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. This article is about the sport of golf. ... The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ... // Top level professional golf consists of a year round schedule of weekly tournaments played all around the world. ... The International Federation of PGA Tours is the trade body for the six leading regional mens professional golf tours. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ... The Asian Golf Tour is the principal mens professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has a separate tour. ... The PGA Tour of Australasia is a prominent golf tour for men. ... // The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. ... The Sunshine Tour is a mens professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. ... The Canadian Professional Golf Tour is a mens professional golf tour. ... // Golfs Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that levels Qualifying School (the main tours qualifying tournament, popularly referred to as Q-School) to earn their PGA Tour... The Challenge Tour is the second tier mens professional golf tour in Europe. ...

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 Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... 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 McCormack rankings were unofficial world golf rankings published in Mark McCormacks World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985, and were a forerunner of the current Official World Golf Rankings. ...

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 Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf. ... Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957 in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is a professional German golfer. ... 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. ... // Alexander Walter Barr Sandy Lyle, MBE (born February 9, 1958) is a Scottish 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. ... 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. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ...

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 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 US 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. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... // Top level professional golf consists of a year round schedule of weekly tournaments played all around the world. ... Virginia Water is a village in Surrey in the United Kingdom. ... Should not be confused with Surry. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130...

Twelve players have been World No.1. Seve Ballesteros took over from Bernhard Langer and vied with Greg Norman for the No.1 spot, then Nick Faldo took over as Greg Norman’s rival. Ian Woosnam and Fred Couples held the position through 1991 and 1992 before Nick Faldo took over again through to 1994, when Nick Price’s career year took him to No.1. 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, which he held throughout 2006. Woods holds the longest consecutive streak as No. 1 at 264 weeks. 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. ... Personal Information Birth 18 July 1957 ) (age 49) Welwyn Garden City, England Height 6 ft 3 in (1. ... The cover of Ian Woosnams 2003 autobiography. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nick Price (born January 28, 1957 in Durban, South Africa), is a professional golfer. ... Tom Lehman (born March 7, 1959 in Austin, Minnesota) is an American professional golfer. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Theodore Ernest Ernie Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. ... David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. ... This article is about the golfer; for information on the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ...

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 amount of 100 points for the winner. In addition, most tours have a "premier event" that is guaranteed a much higher minimum point level. The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ...

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 the 24 to 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%. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The Players Championship (often styled THE PLAYERS Championship) is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. ... The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ... The BMW PGA Championship is an annual mens professional golf tournament on the European Tour. ... // The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. ... The Japan Open Golf Championship ) is Japans national open golf championship. ... The PGA Tour of Australasia is a prominent golf tour for men. ... The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ... The Sunshine Tour is a mens professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. ... The South African Open is one of the principal golf tournaments on the Sunshine Tour and since 1997 it has been co-sanctioned by the PGA European Tour. ... The Asian Golf Tour is the principal mens professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has a separate tour. ... The Volvo Masters of Asia is the final event of the season on golfs Asian Tour. ... // Golfs Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that levels Qualifying School (the main tours qualifying tournament, popularly referred to as Q-School) to earn their PGA Tour... The Nationwide Tour Championship is the year-end golf tournament of the Nationwide Tour. ... The Challenge Tour is the second tier mens professional golf tour in Europe. ... The Canadian Professional Golf Tour is a mens professional golf tour. ... The World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ...

Each player's personal ranking is calculated from the ranking points he has obtained over the previous two years. Firstly, his scores 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 scores 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. // The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. ... The World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours. ... Presidents Cup official logo Presidents Cup redirects here. ... The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ...

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] This article is about the golf tournament. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ... “British Open” redirects here. ... 2007 PGA tournament logo The PGA Championship (referred to as the US PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. ... The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. ... The WGC-CA Championship is one of the three annual World Golf Championships tournaments for male professional golfers. ... The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. ...

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. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. ... This article is about the golfer; for information on the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Current rankings

These are the current top 10 ranked golfers and their point tallies as of July 1, 2007. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Tiger Woods	United States	19.86
2	Phil Mickelson	United States	8.84
3	Jim Furyk	United States	8.46
4	Adam Scott	Australia	6.93
5	Ernie Els	South Africa	6.70
6	Vijay Singh	Fiji	6.19
7	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	5.75
8	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	5.57
9	Luke Donald	England	5.22
10	Padraig Harrington	Ireland	4.98

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). Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Personal Information Birth June 16, 1970 ) (age 36) San Diego, California USA Height 6 ft 3 in (1. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Adam Derek Scott (born July 16, 1980) is a professional golfer and one of a crop of young Australians plying their trade on the major golf tours. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Theodore Ernest Ernie Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... This article is about the golfer; for information on the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Fiji. ... Henrik Stenson (born 5 April 1976 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish golfer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Geoff Ogilvy (born June 11, 1977) is an Australian golfer who now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the United States. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Luke Donald (born December 7, 1977) is an English golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... // Pádraig Harrington (born 31 August 1971 in Ballyroan, Dublin, Ireland) is a professional golfer and former #6 in the world who has won ten tournaments on the European Tour and two on the PGA Tour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe is an annual 72 hole strokeplay professional golf tournament for men. ...

Ernie Els holds the record for most weeks in the World Top 10, with 679. He is followed by Greg Norman (646 weeks) and Tiger Woods (534 weeks).^[5]

Number 1 ranked golfers

These are the golfers who have topped the rankings, in order of the number of weeks they have spent at Number 1 up to July 1, 2007, 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. is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... This article is about the golfer; for information on the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ...

The "Order" column indicates the sequence in which the players first reached number 1. The "Majors" column shows the number of major championships each player has won through the 2007 Masters Tournament. The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ...

Weeks	Player	Country	Order	Majors
450	Tiger Woods	United States	9	12
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

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Ranking Controversies

Only on a few occasions have the rankings attracted criticism for producing the "wrong" World Number One. This accusation usually occurs when a player has emerged as number one despite not winning a Major Championship during the ranking period, while a rival has won more than one - notably in July 1990, when Nick Faldo remained ranked behind Greg Norman despite winning three majors in two years. On that occasion, it was also the case (but less apparent) that Norman had won 14 times during the ranking period, to Faldo's 10, and in events when the two had both competed, had finished ahead of his rival 19 times to 11. Similarly, at the end of 1997, Greg Norman remained narrowly ahead of Tiger Woods in the rankings despite Tiger's astonishing rookie season, which many expected to be sufficient to make Tiger number one. However, just twelve months later, some questioned why Tiger himself was ranked number one, after a season in which Mark O'Meara won two major titles.

Breakdown by nationality

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

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

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Rankings archive

Year end world number 1 ranked golfers

Mark H. McCormack Award - Most weeks at number 1 during calendar year The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... 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. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... The cover of Ian Woosnams 2003 autobiography. ... Personal Information Birth 18 July 1957 ) (age 49) Welwyn Garden City, England Height 6 ft 3 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth 18 July 1957 ) (age 49) Welwyn Garden City, England Height 6 ft 3 in (1. ... Nick Price (born January 28, 1957 in Durban, South Africa), is a professional golfer. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... This article is about the golfer; for information on the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ...

• 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)

Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies
See History section above for notes on changes to method of calculation. Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) (age 31) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ...