Who is 1 in golf rankings

Major championships will continue to award points. The planned start date for the new system is August 14, — though it will still operate on a two-year cycle, meaning any changes will not come into effect until World No 1: Jon Rahm.

World No 2: Collin Morikawa. World No 3: Dustin Johnson. World No 4: Patrick Cantlay. 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. Daijiro Izumida. Nicolai Tinning. Gaganjeet Bhullar. John Augenstein. Thriston Lawrence. Vincent Norrman. Aaron Cockerill. Shintaro Kobayashi. Jarand Ekeland Arnoy. Ashley Chesters. Brandon Matthews. Nicolai Kristensen. Takahiro Hataji. Stephen Franken. Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon. George Cunningham.

Henric Sturehed. Junya Kameshiro. Scott Gutschewski. Garrick Porteous. Jeremy Freiburghaus. Yusaku Miyazato. Matthew Baldwin. Daisuke Yasumoto. Stephen Gallacher. Adilson da Silva. Jerome Lando Casanova. Ted Potter, Jr. Dawson Armstrong. Haraldur Magnus. Robin Sciot-Siegrist. Braden Thornberry.

Thomas Roseenmoller. Patrick Newcomb. Mateusz Gradecki. Harrison Endycott. Jamie Rutherford. Lorenzo Scalise. Yoshitaka Takeya. Kevin Dougherty. Yuto Katsuragawa. Taichi Nabetani. Ivan Cantero Gutierrez. Christopher Mivis. Trevor Fisher Jr. Sebastian Petersen. Brandon Harkins. David Lingmerth. Lucas Vacarisas. Grant Hirschman. 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 Andrew Putnam. Adam Schenk. Sean Crocker. Ricardo Gouveia. Yuta Ikeda. Adri Arnaus. Brandon Stone. Marcus Armitage. Matthias Schwab. Shugo Imahira. Masahiro Kawamura. Hiroshi Iwata.

Hayden Buckley. George Coetzee. Michael Thompson. Chad Ramey. Jeff Winther. Grant Forrest. David Lipsky. Henrik Stenson. Luke List. Zach Johnson. Padraig Harrington. Adam Svensson. Joachim B. Kramer Hickok. Adrian Meronk. Daniel Gavins. Andrew Landry. Richy Werenski. Andrew Johnston. Adrian Otaegui. Patrick Rodgers. Marcel Schneider. Mikko Korhonen. Joseph Bramlett. Brandt Snedeker. Ryo Ishikawa. Kalle Samooja. Seonghyeon Kim. Chez Reavie. Jim Herman. Sepp Straka. James Hahn. Scott Stallings.

Callum Shinkwin. Danny Lee. Sanghyun Park. Wilco Nienaber.