List of World Number One male golfers: Information from Answers.com

The following is a list of the 12 golfers who have risen to the top of the Official World Golf Rankings. As of December 31, 2009, Tiger Woods is the No. 1 ranked golfer, and has spent the most consecutive weeks (264) and most total weeks (580) in that position. Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year atop the rankings: Nick Faldo (1993), Greg Norman (1996), and Tiger Woods (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).

Number 1 ranked men

Country	Name	Start date	End date	Number of weeks	Accumulated weeks
West Germany	Langer, BernhardBernhard Langer	01986-04-06 April 6, 1986	01986-04-26 April 26, 1986	3	3
Spain	Ballesteros, SeverianoSeveriano Ballesteros (2)	01986-04-27 April 27, 1986	01986-09-13 September 13, 1986	20	20
Australia	Norman, GregGreg Norman (3)	01986-09-14 September 14, 1986	01987-11-16 November 16, 1987	61	61
Spain	Seve Ballesteros	01987-11-22 November 22, 1987	01987-11-28 November 28, 1987	1	21
Australia	Greg Norman	01987-11-29 November 29, 1987	01988-10-29 October 29, 1988	49	110
Spain	Seve Ballesteros	01988-10-30 October 30, 1988	01988-11-05 November 5, 1988	1	22
Australia	Greg Norman	01988-11-06 November 6, 1988	01988-11-12 November 12, 1988	1	111
Spain	Seve Ballesteros	01988-11-13 November 13, 1988	01989-03-25 March 25, 1989	19	41
Australia	Greg Norman	01989-03-26 March 26, 1989	01989-04-01 April 1, 1989	1	112
Spain	Seve Ballesteros	01989-04-02 April 2, 1989	01989-08-19 August 19, 1989	20	61
Australia	Greg Norman	01989-08-20 August 20, 1989	01990-09-01 September 1, 1990	54	166
England	Faldo, NickNick Faldo (4)	01990-09-02 September 2, 1990	01990-10-13 October 13, 1990	7	7
Australia	Greg Norman	01990-10-14 October 14, 1990	01991-02-02 February 2, 1991	16	182
England	Nick Faldo	01991-02-03 February 3, 1991	01991-04-06 April 6, 1991	9	16
Wales	Woosnam, IanIan Woosnam (5)	01991-04-07 April 7, 1991	01992-03-21 March 21, 1992	50	50
United States	Couples, FredFred Couples (6)	01992-03-22 March 22, 1992	01992-03-28 March 28, 1992	1	1
England	Nick Faldo	01992-03-29 March 29, 1992	01992-04-04 April 4, 1992	1	17
United States	Fred Couples	01992-04-05 April 5, 1992	01992-07-18 July 18, 1992	15	16
England	Nick Faldo	01992-07-19 July 19, 1992	01994-02-05 February 5, 1994	81	98
Australia	Greg Norman	01994-02-06 February 6, 1994	01994-08-13 August 13, 1994	27	209
Zimbabwe	Price, NickNick Price (7)	01994-08-14 August 14, 1994	01995-06-17 June 17, 1995	44	44
Australia	Greg Norman	01995-06-18 June 18, 1995	01997-04-19 April 19, 1997	96	305
United States	Lehman, TomTom Lehman (8)	01997-04-20 April 20, 1997	01997-04-26 April 26, 1997	1	1
Australia	Greg Norman	01997-04-27 April 27, 1997	01997-06-14 June 14, 1997	7	312
United States	Woods, TigerTiger Woods (9)	01997-06-15 June 15, 1997	01997-06-21 June 21, 1997	1	1
South Africa	Els, ErnieErnie Els (10)	01997-06-22 June 22, 1997	01997-06-28 June 28, 1997	1	1
Australia	Greg Norman	01997-06-29 June 29, 1997	01997-07-05 July 5, 1997	1	313
United States	Tiger Woods	01997-07-06 July 6, 1997	01997-09-06 September 6, 1997	9	10
Australia	Greg Norman	01997-09-07 September 7, 1997	01998-01-10 January 10, 1998	18	331
United States	Tiger Woods	01998-01-11 January 11, 1998	01998-04-11 April 11, 1998	13	23
South Africa	Ernie Els	01998-04-12 April 12, 1998	01998-05-09 May 9, 1998	4	5
United States	Tiger Woods	01998-05-10 May 10, 1998	01998-05-16 May 16, 1998	1	24
South Africa	Ernie Els	01998-05-17 May 17, 1998	01998-06-13 June 13, 1998	4	9
United States	Tiger Woods	01998-06-14 June 14, 1998	01999-03-27 March 27, 1999	41	65
United States	Duval, DavidDavid Duval (11)	01999-03-28 March 28, 1999	01999-07-03 July 3, 1999	14	14
United States	Tiger Woods	01999-07-04 July 4, 1999	01999-08-07 August 7, 1999	5	70
United States	David Duval	01999-08-07 August 7, 1999	01999-08-14 August 14, 1999	1	15
United States	Tiger Woods	01999-08-15 August 15, 1999	02004-09-04 September 4, 2004	264 (record)	334
Fiji	Singh, VijayVijay Singh (12)	02004-09-05 September 5, 2004	02005-03-05 March 5, 2005	26	26
United States	Tiger Woods	02005-03-06 March 6, 2005	02005-03-19 March 19, 2005	2	336
Fiji	Vijay Singh	02005-03-20 March 20, 2005	02005-04-09 April 9, 2005	3	29
United States	Tiger Woods	02005-04-10 April 10, 2005	02005-05-21 May 21, 2005	6	342
Fiji	Vijay Singh	02005-05-22 May 22, 2005	02005-06-11 June 11, 2005	3	32
United States	Tiger Woods	02005-06-12 June 12, 2005	Present	238	580 (record)

Weeks at number 1

Rank	Player	Weeks
1.	Woods, TigerTiger Woods	580
2.	Norman, GregGreg Norman	331
3.	Faldo, NickNick Faldo	98
4.	Ballesteros, SeverianoSeveriano Ballesteros	61
5.	Woosnam, IanIan Woosnam	50
6.	Price, NickNick Price	44
7.	Singh, VijayVijay Singh	32
8.	Couples, FredFred Couples	16
9.	Duval, DavidDavid Duval	15
10.	Els, ErnieErnie Els	9
11.	Langer, BernhardBernhard Langer	3
12.	Lehman, TomTom Lehman	1

v • d • e World Number ones since 1986

Seve Ballesteros \| Fred Couples \| David Duval \| Ernie Els \| Nick Faldo \| Bernhard Langer \| Tom Lehman \| Greg Norman \| Nick Price \| Vijay Singh \| Tiger Woods* \| Ian Woosnam *Tiger Woods (USA) is the current World No. 1, and has spent the most weeks in that position, currently over 575.

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