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
#PlayerCtry
- 1Luke DonaldENG
- 2Lee WestwoodENG
- 3Rory McIlroyNIR
- 4Martin KaymerGER
- 5Adam ScottAUS
- 6Steve StrickerUSA
- 7Dustin JohnsonUSA
- 8Jason DayAUS
- 9Charl SchwartzelRSA
- 10Webb SimpsonUSA
- 11Matt KucharUSA
- 12Nick WatneyUSA
- 13Graeme McDowellNIR
- 14Phil MickelsonUSA
- 15K.J. ChoiKOR
- 16Ian PoulterENG
- 17Sergio GarciaESP
- 18Justin RoseENG
- 19Hunter MahanUSA
- 20Paul CaseyENG
- 21Bubba WatsonUSA
- 22Alvaro QuirosESP
- 23Tiger WoodsUSA
- 24Robert KarlssonSWE
- 25Kyung-Tae KimKOR
- 26David TomsUSA
- 27Bill HaasUSA
- 28Simon DysonENG
- 29Bo Van PeltUSA
- 30Sangmoon BaeKOR
- 31Keegan BradleyUSA
- 32Rickie FowlerUSA
- 33Jason DufnerUSA
- 34Anders HansenDEN
- 35Thomas BjornDEN
- 36Geoff OgilvyAUS
- 37Zach JohnsonUSA
- 38Brandt SnedekerUSA
- 39Freddie JacobsonSWE
- 40Louis OosthuizenRSA
- 41Francesco MolinariITA
- 42Peter HansonSWE
- 43John SendenAUS
- 44Miguel A JimenezESP
- 45Y.E. YangKOR
- 46Aaron BaddeleyAUS
- 47Martin LairdSCO
- 48Darren ClarkeNIR
- 49Gonzalo Fdez-CastanoESP
- 50Jim FurykUSA
- 51Ryo IshikawaJPN
- 52Gary WoodlandUSA
- 53Retief GoosenRSA
- 54Ben CraneUSA
- 55Jonathan ByrdUSA
- 56Ernie ElsRSA
- 57Ryan MooreUSA
- 58Matteo ManasseroITA
- 59Robert AllenbyAUS
- 60Greg ChalmersAUS
- 61Toru TaniguchiJPN
- 62Mark WilsonUSA
- 63Vijay SinghFIJ
- 64Joost LuitenNED
- 65Edoardo MolinariITA
- 66Alex NorenSWE
- 67Chez ReavieUSA
- 68Hiroyuki FujitaJPN
- 69Lucas GloverUSA
- 70Kevin NaUSA
- 71Rory SabbatiniSVK
- 72Nicolas ColsaertsBEL
- 73Ryan PalmerUSA
- 74Jeff OvertonUSA
- 75Yuta IkedaJPN
- 76Charles Howell IIIUSA
- 77Pablo Larrazábal—
- 78Anthony KimUSA
- 79Sean O'HairUSA
- 80Brendan JonesAUS
- 81Koumei OdaJPN
- 82George CoetzeeRSA
- 83Paul LawrieSCO
- 84Charley HoffmanUSA
- 85Padraig HarringtonIRL
- 86Jamie DonaldsonWAL
- 87Thomas AikenRSA
- 88Tetsuji HiratsukaJPN
- 89Camilo VillegasCOL
- 90Gregory HavretFRA
- 91David LynnENG
- 92Scott VerplankUSA
- 93Spencer LevinUSA
- 94Tim ClarkRSA
- 95Steve MarinoUSA
- 96Tommy GaineyUSA
- 97Marcus FraserAUS
- 98Chris KirkUSA
- 99Richard GreenAUS
- 100Ross FisherENG
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.