Year-end world ranking
2011 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2011, December 25, 2011.
Luke Donald finished world number one.
World number one in 2011
The top of the ranking changed hands 3 times during 2011.
- Lee WestwoodJan 2, 2011 – Feb 20, 2011 · 8 weeks
- Martin KaymerFeb 27, 2011 – Apr 17, 2011 · 8 weeks
- Lee WestwoodApr 24, 2011 – May 22, 2011 · 5 weeks
- Luke DonaldMay 29, 2011 – Dec 25, 2011 · 31 weeks · finished the year
- 1Luke DonaldENGENG
- 2Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 3Rory McIlroyNIRNIR
- 4Martin KaymerGERGER
- 5Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 6Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 7Dustin JohnsonUSAUSA
- 8Jason DayAUSAUS
- 9Charl SchwartzelRSARSA
- 10Webb SimpsonUSAUSA
- 11Matt KucharUSAUSA
- 12Nick WatneyUSAUSA
- 13Graeme McDowellNIRNIR
- 14Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 15K.J. ChoiKORKOR
- 16Ian PoulterENGENG
- 17Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 18Justin RoseENGENG
- 19Hunter MahanUSAUSA
- 20Paul CaseyENGENG
- 21Bubba WatsonUSAUSA
- 22Alvaro QuirosESPESP
- 23Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 24Robert KarlssonSWESWE
- 25Kyung-Tae KimKORKOR
- 26David TomsUSAUSA
- 27Bill HaasUSAUSA
- 28Simon DysonENGENG
- 29Bo Van PeltUSAUSA
- 30Sangmoon BaeKORKOR
- 31Keegan BradleyUSAUSA
- 32Rickie FowlerUSAUSA
- 33Jason DufnerUSAUSA
- 34Anders HansenDENDEN
- 35Thomas BjornDENDEN
- 36Geoff OgilvyAUSAUS
- 37Zach JohnsonUSAUSA
- 38Brandt SnedekerUSAUSA
- 39Freddie JacobsonSWESWE
- 40Louis OosthuizenRSARSA
- 41Francesco MolinariITAITA
- 42Peter HansonSWESWE
- 43John SendenAUSAUS
- 44Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 45Y.E. YangKORKOR
- 46Aaron BaddeleyAUSAUS
- 47Martin LairdSCOSCO
- 48Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 49Gonzalo Fdez-CastanoESPESP
- 50Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 51Ryo IshikawaJPNJPN
- 52Gary WoodlandUSAUSA
- 53Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 54Ben CraneUSAUSA
- 55Jonathan ByrdUSAUSA
- 56Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 57Ryan MooreUSAUSA
- 58Matteo ManasseroITAITA
- 59Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 60Greg ChalmersAUSAUS
- 61Toru TaniguchiJPNJPN
- 62Mark WilsonUSAUSA
- 63Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 64Joost LuitenNEDNED
- 65Edoardo MolinariITAITA
- 66Alex NorenSWESWE
- 67Chez ReavieUSAUSA
- 68Hiroyuki FujitaJPNJPN
- 69Lucas GloverUSAUSA
- 70Kevin NaUSAUSA
- 71Rory SabbatiniSVKSVK
- 72Nicolas ColsaertsBELBEL
- 73Ryan PalmerUSAUSA
- 74Jeff OvertonUSAUSA
- 75Yuta IkedaJPNJPN
- 76Charles Howell IIIUSAUSA
- 77Pablo Larrazábal——
- 78Anthony KimUSAUSA
- 79Sean O'HairUSAUSA
- 80Brendan JonesAUSAUS
- 81Koumei OdaJPNJPN
- 82George CoetzeeRSARSA
- 83Paul LawrieSCOSCO
- 84Charley HoffmanUSAUSA
- 85Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 86Jamie DonaldsonWALWAL
- 87Thomas AikenRSARSA
- 88Tetsuji HiratsukaJPNJPN
- 89Camilo VillegasCOLCOL
- 90Gregory HavretFRAFRA
- 91David LynnENGENG
- 92Scott VerplankUSAUSA
- 93Spencer LevinUSAUSA
- 94Tim ClarkRSARSA
- 95Steve MarinoUSAUSA
- 96Tommy GaineyUSAUSA
- 97Marcus FraserAUSAUS
- 98Chris KirkUSAUSA
- 99Richard GreenAUSAUS
- 100Ross FisherENGENG
Biggest climbers of 2011
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Michael Thompson#1324 → #131+1193
- Andrea Pavan#1141 → #181+960
- Jason Kokrak#1139 → #191+948
- Ted Potter Jr#1020 → #174+846
- Chez Reavie#762 → #67+695
2011 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.