Current Rankings
These are the top 10 ranked golfers and their average ranking points as of November 25, 2012.
| Rank | Change | Player | Country | Points | Top 10 since | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 13.61 | 02011-01-23January 23, 2011 | 97 | |
| 2 | Luke Donald | England | 9.28 | 02010-09-05September 5, 2010 | 117 | |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | United States | 8.89 | 02012-03-25March 25, 2012 | 36 | |
| 4 | 3 | Justin Rose | England | 6.66 | 02012-05-20May 20, 2012 | 28 |
| 5 | Adam Scott | Australia | 6.50 | 02012-07-22July 22, 2012 | 19 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lee Westwood | England | 6.39 | 02009-10-18October 18, 2009 | 163 |
| 7 | 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | 6.35 | 02012-11-04November 4, 2012 | 4 |
| 8 | Jason Dufner | United States | 5.74 | 02012-05-27May 27, 2012 | 27 | |
| 9 | Webb Simpson | United States | 5.61 | 02012-06-17June 17, 2012 | 24 | |
| 10 | Brandt Snedeker | United States | 5.56 | 02012-09-23September 23, 2012 | 10 |
Since the introduction of the latest rating method in September 2001, the highest points average as well as the largest lead in points average were set by Tiger Woods on September 16, 2007. After winning the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship in consecutive weeks, he had an average of 24.36 and a lead of 14.73 points over Phil Mickelson.
Ernie Els holds the record for most weeks in the World Top 10, with 788. He is followed by Tiger Woods (772 weeks) and Phil Mickelson (709 weeks).
Read more about this topic: Official World Golf Ranking
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