1994 World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year

Who was the No. 1 player in men's golf at the end of 1994? Which golfers finished the year ranked the highest in the Official World Golf Ranking? Below is the year-end list of 1994's top-ranked golfers.

Nick Price was ranked No. 1 at the end of the year after winning six PGA Tour titles, including two majors: the 1994 British Open and 1994 PGA Championship. Price's other wins were in the Honda Classic, The Colonial, the Western Open and the Canadian Open. Price also won the ICL International on the Sunshine Tour.

Men's World Golf Rankings, End of 1994

These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the calendar year 1994. For comparison's sake, the Top 10 golfers are listed with their average ranking points earned per tournament.

1. Nick Price, Zimbabwe, 21.30
2. Greg Norman, Australia, 20.68
3. Nick Faldo, England, 16.78
4. Bernhard Langer, Germany, 15.66
5. Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain, 15.18
6. Fred Couples, United States, 13.74
7. Ernie Els, South Africa, 13.57
8. Colin Montgomerie, Scotland, 12.38
9. Jumbo Ozaki, Japan, 11.39
10. Corey Pavin, United States, 10.87
11. David Frost, South Africa
12. Fuzzy Zoeller, United States
13. Tom Kite, United States
14. Seve Ballesteros, Spain
15. Vijay Singh, Fiji
16. Ian Woosnam, Wales
17. Tom Lehman, United States
18. Mark McNulty, Zimbabwe
19. Loren Roberts, United States
20. Phil Mickelson, United States
21. Paul Azinger, United States
22. Mark McCumber, United States
23. Larry Mize, United States
24. Tom Watson, United States
25. John Cook, United States
26. Davis Love III, United States
27. Brad Faxon, United States
28. Jeff Maggert, United States
29. Hale Irwin, United States
30. Scott Hoch, United States
31. Lee Janzen, United States
32. Frank Nobilo, New Zealand
33. Ben Crenshaw, United States
34. Barry Lane, England
35. Bill Glasson, United States
36. David Gilford, England
37. Bob Estes, United States
38. Steve Elkington, Australia
39. Sam Torrance, Scotland
40. Jesper Parnevik, Sweden
41. Bruce Lietzke, United States
42. Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain
43. John Huston, United States
44. Craig Parry, Australia
45. David Edwards, United States
46. Tommy Nakajima, Japan
47. Jay Haas, United States
48. Mark Calcavecchia, United States
49. Robert Allenby, Australia
50. Rick Fehr, United States

Comparing the above end-of-1994 rankings with the end-of-1993 rankings, the biggest jump from outside the Top 50 into the Top 50 from 1993 to 1994 was by Loren Roberts, who improved from 107th to 19th. The full OWGR at the end of 1994 can be viewed in the OWGR Archives.