Who is number 1 in golf

Daniel van Tonder. Jason Scrivener. Hudson Swafford. Ricardo Gouveia. Marcus Armitage. Matthias Schwab. Masahiro Kawamura.

Michael Thompson. Padraig Harrington. Joachim B Hansen. Andrew Johnston. Patrick Rodgers. Marcel Schneider. Joseph Bramlett. Brandt Snedeker. Scott Stallings. Callum Shinkwin. Kristoffer Broberg. Charles Howell III. Francesco Molinari.

Jazz Janewattananond. Taylor Pendrith. Francesco Laporta. Kiradech Aphibarnrat. Renato Paratore. Naoyuki Kataoka. Jacques Kruyswijk. Ryuko Tokimatsu.

Fabrizio Zanotti. Tomoyasu Sugiyama. Matthew NeSmith. Tapio Pulkkanen. Joakim Lagergren. Matthias Schmid. Sebastian Soderberg. Darren Fichardt. Maximilian Kieffer. Neil Schietekat. Graeme McDowell. Shubhankar Sharma. Mikumu Horikawa. Camilo Villegas. Romain Langasque. Jacobus Prinsloo. Victor Dubuisson. Ignacio Elvira Mijares. Niklas Norgaard Moller. Jonathan Caldwell. Katsumasa Miyamoto. Kristian Johannessen.

Edoardo Molinari. Darius Van Driel. Hideto Tanihara. Bronson Burgoon. Matthew Southgate. Austin Smotherman. Hendrik Du Plessis. Taylor Montgomery. Curtis Thompson. Satoshi Kodaira. Tadahiro Takayama. Ollie Schniederjans. Pablo Larrazabal. Christopher Feldborg-Nielsen. Joakim Wikstrom. Jesper Kennegard. Michael Lorenzo-Vera. Nicolas Colsaerts. Richard Mansell.

Eddie Pepperell. Sahith Theegala. Sadom Kaewkanjana. Rikard Karlberg. Matteo Manassero. Phachara Khongwatmai. Kristof Ulenaers. Benjamin Hebert. Alejandro Del Ray. Chikkarangappa S. Tyson Alexander. Bryden MacPherson. Dawie van der Walt. Christofer Blomstrand. Tristen Strydom. Nicolai Dellingshausen. Mathinus Viljoen. Alexander Knappe. Gunn Charoenkul. Lucas Bjerregaard.

Shingo Katayama. Mikael Lindberg. Gavin Kyle Green. Stuart Macdonald. Julien Guerrier. Jacopo Vecchi Fossa. Thanyakorn Khrongpha. Naoto Nakanishi.

Sebastian Heisele. Although several number ones — including Tiger Woods — have held the position for just one week before being displaced, only Tom Lehman among the nineteen has been world number one for a single week in his career, in Tiger Woods was 21 years and days old when he first became world number one on June 15, Rory McIlroy became the second youngest at 22 years and days when he took over the top spot on March 4, Vijay Singh was 41 years, 6 months and 2 weeks old when he first became world number one on September 5, , and 42 years, 3 months and 3 weeks old when he last held the position on June 11, Of the twenty three, only eight have been Americans, the position also having been held by four Englishmen, three Australians, two Germans, two Spaniards, a Welshman, a Zimbabwean, a South African, a Fijian and a Northern Irishman.

The first three players are also the only ones to have been world number one for a full calendar year: Nick Faldo throughout , Greg Norman throughout , and Tiger Woods throughout , , , , , , and These 8 Rolex series, the 4 Major tournaments and the 4 World Championship tournaments in common with the American circuit, allow the European circuit to offer 16 main annual tournaments of world level, and many points.

The point award rule is based on the strength of field of each tournament. The strength of field depends on the high ranked players in the world, playing the tournament. As top-ranked players are attracted by big prize money tournaments in the USA, they gather the best players in the world. Home All time Number One world Golf players list.