2019 World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
No. 1 at the end of 2019? That was Brooks Koepka. Koepka had two PGA Tour wins during the year: the 2019 PGA Championship plus the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Men's World Golf Rankings, End of 2019
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the calendar year 2019 (released on Dec. 27, 2019; the number is the player's average ranking points earned per tournament):
1. Brooks Koepka, United States, 10.4296
2. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 9.3504
3. Jon Rahm, Spain, 8.0910
4. Justin Thomas, United States, 7.0782
5. Dustin Johnson, United States, 6.9234
6. Tiger Woods, United States, 6.5780
7. Patrick Cantlay, United States, 6.2806
8. Justin Rose, England, 6.1221
9. Xander Schauffele, United States, 5.6793
10. Tommy Fleetwood, England, 5.5880
11. Webb Simpson, United States, 4.9761
12. Patrick Reed, United States, 4.8688
13. Adam Scott, Australia, 4.8588
14. Bryson DeChambeau, United States, 4.7093
15. Paul Casey, England, 4.6016
16. Tony Finau, United States, 4.5948
17. Gary Woodland, United States, 4.5877
18. Francesco Molinari, Italy, 4.5848
19. Shane Lowry, Ireland, 4.3700
20. Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa, 4.1946
21. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 4.1182
22. Bernd Wiesberger, Austria, 4.0619
23. Rickie Fowler, United States, 3.9130
24. Matt Kuchar, United States, 3.8622
25. Matthew Fitzpatrick, England, 3.7121
26. Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 3.4684
27. Kevin Na, United States, 3.4004
28. Marc Leishman, Australia, 3.2917
29. Danny Willett, England, 3.2005
30. Matt Wallace, England, 3.0644
31. Shugo Imahira, Japan, 3.0521
32. Tyrrell Hatton, England, 3.0338
33. Billy Horschel, United States, 2.9313
34. Sungjae Im, Korea, 2.9301
35. Kevin Kisner, United States, 2.8909
36. Chez Reavie, United States, 2.8592
37. Jason Day, Australia, 2.8067
38. Abraham Ancer, Mexico, 2.7592
39. Sergio Garcia, Spain, 2.7208
40. Jazz Janewattananond, Thailand, 2.6829
41. Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain, 2.6597
42. Byeong Hun An, Korea, 2.4723
43. Ian Poulter, England, 2.4429
44. Jordan Spieth, United States, 2.4284
45. Victor Perez, France, 2.4155
46. Brandt Snedeker, United States, 2.3445
47. Bubba Watson, United States, 2.3317
48. Andrew Putnam, United States, 2.3259
49. Erik van Rooyen, South Africa, 2.3182
50. Adam Hadwin, Canada, 2.3097
Comparing the above end-of-2019 rankings with the end-of-2018 rankings, the biggest jump from outside the Top 50 into the Top 50 from 2018 to 2019 was by Bernd Wiesberger, who went from No. 185 at the end of 2018 to No. 22 at the end of 2019.
The biggest year-to-year drop within the Top 50 was by Bubba Watson, who fell from No. 16 at the end of 2018 to No. 47 at the end of 2019. The full OWGR at the end of 2019 can be viewed in the OWGR Archives.
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