Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2006 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2006, December 31, 2006.

Tiger Woods finished world number one.

  1. 1Tiger WoodsUSA
  2. 2Jim FurykUSA
  3. 3Phil MickelsonUSA
  4. 4Adam ScottAUS
  5. 5Ernie ElsRSA
  6. 6Retief GoosenRSA
  7. 7Vijay SinghFIJ
  8. 8Padraig HarringtonIRL
  9. 9Luke DonaldENG
  10. 10Geoff OgilvyAUS
  11. 11Sergio GarciaESP
  12. 12Henrik StensonSWE
  13. 13Trevor ImmelmanRSA
  14. 14David HowellENG
  15. 15Paul CaseyENG
  16. 16Davis Love IIIUSA
  17. 17Colin MontgomerieSCO
  18. 18Jose M OlazabalESP
  19. 19David TomsUSA
  20. 20Chris DiMarcoUSA
  21. 21Nick O'HernAUS
  22. 22Stuart ApplebyAUS
  23. 23Tim ClarkRSA
  24. 24Shingo KatayamaJPN
  25. 25Michael CampbellNZL
  26. 26Stewart CinkUSA
  27. 27Chad CampbellUSA
  28. 28Angel CabreraARG
  29. 29K.J. ChoiKOR
  30. 30Rod PamplingAUS
  31. 31Robert KarlssonSWE
  32. 32Joe DurantUSA
  33. 33Y.E. YangKOR
  34. 34Ian PoulterENG
  35. 35Darren ClarkeNIR
  36. 36Carl PetterssonSWE
  37. 37Jeev Milkha SinghIND
  38. 38Lucas GloverUSA
  39. 39Rory SabbatiniSVK
  40. 40Brett WetterichUSA
  41. 41Ben CraneUSA
  42. 42Niclas FasthSWE
  43. 43Stephen AmesCAN
  44. 44Arron OberholserUSA
  45. 45Mike WeirCAN
  46. 46Thomas BjornDEN
  47. 47Robert AllenbyAUS
  48. 48Johan EdforsSWE
  49. 49Lee WestwoodENG
  50. 50Bradley DredgeWAL
  51. 51Justin RoseENG
  52. 52Scott VerplankUSA
  53. 53Bart BryantUSA
  54. 54Zach JohnsonUSA
  55. 55Charl SchwartzelRSA
  56. 56Tom LehmanUSA
  57. 57Shaun MicheelUSA
  58. 58Kenny PerryUSA
  59. 59Anthony WallENG
  60. 60Brett QuigleyUSA
  61. 61Tom Pernice-JrUSA
  62. 62Fred CouplesUSA
  63. 63Steve StrickerUSA
  64. 64Paul BroadhurstENG
  65. 65Richard GreenAUS
  66. 66Tim HerronUSA
  67. 67Sean O'HairUSA
  68. 68John SendenAUS
  69. 69Vaughn TaylorUSA
  70. 70J.J. HenryUSA
  71. 71Paul McGinleyIRL
  72. 72Dean WilsonUSA
  73. 73Miguel A JimenezESP
  74. 74Ben CurtisUSA
  75. 75Thongchai JaideeTHA
  76. 76Jose Manuel LaraESP
  77. 77Jason BohnUSA
  78. 78Nathan GreenAUS
  79. 79Ryan MooreUSA
  80. 80Toru TaniguchiJPN
  81. 81Troy MattesonUSA
  82. 82Charles Howell IIIUSA
  83. 83Simon KhanENG
  84. 84Jyoti RandhawaIND
  85. 85Fred FunkUSA
  86. 86Peter LonardAUS
  87. 87Aaron BaddeleyAUS
  88. 88Simon DysonENG
  89. 89Stephen DoddWAL
  90. 90J.B. HolmesUSA
  91. 91Taichi TeshimaJPN
  92. 92Billy MayfairUSA
  93. 93S.K. HoKOR
  94. 94Greg OwenENG
  95. 95Jerry KellyUSA
  96. 96Hideto TaniharaJPN
  97. 97Jesper ParnevikSWE
  98. 98Jonathan ByrdUSA
  99. 99Brandt JobeUSA
  100. 100Hidemasa HoshinoJPN

Biggest climbers of 2006

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

  1. J.B. Holmes#1182 → #90+1092
  2. Martin Kaymer#1182 → #164+1018
  3. Alvaro Quiros#1182 → #175+1007
  4. Alejandro Canizares#1182 → #197+985
  5. Rafael Echenique#1070 → #165+905

2006 by tour

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