Official World Golf Rankings Advanced Statistics

This includes all ranking data from the first week of 1996 to the present day (I'm working on adding pre-1996 data). Because this isn't the complete dataset, some statistics (like total of weeks at #1, total weeks inside top 10, etc) are not comprehensive. Also, this is not the official homepage for the official world golf rankings, you can find that here.

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Current Top 50

Rank Name Points
1 Tiger Woods 11.925
2 Rory McIlroy 10.704
3 Adam Scott 7.909
4 Justin Rose 6.773
5 Luke Donald 6.490
6 Brandt Snedeker 6.295
7 Louis Oosthuizen 5.844
8 Graeme McDowell 5.496
9 Steve Stricker 5.441
10 Matt Kuchar 5.357
11 Phil Mickelson 5.083
12 Lee Westwood 4.964
13 Keegan Bradley 4.932
14 Sergio Garcia 4.876
15 Ian Poulter 4.876
16 Charl Schwartzel 4.792
17 Bubba Watson 4.742
18 Webb Simpson 4.690
19 Dustin Johnson 4.486
20 Jason Dufner 4.471
21 Peter Hanson 4.069
22 Hunter Mahan 4.034
23 Nick Watney 3.987
24 Ernie Els 3.904
25 Jason Day 3.719
26 Jim Furyk 3.654
27 Bo Van Pelt 3.534
28 Bill Haas 3.359
29 Rickie Fowler 3.305
30 Zach Johnson 3.295
31 Gonzalo Fdez Castano 3.181
32 Branden Grace 3.155
33 Thorbjorn Olesen 3.115
34 Martin Kaymer 3.100
35 Jamie Donaldson 2.927
36 Robert Garrigus 2.907
37 Carl Pettersson 2.893
38 Scott Piercy 2.845
39 Henrik Stenson 2.796
40 Paul Lawrie 2.782
41 Francesco Molinari 2.775
42 Nicolas Colsaerts 2.683
43 Michael Thompson 2.548
44 Fredrik Jacobson 2.528
45 George Coetzee 2.483
46 Ryan Moore 2.475
47 Tim Clark 2.461
48 D.A. Points 2.451
49 Billy Horschel 2.449
50 Richard Sterne 2.449

Most weeks at #1

Name Weeks
Tiger Woods 627
Greg Norman 93
Luke Donald 55
Rory McIlroy 39
Vijay Singh 32
Lee Westwood 22
David Duval 15
Ernie Els 9
Martin Kaymer 8
Tom Lehman 1

Most weeks at #2 without making it to #1

Name Weeks
Phil Mickelson 265
Jim Furyk 39
Colin Montgomerie 24
Sergio Garcia 18
Mark O'Meara 15
Steve Stricker 12
Davis Love III 5
Corey Pavin 1

Most weeks in top 10

Name Weeks
Tiger Woods 792
Phil Mickelson 716
Ernie Els 705
Vijay Singh 542
Davis Love III 407
Jim Furyk 359
Lee Westwood 349
Sergio Garcia 314
Colin Montgomerie 312
Padraig Harrington 304
Retief Goosen 274
Adam Scott 260
David Duval 231
Steve Stricker 228
Nick Price 207
Luke Donald 205
David Toms 179
Rory McIlroy 166
Mark O'Meara 149
Greg Norman 137

Past Masters Champions

Year Name Course World Rank Before World Rank After World Rank Today
2012 Bubba Watson Augusta National Golf Club 16 4 17
2011 Charl Schwartzel Augusta National Golf Club 29 11 16
2010 Phil Mickelson Augusta National Golf Club 3 2 11
2009 Angel Cabrera Augusta National Golf Club 69 18 57
2008 Trevor Immelman Augusta National Golf Club 29 15 237
2007 Zach Johnson Augusta National Golf Club 56 15 30
2006 Phil Mickelson Augusta National Golf Club 2 2 11
2005 Tiger Woods Augusta National Golf Club 2 1 1
2004 Phil Mickelson Augusta National Golf Club 8 6 11
2003 Mike Weir Augusta National Golf Club 10 5 >300
2002 Tiger Woods Augusta National Golf Club 1 1 1
2001 Tiger Woods Augusta National Golf Club 1 1 1
2000 Vijay Singh Augusta National Golf Club 8 5 117
1999 Jose M Olazabal Augusta National Golf Club 34 19 >300
1998 Mark O'Meara Augusta National Golf Club 14 10 >300
1997 Tiger Woods Augusta National Golf Club 13 3 1
Average world rank for champion before event: 18.4
Median world rank for champion before event: 11.5
Champions ranked outside the top 50 before event: 2
Champions ranked outside the top 100 before event: 0

Past US Open Champions

Year Name Course World Rank Before World Rank After World Rank Today
2012 Webb Simpson Olympic Club, Lake Course 14 5 18
2011 Rory McIlroy Congressional Country Club, Blue Course 8 4 2
2010 Graeme McDowell Pebble Beach Golf Links 37 13 8
2009 Lucas Glover Bethpage State Park, Black Course 71 18 191
2008 Tiger Woods Torrey Pines Golf Course, South Course 1 1 1
2007 Angel Cabrera Oakmont Country Club 41 17 57
2006 Geoff Ogilvy Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course 17 8 60
2005 Michael Campbell Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 80 23 257
2004 Retief Goosen Shinnecock Hills Golf Club 9 7 139
2003 Jim Furyk Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course 10 6 26
2002 Tiger Woods Bethpage State Park, Black Course 1 1 1
2001 Retief Goosen Southern Hills Country Club 44 26 139
2000 Tiger Woods Pebble Beach Golf Links 1 1 1
1999 Payne Stewart Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 13 11 >300
1998 Lee Janzen Olympic Club, Lake Course 42 22 >300
1997 Ernie Els Congressional Country Club, Blue Course 4 1 24
Average world rank for champion before event: 24.6
Median world rank for champion before event: 13.5
Champions ranked outside the top 50 before event: 2
Champions ranked outside the top 100 before event: 0

Past British Open Champions

Year Name Course World Rank Before World Rank After World Rank Today
2012 Ernie Els Royal Lytham & St Annes 40 15 24
2011 Darren Clarke Royal St George's 111 30 255
2010 Louis Oosthuizen St Andrews 54 15 7
2009 Stewart Cink Turnberry 33 9 175
2008 Padraig Harrington Royal Birkdale 14 3 56
2007 Padraig Harrington Carnoustie 10 6 56
2006 Tiger Woods Royal Liverpool 1 1 1
2005 Tiger Woods St Andrews 1 1 1
2004 Todd Hamilton Royal Troon 56 16 >300
2003 Ben Curtis Royal St George's >300 35 113
2002 Ernie Els Muirfield 3 3 24
2001 David Duval Royal Lytham & St Annes 7 3 >300
2000 Tiger Woods St Andrews 1 1 1
1999 Paul Lawrie Carnoustie 159 48 40
1998 Mark O'Meara Royal Birkdale 12 4 >300
1997 Justin Leonard Royal Troon 19 13 234
Average world rank for champion before event: 51.3
Median world rank for champion before event: 16.5
Champions ranked outside the top 50 before event: 5
Champions ranked outside the top 100 before event: 3

Past PGA Championship Champions

Year Name Course World Rank Before World Rank After World Rank Today
2012 Rory McIlroy Kiawah Island, Ocean Course 1 1 2
2011 Keegan Bradley Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course 108 29 13
2010 Martin Kaymer Whistling Straits, Straits Course 13 5 34
2009 Y.E. Yang Hazeltine National Golf Club 110 34 165
2008 Padraig Harrington Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course 3 3 56
2007 Tiger Woods Southern Hills Country Club 1 1 1
2006 Tiger Woods Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 1 1 1
2005 Phil Mickelson Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course 4 3 11
2004 Vijay Singh Whistling Straits, Straits Course 3 2 117
2003 Shaun Micheel Oak Hill Country Club, East Course 169 46 >300
2002 Rich Beem Hazeltine National Golf Club 73 26 >300
2001 David Toms Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course 19 8 80
2000 Tiger Woods Valhalla Golf Club 1 1 1
1999 Tiger Woods Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 2 1 1
1998 Vijay Singh Sahalee Country Club 18 12 117
1997 Davis Love III Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course 17 9 233
Average world rank for champion before event: 33.9
Median world rank for champion before event: 8.5
Champions ranked outside the top 50 before event: 4
Champions ranked outside the top 100 before event: 3

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