Yet it has taken a full year for him to be official knocked off his pedestal. Jim Furyk has won three times in , including the FedEx Cup title. He is currently ranked sixth in the world. Steve Stricker has two wins and nine top finishes in , garnering a 5th-place ranking. Kaymer has won four times this year around the world, including the PGA Championship.
He presently falls into the three spot. Westwood won earlier this year, had two second place finishes at majors and tied for fourth at the Players Championship. Jordan Spieth - 26 Jason Day - 51 Dustin Johnson - 91 Justin Thomas - 4 Justin Rose - 13 Brooks Koepka - 47 Jon Rahm - 1.
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GNN may earn a commission from sales generated by those links. From June to October , Tiger Woods spent weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the world. During that period of time, the native Californian won 29 times on the tour, including five major victories.
A lot more could be said about the brilliance of this period of Woods' career, but it's more than sufficient to state the following: Tiger's second-most dominant stretch on top of the Official World Golf Ranking is so far beyond anyone else's on this list that it's ridiculous.
There is a greater gap between Greg Norman at No. Thirty-one wins on tour, seven majors, straight weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the world. Tiger Woods' stretch from August through November was the most brilliant stretch of golf in the modern era.
It's easily the No. Consider this: To finish , Woods won six of seven straight tournaments he entered. For a period of time from the end of through the middle of , Tiger won five of six straight majors. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Woods never missed a cut during this period. Any way you slice it, Tiger's weeks at the top from to represent not only the most dominant stretch for a world No.
All stats via PGATour. 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 In , Tiger Woods achieved the remarkable feat of holding onto the number one position all year, despite not competing for more than six months after his June 16 playoff victory for the US Open against Rocco Mediate, as he underwent knee surgery and recuperation.
He was still world number one on February 25, , when he resumed tournament golf at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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