money events on the qualifying tours. For each tour, a minimum number of points are available for each event. For most events the actual number of points available depends on the current rankings (top 200) of the participating golfers and the ranking of the top 30 golfers entered from the "home tour". Major championships have a fixed number of 100 points for the winner. In addition, most tours have a "premier event" that is guaranteed a much higher minimum point level.

Tour	Minimum Points	Premier Event	Minimum Points
PGA Tour	24	The Players Championship [1]	80
European Tour	24	BMW PGA Championship [2]	64
Japan Golf Tour	16	Japan Open [3]	32
PGA Tour of Australasia	16	Australian Open	32
Sunshine Tour	14	South African Open	32
Asian Tour	14	Volvo Masters of Asia [4]	20
Nationwide Tour	14	Nationwide Tour Championship	20
Challenge Tour	12	n/a	n/a
Canadian Tour	6	n/a	n/a

The winners of the three individual events in the World Golf Championships series generally receive 70 to 78 points. The winner of most PGA Tour events gains a number of points in the range from 24 to the 70s, and most European Tour events offer a points tally between 24 and 50s for the winner. Before 2007 the official points allocations were half these levels, and they were initially doubled up to calculate weighted points. For example a major championship win carried 50 points for the winner, which was initially given a weighting of two, so the adjusted points tally was 100. This system, which was confusing and had no apparent advantages, was abandoned in mid 2007. Tournaments which are reduced to 54 holes by inclement weather or other factors retain full points, but if a tournament is reduced to 36 holes, its points allocation is reduced by 25%.

Each player's personal ranking is calculated from the ranking points he has obtained over the previous two years. Firstly, his points from all the tournaments he has played in are scaled down over a two year period. The full value of a tournament holds for 13 weeks, but from then on it is reduced in equal weekly increments over the remainder of the two year period, in order to give priority to recent form. The player's adjusted points are then totalled, and this total is divided by the number of ranking tournaments in which he has participated over the previous two years, subject to a minimum denominator of 40 tournaments. 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. Players with full membership of one of the larger tours (that is, almost all players in the top few hundred in the rankings) usually play between 20 and 35 ranking tournaments each year, unless they are injured. New rankings are released every Monday.

Importance of the rankings

A professional golfer's ranking is of considerable significance to his career. For example, a ranking in the World Top 50 explicitly grants automatic entry to four majors and the three World Golf Championships, see table below. Also, ranking points are the sole criterion for selection for the International Team in the Presidents Cup and one of the qualification criteria for the European Ryder Cup team - and playing in either of those tournaments gives a player an automatic two year exemption on the PGA Tour. The rankings are also used to help select the field for various other tournaments.

Tournament	Automatic entries
The Masters	Top 50
U.S. Open	Top 50
The Open Championship	Top 50
PGA Championship	(Top 100)see note
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	Top 64 (sole criterion)
WGC-CA Championship	Top 50
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Top 50

Note: The PGA Championship does not have an official automatic entry based on the Official World Golf Ranking but 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. [1] [2]

The rankings are well known to those who follow men's professional golf and feature prominently in media coverage of the sport. When Vijay Singh temporarily ended Tiger Woods' record run as world number 1 in 2004 it was one of the most reported golf stories of the year.

Current rankings

These are the top 10 ranked golfers and their point tallies as of November 30, 2008.

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Tiger Woods	United States	13.18
2	Sergio García	Spain	8.55
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	7.65
4	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	7.42
5	Vijay Singh	Fiji	7.18
6	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	5.16
7	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	5.16
8	Ernie Els	South Africa	4.86
9	Anthony Kim	United States	4.72
10	Lee Westwood	England	4.69

Tiger Woods set the record for the highest Points Average on June 3, 2001, when he ended the week with an average of 32.44 (1459.64 points averaged over 45 events).

Tiger Woods also achieved the largest ever lead of 19.40 average points in the rankings on May 20, 2001. His lead was over then world number two Phil Mickelson following his victory at the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe.

Ernie Els holds the record for most weeks in the World Top 10, with 752. He is followed by Greg Norman (646 weeks) and Tiger Woods (608 weeks).^[5][6]

Number 1 ranked golfers

Weeks	Player	Country	Order	Majors
524	Tiger Woods	United States	9	14
331	Greg Norman	Australia	3	2
98	Nick Faldo	England	4	6
61	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	2	5
50	Ian Woosnam	Wales	5	1
43	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	7	3
32	Vijay Singh	Fiji	12	3
16	Fred Couples	United States	6	1
15	David Duval	United States	11	1
9	Ernie Els	South Africa	10	3
3	Bernhard Langer	Germany	1	2
1	Tom Lehman	United States	8	1
Order – indicates the sequence in which the players first reached number 1. Majors – number of major championships each player has won (through the 2008 PGA Championship).

These are the golfers who have topped the rankings, in order of the number of weeks they have spent at Number 1 up to November 30, 2008, at which date Tiger Woods was World Number 1. His current spell at the top of the rankings is his tenth. It began on June 12, 2005 when he regained first place from Vijay Singh.

Of these players Bernhard Langer and Seve Ballesteros would be most likely to gain additional weeks at number 1 if the rankings were backdated to before April 1986 (Ballesteros was ranked number one in Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in 1983, 1984, and 1985, which were only published at the end of each year). Tom Watson was number one according to that system from 1978 to 1982. Jack Nicklaus was number one on those year-end rankings from 1968 to 1977 inclusive, and would have been likely to have been number one from around 1965 onwards if the McCormack rankings, in turn, had been backdated. Notwithstanding possible in-year interventions at number one from the likes of Gary Player, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino and Johnny Miller in some of those years, it is probable Nicklaus would have been ranked number one for between 500 and 600 weeks.

Discussion caused by the "number one" ranking

On a few occasions the ranking system has caused discussion about whether it has produced the "right" World Number One. This usually occurs when the number one ranked player has not won a major championship during the ranking period, while a rival has won more than one - notably in 1990, when Nick Faldo remained ranked just behind Greg Norman despite winning three majors in two years. On that occasion, as detailed in Mark McCormack's "World of Professional Golf 1991" annual, it was also the case (but less apparent) that Norman had won 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. At the end of 1996 and 1997, Greg Norman also remained 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. In 1998, Woods himself finished the year ranked number one, after a season in which Mark O'Meara won two major titles while Woods won just once on the PGA Tour. When Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship in 2004 and with it took the number one ranking, the change served to highlight the fact that Woods had not won a major for over two years. Woods responded by winning the very next major, the 2005 Masters, and with it regained the number one spot.

Breakdown by nationality

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

Country	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
United States	34	39	41	41	49	47	48	51	56	55	56	58	56	52	49	53	60	58
Australia	12	11	12	11	7	9	5	5	6	9	8	7	8	8	9	11	11	12
United Kingdom	11	15	16	13	13	9	12	8	7	8	8	9	9	16	17	13	12	10
–  England	9	11	11	7	7	4	4	1	2	3	3	4	5	8	9	7	5	3
–  Scotland	1	1	1	3	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4
–  Wales	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
–  Northern Ireland	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2
South Africa	7	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	5	3	3	2
Sweden	6	6	3	4	3	4	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	5	3	0	0
Spain	4	4	3	2	5	2	3	4	3	2	3	1	4	3	3	3	3	4
Japan	3	5	5	4	4	5	9	9	7	5	5	6	7	3	3	5	4	4
Denmark	3	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Germany	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
South Korea	2	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
China	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Finland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3
New Zealand	1	1	2	1	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1
France	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3

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).

Team	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
United States	34	39	41	41	49	47	48	51	56	55	56	58	56	52	49	53	60	58
Europe	30	28	28	27	25	23	25	23	19	18	19	18	20	25	27	21	17	18
International	36	33	31	32	26	30	27	26	25	27	25	24	24	23	24	26	23	24

• Note: The Presidents Cup was founded in 1994.

Rankings archive

Year end world number 1 ranked 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)

Mark H. McCormack Award - Most weeks at number 1 during calendar year

• 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, not yet awarded but guaranteed)

Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies

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

Rank	2007
1	Tiger Woods	19.62
2	Phil Mickelson	8.72
3	Jim Furyk	6.55
4	Ernie Els	6.51
5	Steve Stricker	6.45
6	Justin Rose	6.00
7	Adam Scott	5.81
8	Pádraig Harrington	5.57
9	K.J. Choi	5.15
10	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[3]
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 [4]		1993 [5]		1992 [6]
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 [7]		1990 [8]		1989 [9]
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 [10]		1987 [11]		1986 [12]
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:

• 1984 Tom Watson
• 1985 Bernhard Langer
• 1986 Greg Norman
• 1987 Seve Ballesteros and Ian Woosnam
• 1988 Seve Ballesteros
• 1989 Greg Norman
• 1990 José María Olazábal
• 1991 Seve Ballesteros
• 1992 Nick Faldo
• 1993 Greg Norman
• 1994 Ernie Els
• 1995 Greg Norman
• 1996 Tom Lehman
• 1997 Ernie Els
• 1998 Mark O'Meara
• 1999 Tiger Woods
• 2000 Tiger Woods
• 2001 Tiger Woods
• 2002 Tiger Woods
• 2003 Vijay Singh
• 2004 Vijay Singh
• 2005 Tiger Woods
• 2006 Tiger Woods
• 2007 Tiger Woods

World Money List

Since 1996, the International Federation of PGA Tours has sanctioned a World Money List [13] which is the total official money earned by a player on all member tours. It is computed in United States dollars. The yearly leaders are listed below.

Year	Player	Events	Earnings ($)
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

Notes and references

See also

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

External links

• Official World Golf Rankings website (includes archive of weekly ranking lists of Top-200 from 1987 on)