Reign As World No. 1
Woods holds the record for most consecutive weeks at No. 1, 281, and the most total number of weeks, 623. Since 1997, he has spent almost twelve years atop the Official World Golf Ranking, and has been the number one player for all 52 weeks of a year a record eight times – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He has spent over 750 weeks ranked in the top-10.
This list is complete as of July 3, 2012.
Start date | End date | Weeks | Approximate time | Successor |
---|---|---|---|---|
June 15, 1997 | June 21, 1997 | 1 | 7 days | Ernie Els |
July 6, 1997 | September 6, 1997 | 9 | 2 months | Greg Norman |
January 11, 1998 | April 11, 1998 | 13 | 3 months | Ernie Els |
May 10, 1998 | May 16, 1998 | 1 | 7 days | Ernie Els |
June 14, 1998 | March 27, 1999 | 41 | 9 months, 13 days | David Duval |
July 4, 1999 | August 7, 1999 | 5 | 1 month, 3 days | David Duval |
August 15, 1999 | September 4, 2004 | 264 | 5 years, 20 days | Vijay Singh |
March 6, 2005 | March 19, 2005 | 2 | 14 days | Vijay Singh |
April 10, 2005 | May 21, 2005 | 6 | 1 month, 11 days | Vijay Singh |
June 12, 2005 | October 30, 2010 | 281 | 5 years, 4.5 months | Lee Westwood |
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