Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2012 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2012, December 30, 2012.

Rory McIlroy finished world number one.

World number one in 2012

The top of the ranking changed hands 7 times during 2012.

  1. Luke DonaldJan 1, 2012 – Feb 26, 2012 · 9 weeks
  2. Rory McIlroyMar 4, 2012 – Mar 11, 2012 · 2 weeks
  3. Luke DonaldMar 18, 2012 – Apr 8, 2012 · 4 weeks
  4. Rory McIlroyApr 15, 2012 – Apr 22, 2012 · 2 weeks
  5. Luke DonaldApr 29, 2012 – Apr 29, 2012 · 1 week
  6. Rory McIlroyMay 6, 2012 – May 20, 2012 · 3 weeks
  7. Luke DonaldMay 27, 2012 – Aug 5, 2012 · 11 weeks
  8. Rory McIlroyAug 12, 2012 – Dec 30, 2012 · 21 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Rory McIlroy
  2. 2Luke Donald
  3. 3Tiger Woods
  4. 4Justin Rose
  5. 5Adam Scott
  6. 6Louis Oosthuizen
  7. 7Lee Westwood
  8. 8Bubba Watson
  9. 9Jason Dufner
  10. 10Brandt Snedeker
  11. 11Webb Simpson
  12. 12Ian Poulter
  13. 13Keegan Bradley
  14. 14Charl Schwartzel
  15. 15Graeme McDowell
  16. 16Sergio Garcia
  17. 17Phil Mickelson
  18. 18Steve Stricker
  19. 19Peter Hanson
  20. 20Nick Watney
  21. 21Matt Kuchar
  22. 22Bo Van Pelt
  23. 23Dustin Johnson
  24. 24Ernie Els
  25. 25Zach Johnson
  26. 26Hunter Mahan
  27. 27Jim Furyk
  28. 28Martin Kaymer
  29. 29Paul Lawrie
  30. 30Francesco Molinari
  31. 31Rickie Fowler
  32. 32Carl Pettersson
  33. 33Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
  34. 34Branden Grace
  35. 35Bill Haas
  36. 36Nicolas Colsaerts
  37. 37Jason Day
  38. 38John Senden
  39. 39Robert Garrigus
  40. 40Ryan Moore
  41. 41Scott Piercy
  42. 42David Toms
  43. 43Hiroyuki Fujita
  44. 44Matteo Manassero
  45. 45Thomas Bjorn
  46. 46David Lynn
  47. 47Jamie Donaldson
  48. 48K.J. Choi
  49. 49George Coetzee
  50. 50Thorbjorn Olesen
  51. 51Geoff Ogilvy
  52. 52Shane Lowry
  53. 53Henrik Stenson
  54. 54Miguel A Jimenez
  55. 55Marcus Fraser
  56. 56Alex Noren
  57. 57Richie Ramsay
  58. 58Rafa Cabrera Bello
  59. 59Padraig Harrington
  60. 60Marcel Siem
  61. 61Anders Hansen
  62. 62Freddie Jacobson
  63. 63Simon Dyson
  64. 64Greg Chalmers
  65. 65Bernd Wiesberger
  66. 66John Huh
  67. 67Bud Cauley
  68. 68Kevin Na
  69. 69Thaworn Wiratchant
  70. 70Sangmoon Bae
  71. 71Martin Laird
  72. 72Kyung-Tae Kim
  73. 73Brendan Jones
  74. 74Jonas Blixt
  75. 75Ryo Ishikawa
  76. 76Kyle Stanley
  77. 77Toru Taniguchi
  78. 78Aaron Baddeley
  79. 79Kristoffer Broberg
  80. 80Thongchai Jaidee
  81. 81Ben Crane
  82. 82Vijay Singh
  83. 83Brendon de Jonge
  84. 84Ben Curtis
  85. 85Pablo Larrazábal
  86. 86Michael Thompson
  87. 87Marc Leishman
  88. 88Fredrik Andersson Hed
  89. 89Gaganjeet Bhullar
  90. 90Alvaro Quiros
  91. 91Tim Clark
  92. 92Jonathan Byrd
  93. 93Danny Willett
  94. 94Ross Fisher
  95. 95Seungyul Noh
  96. 96Jeev Milkha Singh
  97. 97Mark Wilson
  98. 98Stephen Gallacher
  99. 99Jeff Overton
  100. 100Koumei Oda

Biggest climbers of 2012

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

  1. Kristoffer Broberg#1401 → #79+1322
  2. Luke Guthrie#1401 → #114+1287
  3. Brian Harman#1401 → #160+1241
  4. Charlie Beljan#1401 → #166+1235
  5. Shawn Stefani#1401 → #199+1202

2012 by tour

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