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 McIlroyNIR
  2. 2Luke DonaldENG
  3. 3Tiger WoodsUSA
  4. 4Justin RoseENG
  5. 5Adam ScottAUS
  6. 6Louis OosthuizenRSA
  7. 7Lee WestwoodENG
  8. 8Bubba WatsonUSA
  9. 9Jason DufnerUSA
  10. 10Brandt SnedekerUSA
  11. 11Webb SimpsonUSA
  12. 12Ian PoulterENG
  13. 13Keegan BradleyUSA
  14. 14Charl SchwartzelRSA
  15. 15Graeme McDowellNIR
  16. 16Sergio GarciaESP
  17. 17Phil MickelsonUSA
  18. 18Steve StrickerUSA
  19. 19Peter HansonSWE
  20. 20Nick WatneyUSA
  21. 21Matt KucharUSA
  22. 22Bo Van PeltUSA
  23. 23Dustin JohnsonUSA
  24. 24Ernie ElsRSA
  25. 25Zach JohnsonUSA
  26. 26Hunter MahanUSA
  27. 27Jim FurykUSA
  28. 28Martin KaymerGER
  29. 29Paul LawrieSCO
  30. 30Francesco MolinariITA
  31. 31Rickie FowlerUSA
  32. 32Carl PetterssonSWE
  33. 33Gonzalo Fdez-CastanoESP
  34. 34Branden GraceRSA
  35. 35Bill HaasUSA
  36. 36Nicolas ColsaertsBEL
  37. 37Jason DayAUS
  38. 38John SendenAUS
  39. 39Robert GarrigusUSA
  40. 40Ryan MooreUSA
  41. 41Scott PiercyUSA
  42. 42David TomsUSA
  43. 43Hiroyuki FujitaJPN
  44. 44Matteo ManasseroITA
  45. 45Thomas BjornDEN
  46. 46David LynnENG
  47. 47Jamie DonaldsonWAL
  48. 48K.J. ChoiKOR
  49. 49George CoetzeeRSA
  50. 50Thorbjorn OlesenDEN
  51. 51Geoff OgilvyAUS
  52. 52Shane LowryIRL
  53. 53Henrik StensonSWE
  54. 54Miguel A JimenezESP
  55. 55Marcus FraserAUS
  56. 56Alex NorenSWE
  57. 57Richie RamsaySCO
  58. 58Rafa Cabrera BelloESP
  59. 59Padraig HarringtonIRL
  60. 60Marcel SiemGER
  61. 61Anders HansenDEN
  62. 62Freddie JacobsonSWE
  63. 63Simon DysonENG
  64. 64Greg ChalmersAUS
  65. 65Bernd WiesbergerAUT
  66. 66John HuhUSA
  67. 67Bud CauleyUSA
  68. 68Kevin NaUSA
  69. 69Thaworn WiratchantTHA
  70. 70Sangmoon BaeKOR
  71. 71Martin LairdSCO
  72. 72Kyung-Tae KimKOR
  73. 73Brendan JonesAUS
  74. 74Jonas BlixtSWE
  75. 75Ryo IshikawaJPN
  76. 76Kyle StanleyUSA
  77. 77Toru TaniguchiJPN
  78. 78Aaron BaddeleyAUS
  79. 79Kristoffer BrobergSWE
  80. 80Thongchai JaideeTHA
  81. 81Ben CraneUSA
  82. 82Vijay SinghFIJ
  83. 83Brendon de JongeZIM
  84. 84Ben CurtisUSA
  85. 85Pablo Larrazábal—
  86. 86Michael ThompsonUSA
  87. 87Marc LeishmanAUS
  88. 88Fredrik Andersson HedSWE
  89. 89Gaganjeet BhullarIND
  90. 90Alvaro QuirosESP
  91. 91Tim ClarkRSA
  92. 92Jonathan ByrdUSA
  93. 93Danny WillettENG
  94. 94Ross FisherENG
  95. 95Seungyul NohKOR
  96. 96Jeev Milkha SinghIND
  97. 97Mark WilsonUSA
  98. 98Stephen GallacherSCO
  99. 99Jeff OvertonUSA
  100. 100Koumei OdaJPN

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.