Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

1997 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 1997, December 28, 1997.

Greg Norman finished world number one.

World number one in 1997

The top of the ranking changed hands 7 times during 1997.

  1. Greg NormanJan 5, 1997 – Apr 13, 1997 · 15 weeks
  2. Tom LehmanApr 20, 1997 – Apr 20, 1997 · 1 week
  3. Greg NormanApr 27, 1997 – Jun 8, 1997 · 7 weeks
  4. Tiger WoodsJun 15, 1997 – Jun 15, 1997 · 1 week
  5. Ernie ElsJun 22, 1997 – Jun 22, 1997 · 1 week
  6. Greg NormanJun 29, 1997 – Jun 29, 1997 · 1 week
  7. Tiger WoodsJul 6, 1997 – Aug 31, 1997 · 9 weeks
  8. Greg NormanSep 7, 1997 – Dec 28, 1997 · 17 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Greg NormanAUS
  2. 2Tiger WoodsUSA
  3. 3Nick PriceZIM
  4. 4Ernie ElsRSA
  5. 5Davis Love IIIUSA
  6. 6Phil MickelsonUSA
  7. 7Colin MontgomerieSCO
  8. 8Masashi OzakiJPN
  9. 9Tom LehmanUSA
  10. 10Mark O'MearaUSA
  11. 11Justin LeonardUSA
  12. 12David DuvalUSA
  13. 13Scott HochUSA
  14. 14Brad FaxonUSA
  15. 15Vijay SinghFIJ
  16. 16Steve ElkingtonAUS
  17. 17Nick FaldoENG
  18. 18Jesper ParnevikSWE
  19. 19Tom WatsonUSA
  20. 20Fred CouplesUSA
  21. 21Bernhard LangerGER
  22. 22Jim FurykUSA
  23. 23Lee WestwoodENG
  24. 24Steve JonesUSA
  25. 25Ian WoosnamWAL
  26. 26Frank NobiloNZL
  27. 27Loren RobertsUSA
  28. 28Mark CalcavecchiaUSA
  29. 29Jeff MaggertUSA
  30. 30Mark McNultyIRL
  31. 31Paul StankowskiUSA
  32. 32Tommy TollesUSA
  33. 33Shigeki MaruyamaJPN
  34. 34Lee JanzenUSA
  35. 35John CookUSA
  36. 36Darren ClarkeNIR
  37. 37Brian WattsUSA
  38. 38Tom KiteUSA
  39. 39Craig StadlerUSA
  40. 40Craig ParryAUS
  41. 41Bill GlassonUSA
  42. 42Jose M OlazabalESP
  43. 43Steve StrickerUSA
  44. 44Scott McCarronUSA
  45. 44Stuart ApplebyAUS
  46. 46Naomichi Joe OzakiJPN
  47. 47Payne StewartUSA
  48. 48Per-Ulrik JohanssonSWE
  49. 49Bob TwayUSA
  50. 50Robert AllenbyAUS
  51. 51David FrostRSA
  52. 52Costantino RoccaITA
  53. 53Michael BradleyUSA
  54. 54Eduardo RomeroARG
  55. 55Stewart CinkUSA
  56. 56Jeff SlumanUSA
  57. 57Jay HaasUSA
  58. 58Duffy WaldorfUSA
  59. 59Carlos FrancoPAR
  60. 60Retief GoosenRSA
  61. 61David OgrinUSA
  62. 62Mark BrooksUSA
  63. 63Billy AndradeUSA
  64. 64Kenny PerryUSA
  65. 65Peter LonardAUS
  66. 66Brandt JobeUSA
  67. 67Kirk TriplettUSA
  68. 68Fred FunkUSA
  69. 69Frankie MinozaPHI
  70. 70Tim HerronUSA
  71. 71Tateo Jet OzakiJPN
  72. 72Andrew MageeUSA
  73. 73Thomas BjornDEN
  74. 74Phil BlackmarUSA
  75. 75Paul GoydosUSA
  76. 76Corey PavinUSA
  77. 77Greg TurnerNZL
  78. 78Padraig HarringtonIRL
  79. 79Dudley HartUSA
  80. 80Robert KarlssonSWE
  81. 81Stephen AmesCAN
  82. 82Ignacio GarridoESP
  83. 83Peter O'MalleyAUS
  84. 84Andrew ColtartSCO
  85. 85Rick FehrUSA
  86. 86Miguel Angel MartinESP
  87. 87Dan ForsmanUSA
  88. 88Rocco MediateUSA
  89. 89Tom ByrumUSA
  90. 90Mark JamesENG
  91. 91Eduardo HerreraCOL
  92. 92Yoshinori KanekoJPN
  93. 93Larry NelsonUSA
  94. 94Steve LoweryUSA
  95. 95Peter SeniorAUS
  96. 96Hal SuttonUSA
  97. 97Jay Don BlakeUSA
  98. 98Larry MizeUSA
  99. 99Raymond RussellSCO
  100. 100Russ CochranUSA

Biggest climbers of 1997

Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.

  1. Robert Damron#897 → #124+773
  2. Brent Geiberger#897 → #136+761
  3. Kenichi Kuboya#897 → #185+712
  4. Toshiaki Odate#510 → #152+358
  5. Clinton Whitelaw#530 → #192+338

1997 by tour

How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.