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The McCormack rankings were unofficial world golf rankings published in Mark McCormack's World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985, and were a forerunner of the current Official World Golf Rankings. Unlike their replacement they were not used to select fields for tournaments, and served no real purpose other than as a talking point. Mark Hume McCormack, (November 6, 1930 - May 16, 2003), was Founder and Chairman of IMG, an international management organization that handles the commercial affairs for sports figures and celebrities. ...
The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. ...
The rankings were the first that had been compiled that took account of results from all the world's major professional tours, from The United States to Asia. The system rewarded players for performances in tournaments played over a three-year period, with more points awarded for more recent achievements, and more points given for performances in major championships and tour events with strong fields than for those in other tournaments. They also reflected McCormack's philosophy that victory should be strongly rewarded, wherever in the world it took place - winners of tournaments received additional bonus points.
The first player to lead the rankings was McCormack's client Jack Nicklaus, and he continued to lead them for almost all of the 1970s decade. He would be succeeded as number one by Tom Watson, who in turn was succeeded by Seve Ballesteros. Had McCormack's rankings of the time been based on results over just the most recent two years, like their modern counterpart, Gary Player would have been number one in 1969 instead of Nicklaus. All the other year-end number ones, however, would have remained as they were on the three-year system. This article refers to the golfer. ...
// Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA Tour events. ...
Severiano Seve Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957 in Pedreña, Spain) is a Spanish golfer who was one of the sports leading figures in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
Gary Jim Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ...
The first ranking list, taking account of results from January 1966 to December 1968, included five American players in the top ten (Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Julius Boros and Frank Beard) and five non-Americans (Gary Player, Bob Charles, Neil Coles, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle). By 1976, the ranking list was almost totally dominated by American players - Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and Johnny Miller were the world's top three, and only two of the top ten (Gary Player and Graham Marsh) were non-Americans. However, by the time of the final "unofficial" ranking list, published in 1985, the top three players in the world - Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer and Greg Norman - were all non-American, although the leading American players, Tom Watson, Lanny Wadkins, Mark O'Meara and Curtis Strange, were ranked just behind them. This article refers to the golfer. ...
Nationality United States Birth September 10, 1929 (age 77) Latrobe, Pennsylvania Height 5 ft 10 in (1. ...
Billy Casper (b. ...
Julius Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was a professional golfer. ...
Frank Beard (b. ...
Gary Jim Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ...
Bob Charles may be: the champion golfer, go to Bob Charles (golfer) the Australian Liberal politician, go to Bob Charles (Australian politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
// Neil Coles (born September 26, 1934) is an English professional golfer. ...
Peter Thomson (born 1929) is an Australian golfer. ...
Kel Nagle (born December 21, 1920 in North Sydney) is an Australian golfer best known for winning the British Open Championship in 1960. ...
Hale Irwin (born June 3, 1945 in Joplin, Missouri) is an American golfer. ...
// Johnny Miller (born April 29, 1947) is an American former PGA Tour golfer who was born in San Francisco, California. ...
Gary Jim Player (born November 1, 1935) is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the games history. ...
Graham Marsh (born 14 Jan 1944 in Kalgoorlie, Australia) was one of the leading Australian golfers of his generation. ...
Severiano Seve Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957 in Pedreña, Spain) is a Spanish golfer who was one of the sports leading figures in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957 in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is a professional German golfer. ...
The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ...
// Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA Tour events. ...
Lanny Wadkins (born December 5, 1949 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American golfer. ...
Mark OMeara (born January 13, 1957 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. ...
Curtis Northrup Strange (born 1955) is a U.S. golfer. ...
In the years the rankings were published, the highest position attained by a British player was sixth - by Tony Jacklin in 1972, and Nick Faldo in 1984. Tony Jacklin (born July 7, 1944) is an English golfer, who was arguably the most successful UK player of his generation. ...
Personal Information Birth 18 July 1957 ) (age 49) Welwyn Garden City, England Height 6 ft 3 in (1. ...
In 1986 McCormack's system was taken up by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and became the Sony Rankings. At first the Sony Rankings were only used by the R&A to select the field for The Open Championship, but in 1995 they were endorsed by all of the principal men's professional tours (five at that time) and renamed the Official World Golf Rankings. Over the years the rankings have been used to select the field for an increasing number of important tournaments. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. ...
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// Top level professional golf consists of a year round schedule of weekly tournaments played all around the world. ...
The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. ...
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