Official World Golf Rankings

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 26 September 2005, at which date Tiger Woods was World Number 1. His current spell at the top of the rankings is his tenth. It began on 12 June 2005 when he regained first place from Vijay Singh. The "Order" column indicates the sequence in which the players first reached number 1.

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Tiger Woods - Vijay Singh

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WeeksPlayerCountryOrder

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358Tiger WoodsUnited States11

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Tiger Woods - United States

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331Greg NormanAustralia3

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Greg Norman - Australia

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98Nick FaldoEngland4

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Nick Faldo - England

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61Seve BallesterosSpain2

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Seve Ballesteros - Spain

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50Ian WoosnamWales5

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Ian Woosnam - Wales

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43Nick PriceZimbabwe7

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Nick Price - Zimbabwe

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32Vijay SinghFiji12

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Vijay Singh - Fiji

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16Fred CouplesUnited States6

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Fred Couples - United States

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15David DuvalUnited States10

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David Duval - United States

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9Ernie ElsSouth Africa9

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Ernie Els - South Africa

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3Bernhard LangerGermany1

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Bernhard Langer - Germany

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1Tom LehmanUnited States8

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Tom Lehman - United States

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Of these players Bernard Langer and Seve Ballesteros would be most likely to gain additional weeks at number 1 if the rankings were backdated to before 1986. Greg Norman might possibly also do so. All twelve players who have topped the rankings have won at least one major championship.

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Source for data: "Number 1 Watch" on the official site. Accessed 9/26/2005.

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