Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2005 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2005, December 25, 2005.

Tiger Woods finished world number one.

World number one in 2005

The top of the ranking changed hands 5 times during 2005.

  1. Vijay SinghJan 2, 2005 – Feb 27, 2005 · 9 weeks
  2. Tiger WoodsMar 6, 2005 – Mar 13, 2005 · 2 weeks
  3. Vijay SinghMar 20, 2005 – Apr 3, 2005 · 3 weeks
  4. Tiger WoodsApr 10, 2005 – May 15, 2005 · 6 weeks
  5. Vijay SinghMay 22, 2005 – Jun 5, 2005 · 3 weeks
  6. Tiger WoodsJun 12, 2005 – Dec 25, 2005 · 29 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Tiger WoodsUSA
  2. 2Vijay SinghFIJ
  3. 3Phil MickelsonUSA
  4. 4Retief GoosenRSA
  5. 5Ernie ElsRSA
  6. 6Sergio GarciaESP
  7. 7Jim FurykUSA
  8. 8Colin MontgomerieSCO
  9. 9Adam ScottAUS
  10. 10Chris DiMarcoUSA
  11. 11David HowellENG
  12. 12Angel CabreraARG
  13. 13Luke DonaldENG
  14. 14Kenny PerryUSA
  15. 15David TomsUSA
  16. 16Michael CampbellNZL
  17. 17Padraig HarringtonIRL
  18. 18Darren ClarkeNIR
  19. 19Davis Love IIIUSA
  20. 20Tim ClarkRSA
  21. 21Paul McGinleyIRL
  22. 22Thomas BjornDEN
  23. 23Bart BryantUSA
  24. 24Nick O'HernAUS
  25. 25Fred CouplesUSA
  26. 26Jose M OlazabalESP
  27. 27Stewart CinkUSA
  28. 28Scott VerplankUSA
  29. 29John DalyUSA
  30. 30Stuart ApplebyAUS
  31. 31K.J. ChoiKOR
  32. 32Henrik StensonSWE
  33. 33Justin LeonardUSA
  34. 34Ben CraneUSA
  35. 35Robert AllenbyAUS
  36. 36Mark HensbyAUS
  37. 37Sean O'HairUSA
  38. 38Chad CampbellUSA
  39. 39Shingo KatayamaJPN
  40. 40Miguel A JimenezESP
  41. 41Lee WestwoodENG
  42. 42Brandt JobeUSA
  43. 43Tom LehmanUSA
  44. 44Shigeki MaruyamaJPN
  45. 45Fred FunkUSA
  46. 46Peter LonardAUS
  47. 47Rod PamplingAUS
  48. 48Mike WeirCAN
  49. 49Tim HerronUSA
  50. 50Geoff OgilvyAUS
  51. 51Stephen AmesCAN
  52. 52Paul CaseyENG
  53. 53Carl PetterssonSWE
  54. 54Bernhard LangerGER
  55. 55Charles Howell IIIUSA
  56. 56Graeme McDowellNIR
  57. 57Zach JohnsonUSA
  58. 58Steve ElkingtonAUS
  59. 59Ian PoulterENG
  60. 60Niclas FasthSWE
  61. 61Craig ParryAUS
  62. 62Trevor ImmelmanRSA
  63. 63Mark CalcavecchiaUSA
  64. 64Ted PurdyUSA
  65. 65Lucas GloverUSA
  66. 66Jerry KellyUSA
  67. 67Brad FaxonUSA
  68. 68Kenneth FerrieENG
  69. 69Tom Pernice-JrUSA
  70. 70Richard GreenAUS
  71. 71Rory SabbatiniSVK
  72. 72Billy MayfairUSA
  73. 73Olin BrowneUSA
  74. 74Vaughn TaylorUSA
  75. 75Nick DoughertyENG
  76. 76Paul BroadhurstENG
  77. 77Carlos FrancoPAR
  78. 78Joe OgilvieUSA
  79. 79Stephen DoddWAL
  80. 80Ryan PalmerUSA
  81. 81Wes Short-JrUSA
  82. 82Bo Van PeltUSA
  83. 83Bradley DredgeWAL
  84. 84Jason BohnUSA
  85. 85David SmailNZL
  86. 86Justin RoseENG
  87. 87Thomas LevetFRA
  88. 88Greg OwenENG
  89. 89S.K. HoKOR
  90. 90Jason GoreUSA
  91. 91David LynnENG
  92. 92Toru TaniguchiJPN
  93. 93Jay HaasUSA
  94. 94Paul SheehanAUS
  95. 95Jonathan KayeUSA
  96. 96Raphael JacquelinFRA
  97. 97Todd HamiltonUSA
  98. 98Yasuharu ImanoJPN
  99. 99Arron OberholserUSA
  100. 100Keiichiro FukaboriJPN

Biggest climbers of 2005

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

  1. Sean O'Hair#1155 → #37+1118
  2. Joey Snyder-III#1155 → #133+1022
  3. Shiv Kapur#1155 → #192+963
  4. Jason Gore#675 → #90+585
  5. Ryan Moore#715 → #142+573

2005 by tour

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