Year-end world ranking
Asian Tour — 1997
Final published week of 1997, December 28, 1997.
Ernie Els led the tour at world #4.
World ranking as at 1997-12-28, limited to players who earned ranking points on the Asian Tour in 1997.
- 4Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 7Colin MontgomerieSCOSCO
- 8Masashi OzakiJPNJPN
- 15Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 17Nick FaldoENGENG
- 20Fred CouplesUSAUSA
- 21Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 23Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 25Ian WoosnamWALWAL
- 26Frank NobiloNZLNZL
- 33Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 36Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 37Brian WattsUSAUSA
- 44Stuart ApplebyAUSAUS
- 50Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 59Carlos FrancoPARPAR
- 60Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 65Peter LonardAUSAUS
- 66Brandt JobeUSAUSA
- 69Frankie MinozaPHIPHI
- 71Tateo Jet OzakiJPNJPN
- 73Thomas BjornDENDEN
- 77Greg TurnerNZLNZL
- 78Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 80Robert KarlssonSWESWE
- 81Stephen AmesCANCAN
- 83Peter O'MalleyAUSAUS
- 84Andrew ColtartSCOSCO
- 86Miguel Angel MartinESPESP
- 92Yoshinori KanekoJPNJPN
- 95Peter SeniorAUSAUS
- 99Raymond RussellSCOSCO
- 102Paul McGinleyIRLIRL
- 105Paul BroadhurstENGENG
- 111Michael LongNZLNZL
- 113Joakim HaeggmanSWESWE
- 115Hajime MeshiaiJPNJPN
- 118Sam TorranceSCOSCO
- 122Shoichi KuwabaraJPNJPN
- 125Richard GreenAUSAUS
- 132Todd HamiltonUSAUSA
- 137Stephen LeaneyAUSAUS
- 139Peter MitchellENGENG
- 141Edward FryattENGENG
- 142David IshiiUSAUSA
- 146David GilfordENGENG
- 147Keiichiro FukaboriJPNJPN
- 149Steven AlkerNZLNZL
- 150Hirofumi MiyaseJPNJPN
- 155Paul LawrieSCOSCO
- 157Roger ChapmanENGENG
- 159Kazuhiko HosokawaJPNJPN
- 163Jean Van de VeldeFRAFRA
- 164Tsukasa WatanabeJPNJPN
- 166Toru SuzukiJPNJPN
- 167Eiji MizoguchiJPNJPN
- 167Sven StruverGERGER
- 169Peter TeravainenUSAUSA
- 171Greg ChalmersAUSAUS
- 174Wayne RileyAUSAUS
- 178Russell ClaydonENGENG
- 179David CarterENGENG
- 182Jean Louis GuepyFRAFRA
- 183Toshimitsu IzawaJPNJPN
- 186Peter BakerENGENG
- 188Shinichi YokotaJPNJPN
- 193Hidemichi TanakaJPNJPN
- 194Katsunori KuwabaraJPNJPN
- 196Ross McFarlaneENGENG
- 197Yoshi MizumakiJPNJPN
- 198Kevin WentworthUSAUSA
- 198Anthony PainterAUSAUS
- 202Alex CejkaGERGER
- 203Taichi TeshimaJPNJPN
- 204Tommy NakajimaJPNJPN
- 205Katsuyoshi TomoriJPNJPN
- 207Shigemasa HigakiJPNJPN
- 209Darren ColeAUSAUS
- 212Masanobu KimuraJPNJPN
- 213David HowellENGENG
- 215Mitsuo HaradaJPNJPN
- 217Yeh Chang-TingTPETPE
- 222Shane TaitAUSAUS
- 223Wayne GradyAUSAUS
- 224Peter HedblomSWESWE
- 227Jongduk KimKORKOR
- 227John DalyUSAUSA
- 234Roger MackayAUSAUS
- 235Stewart GinnAUSAUS
- 236Satoshi HigashiJPNJPN
- 237Phillip PriceWALWAL
- 238Kaname YokooJPNJPN
- 242Nobuo SerizawaJPNJPN
- 246Rick GibsonCANCAN
- 251Kiyoshi MaitaJPNJPN
- 252Zaw MoeSGPSGP
- 254Hideyuki SatoJPNJPN
- 256Tsuyoshi YoneyamaJPNJPN
- 256Iain PymanENGENG
- 258Marc FarryFRAFRA
1997 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.