World Golf Ranking 41/2026 October 12, 2026 - Golf Today

Week 41 – 11/10/26

Simon Bale|October 12, 2026

Keywords: DP World Tour, golf trivia, Number 1, Official World Golf Ranking, PGA Tour, rankings

Grant Forrest has won the Open de España and moves up to 140 from 296 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra shared second place and moves up five places to 50, tied alongside him was France’s Victor Perez who moves up to 129 from 171. Jacob Skov Olesen came fourth and moves up twelve places to 88. England’s Daniel Brown and Joe Dean tied for fifth and move up ten places to 128 and fourteen to 126 respectively.

Pictured: Grant Forrest. ISPS Handa Championship 2023 R2

Related: Grant Forrest Wins Open de España to Earn Masters and Open Invitations

The Scot's up-and-down birdie at the 72nd hole held off a thrilling home charge from Eugenio Chacarra in Madrid.

Michael Brennan has won the Baycurrent Classic and moves up thirteen places in the Official World Golf Ranking this week.

Keith Mitchell and Jacob Bridgeman tied for second place behind Brennan, Brian Harman, Xander Schauffele, Stephan Jaeger, Ryan Gerard and Jordan Smith all finished fourth.

Mitchell moves up to 59 from 76, Bridgeman up three places to 17, Harman up five to 63, Schauffele up one to number 9, Jaeger to 106 from 127, Gerard stays at 23 and Smith up five to 68.

Michael Brennan of the United States lines up a putt on the tenth green during the second round of the Bank of Utah Championship

Related: Michael Brennan Wins Second PGA Tour Title of the Season

Six closing pars, one of them saved from a greenside bunker, gave the 24-year-old a one-shot win on debut at Yokohama.

What is the OWGR?

The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) is the weekly ranking of golfers on eligible men’s tours. Players earn points at eligible tournaments based on how strong the field was and where they finished, and their position is decided by their average points per event over a rolling two-year period.

The OWGR describes its mission as being “to administer and publish, on a weekly basis, a transparent, credible, and accurate Ranking based on the relative performances of players participating in male Eligible Golf Tours worldwide.”

Where did the world ranking come from?

The idea was born in the early 1980s, the work of Mark H McCormack and Tony Greer.

The first official world Number 1 was Bernhard Langer, who took the position on April 6, 1986.

For more in depth answers on how the OWGR is calculated and the number 1 position and its history, see links below.

Related: How the Official World Golf Ranking Works: OWGR Points, Field Rating and Time Decay Explained

The OWGR system is built on field rating, finishing position, and a two-year rolling average. Here's how the mechanics actually work, from Strokes Gained to the minimum divisor.

Related: Official World Golf Ranking – Number 1

History of the Official World Golf Ranking Number 1 Position

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The top-200 in the ranking this week

This Week	Last Week	Country	Player	Avg. Points	Total Points	Points Lost (2026)	Points Won (2026)
1	1	United States	Scottie Scheffler	16.95	711.83	-490.76	517.63
2	2	Northern Ireland	Rory McIlroy	8.66	363.81	-317.53	244.62
3	3	England	Matt Fitzpatrick	7.20	352.72	-116.82	319.39
4	4	United States	Cameron Young	7.18	337.65	-130.48	307.22
5	5	United States	Wyndham Clark	6.31	309.42	-81.24	295.48
6	7	England	Tommy Fleetwood	5.17	263.51	-180.10	160.62
7	6	United States	Russell Henley	5.17	206.62	-143.34	153.61
8	8	United States	Chris Gotterup	5.16	268.27	-113.29	244.27
9	10	United States	Xander Schauffele	5.12	204.69	-172.95	171.56
10	9	United States	Sam Burns	5.10	239.64	-100.10	205.28
11	11	United States	Collin Morikawa	4.85	193.81	-148.30	188.75
12	12	United States	J.J. Spaun	4.75	247.18	-159.55	158.69
13	13	Norway	Viktor Hovland	4.70	206.59	-107.44	162.85
14	14	South Korea	Si Woo Kim	4.55	236.42	-88.47	222.88
15	15	Spain	Jon Rahm	4.47	178.78	-67.38	185.49
16	16	England	Aaron Rai	4.30	197.94	-110.51	156.85
17	20	United States	Jacob Bridgeman	4.25	220.88	-83.46	223.12
18	17	England	Justin Rose	4.09	183.86	-134.04	137.08
19	18	Sweden	Ludvig Aberg	4.03	193.41	-129.69	163.10
20	33	United States	Michael Brennan	4.02	188.79	-44.79	144.71
21	19	Scotland	Robert MacIntyre	4.00	208.25	-166.21	133.12
22	22	New Zealand	Ryan Fox	3.85	192.71	-71.54	155.68
23	23	United States	Ryan Gerard	3.80	197.61	-88.47	182.16
24	21	Sweden	Alex Noren	3.77	154.69	-89.68	88.09
25	26	Japan	Hideki Matsuyama	3.49	181.36	-141.11	143.94
26	24	England	Tyrrell Hatton	3.45	138.10	-96.32	104.15
27	25	United States	Ben Griffin	3.44	178.67	-144.83	87.15
28	28	United States	Patrick Cantlay	3.42	140.06	-86.24	112.88
29	27	United States	Justin Thomas	3.35	137.44	-135.11	83.40
30	29	United States	Patrick Reed	3.32	132.73	-70.40	122.89
31	31	Australia	Min Woo Lee	3.28	163.88	-83.07	148.81
32	30	Norway	Kristoffer Reitan	3.23	167.85	-69.86	124.08
33	32	South Korea	Tom Kim	3.19	166.06	-59.17	157.48
34	35	Chile	Joaquin Niemann	2.99	119.52	-34.20	114.10
35	34	United States	Akshay Bhatia	2.99	152.27	-97.34	146.44
36	36	Austria	Sepp Straka	2.92	139.94	-137.71	87.56
37	37	United States	Bryson DeChambeau	2.89	115.43	-94.13	100.58
38	38	United States	J.T. Poston	2.87	140.59	-71.05	121.83
39	40	United States	Michael Thorbjornsen	2.71	129.97	-46.33	108.32
40	39	Ireland	Shane Lowry	2.70	132.28	-109.34	97.56
41	41	United States	Kurt Kitayama	2.63	123.46	-70.89	98.46
42	45	Australia	Adam Scott	2.59	121.58	-74.71	112.54
43	42	United States	Gary Woodland	2.59	121.51	-47.15	117.06
44	44	United States	Harris English	2.54	121.97	-121.99	53.95
45	43	Denmark	Nicolai Hojgaard	2.52	131.28	-65.87	114.49
46	47	United States	Bud Cauley	2.49	116.96	-50.03	100.56
47	46	United States	Alex Smalley	2.46	127.71	-48.68	118.15
48	48	United States	Rickie Fowler	2.33	104.63	-51.72	90.53
49	49	United States	Maverick McNealy	2.32	120.81	-118.04	78.71
50	55	Spain	Eugenio Chacarra	2.31	119.91	-32.27	108.00
51	50	United States	Jake Knapp	2.27	90.89	-53.90	84.38
52	52	Australia	Lucas Herbert	2.23	89.26	-20.96	85.76
53	51	United States	Keegan Bradley	2.21	97.16	-114.24	44.95
54	53	England	Marco Penge	2.14	108.90	-72.13	46.52
55	54	England	Matt Wallace	2.08	108.04	-62.27	87.44
56	56	England	Alex Fitzpatrick	2.00	104.20	-31.40	99.46
57	57	United States	Jackson Koivun	2.00	79.95	-15.95	64.20
58	58	South Africa	Casey Jarvis	1.99	103.30	-32.37	100.25
59	76	United States	Keith Mitchell	1.98	98.94	-44.85	89.87
60	59	Canada	Corey Conners	1.95	91.65	-84.72	56.96
61	61	South Korea	Sungjae Im	1.91	99.07	-88.77	83.32
62	60	United States	Jordan Spieth	1.89	81.15	-51.80	66.56
63	68	United States	Brian Harman	1.88	95.90	-78.52	60.77
64	62	United States	John Keefer	1.84	95.43	-52.78	69.94
65	65	United States	Daniel Berger	1.82	79.96	-72.31	67.30
66	67	United States	Austin Smotherman	1.80	88.06	-39.77	74.96
67	63	Colombia	Nicolas Echavarria	1.80	93.45	-82.36	76.97
68	73	England	Jordan Smith	1.77	92.23	-55.25	71.41
69	64	United States	Michael Kim	1.77	91.88	-89.71	69.67
70	66	United States	Samuel Stevens	1.76	91.67	-74.08	66.01
71	69	England	Harry Hall	1.73	89.92	-68.84	66.30
72	70	Japan	Ryo Hisatsune	1.72	89.43	-53.81	87.72
73	71	United States	Pierceson Coody	1.68	87.19	-58.18	73.83
74	72	United States	Ross Steelman	1.64	77.10	-14.39	69.92
75	77	Denmark	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	1.63	84.68	-60.44	45.20
76	78	United States	Max Homa	1.62	77.88	-36.79	68.12
77	74	Australia	Jason Day	1.61	64.41	-63.22	53.45
78	75	United States	Steven Fisk	1.59	79.52	-39.96	54.87
79	82	Spain	David Puig	1.59	63.52	-37.64	53.22
80	80	United States	Matt McCarty	1.58	82.41	-81.60	67.87
81	79	Denmark	Rasmus Hojgaard	1.58	82.18	-73.05	49.59
82	81	United States	Eric Cole	1.58	81.95	-52.50	70.16
83	85	Finland	Sami Valimaki	1.55	69.63	-56.50	16.45
84	84	United States	Benjamin James	1.54	61.77	-1.46	61.55
85	83	United States	Ricky Castillo	1.54	73.91	-32.71	63.64
86	86	United States	Andrew Novak	1.48	77.01	-79.74	41.11
87	88	Canada	Nick Taylor	1.46	75.72	-70.38	53.35
88	100	Denmark	Jacob Skov Olesen	1.45	75.49	-23.68	63.21
89	87	Scotland	Sandy Scott	1.45	65.14	-11.70	61.69
90	90	United States	Sahith Theegala	1.40	68.76	-61.10	74.22
91	89	Belgium	Thomas Detry	1.40	72.83	-75.16	52.30
92	93	United States	Ben Kohles	1.40	72.81	-24.87	68.19
93	91	United States	McClure Meissner	1.39	69.31	-44.23	47.24
94	105	United States	Blades Brown	1.38	69.15	-13.85	71.45
95	92	Germany	Matti Schmid	1.35	70.14	-53.94	47.96
96	95	United States	Max Greyserman	1.33	69.07	-84.30	37.55
97	96	United States	Jackson Suber	1.32	63.51	-27.28	52.71
98	97	South Africa	Jayden Schaper	1.32	68.51	-46.41	23.08
99	98	United States	Beau Hossler	1.31	68.33	-39.71	53.58
100	103	United States	Doug Ghim	1.31	66.84	-36.10	54.03
101	101	New Zealand	Daniel Hillier	1.31	68.11	-39.11	55.75
102	94	South Africa	Aldrich Potgieter	1.30	63.93	-51.11	38.64
103	99	Japan	Keita Nakajima	1.30	63.63	-38.02	38.23
104	114	Finland	Oliver Lindell	1.28	66.75	-30.70	53.94
105	106	England	John Parry	1.28	66.72	-56.04	43.02
106	127	Germany	Stephan Jaeger	1.27	64.59	-56.22	55.66
107	102	Philippines	Richard Hoey	1.26	65.68	-54.72	33.13
108	109	South Africa	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	1.26	65.65	-56.47	39.90
109	104	United States	Denny McCarthy	1.25	61.33	-57.47	41.07
110	107	Taiwan (Province of China)	Chun-an Yu	1.25	64.94	-53.15	42.55
111	111	United States	Chris Kirk	1.24	54.78	-46.16	27.99
112	113	United States	Kevin Roy	1.24	63.29	-35.84	49.55
113	117	South Africa	Thriston Lawrence	1.24	64.44	-60.46	35.18
114	108	United States	Brooks Koepka	1.24	49.48	-20.49	45.72
115	116	United States	Andrew Putnam	1.20	62.53	-37.50	59.81
116	112	Argentina	Emiliano Grillo	1.20	60.02	-42.73	33.54
117	110	Canada	Taylor Pendrith	1.19	59.65	-70.03	38.29
118	115	Canada	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	1.19	57.26	-25.00	55.86
119	117	South Africa	Shaun Norris	1.19	61.75	-49.71	41.34
120	120	United States	Doc Redman	1.18	47.37	-16.19	45.46
121	119	Northern Ireland	Tom McKibbin	1.18	50.72	-39.91	25.44
122	124	South Africa	Hennie Du Plessis	1.18	47.11	-9.61	48.10
123	123	Spain	Angel Ayora	1.17	61.03	-39.18	39.40
124	121	England	Andy Sullivan	1.17	60.71	-36.74	46.07
125	122	China	Haotong Li	1.16	60.55	-50.40	35.36
126	140	England	Joe Dean	1.14	59.48	-22.96	52.98
127	125	United States	Patrick Rodgers	1.14	59.48	-55.30	55.12
128	138	England	Daniel Brown(Oct1994)	1.13	53.11	-49.10	22.11
129	171	France	Victor Perez	1.13	55.33	-39.00	39.71
130	126	Japan	Kota Kaneko	1.13	58.59	-26.10	44.87
131	128	Spain	Nacho Elvira	1.12	58.37	-30.71	50.65
132	129	United States	Lucas Glover	1.11	52.37	-61.69	28.81
133	133	United States	Chandler Blanchet	1.09	51.24	-30.76	29.58
134	131	United States	Max McGreevy	1.09	56.61	-58.42	26.43
135	130	United States	Davis Thompson	1.09	55.41	-58.38	41.56
136	135	Spain	Jose Luis Ballester	1.08	43.18	-14.34	27.86
137	132	United States	Brandt Snedeker	1.07	46.03	-19.18	39.05
138	151	United States	Zachary Bauchou	1.06	55.28	-25.84	45.13
139	134	United States	Davis Riley	1.06	55.16	-49.95	35.29
140	296	Scotland	Grant Forrest	1.06	52.90	-26.91	37.85
141	144	Mexico	Alvaro Ortiz Becerra	1.05	54.74	-16.65	47.09
142	137	United States	Lee Hodges	1.05	48.33	-37.86	34.49
143	136	United States	David Lipsky	1.05	54.57	-40.25	44.58
143	141	Spain	Sergio Garcia	1.05	41.98	-11.91	42.66
145	139	South Africa	Garrick Higgo	1.05	44.98	-43.27	8.01
146	149	Sweden	Joakim Lagergren	1.05	54.35	-33.88	29.59
147	147	Austria	Bernd Wiesberger	1.04	53.90	-18.54	50.24
148	142	United States	Zac Blair	1.03	53.75	-20.25	46.29
149	143	United States	Chandler Phillips	1.02	53.24	-31.12	38.28
150	145	Poland	Adrian Meronk	1.01	40.31	-4.73	37.32
151	153	Denmark	Jeff Winther	0.99	46.57	-17.52	37.87
152	146	United States	William Mouw	0.99	43.55	-35.48	25.61
153	152	Sweden	Mikael Lindberg	0.98	51.05	-19.50	42.00
154	150	Australia	Cameron Smith	0.98	39.17	-21.29	32.67
155	148	United States	Tom Hoge	0.97	50.50	-57.54	37.45
156	157	United States	Billy Horschel	0.97	41.73	-71.53	33.75
157	156	United States	Tommy Morrison	0.95	38.17	-0.73	38.45
158	154	Zimbabwe	Scott Vincent	0.95	44.45	-21.24	29.59
159	170	United States	Alistair Docherty	0.94	45.24	-21.57	46.38
160	160	United States	Ian Holt	0.94	45.85	-21.14	50.08
161	155	Scotland	Calum Hill	0.92	47.96	-32.17	40.55
162	159	United States	Neal Shipley	0.92	45.81	-35.60	23.17
163	161	South Africa	JC Ritchie	0.91	47.47	-28.95	21.56
164	224	United States	Austin Hitt	0.91	47.37	-13.97	38.98
165	158	United States	Tony Finau	0.91	40.91	-52.69	33.96
166	165	United States	Cole Sherwood	0.91	44.48	-13.09	42.96
167	162	France	Adrien Saddier	0.90	46.67	-47.91	10.84
168	166	Denmark	Niklas Norgaard	0.89	46.11	-38.43	37.66
169	163	United States	Mark Hubbard	0.89	46.06	-40.57	26.72
170	164	England	Marcus Armitage	0.88	45.88	-27.47	35.14
171	169	England	Laurie Canter	0.87	40.03	-46.90	13.73
172	168	South Africa	Michael Hollick	0.86	44.79	-12.73	33.13
173	167	Canada	Mackenzie Hughes	0.86	43.68	-54.40	24.55
174	184	United States	Davis Lamb	0.85	34.16	-13.89	31.05
175	177	Japan	Yuta Sugiura	0.85	44.35	-20.61	33.15
176	172	Japan	Kazuki Higa	0.85	44.29	-34.10	14.64
177	173	Scotland	Ewen Ferguson	0.85	44.04	-31.65	31.34
178	176	United States	Trace Crowe(Oct1996)	0.84	33.76	-23.44	21.37
179	175	Australia	Elvis Smylie	0.84	42.68	-33.32	30.24
180	183	Spain	Manuel Elvira	0.83	43.39	-16.70	32.02
181	174	United States	Davis Bryant	0.83	43.28	-13.82	36.57
182	181	China	Marty Dou Zecheng	0.83	39.87	-20.58	29.00
183	178	United States	Dylan Menante	0.83	38.94	-11.27	35.96
184	179	United States	Brian Campbell	0.83	38.87	-51.89	9.40
185	187	Japan	Takumi Kanaya	0.82	42.87	-37.05	18.83
186	180	South Africa	Richard Sterne	0.82	40.16	-15.95	27.80
187	182	Denmark	Thorbjorn Olesen	0.82	42.58	-49.49	20.99
188	196	Netherlands	Joost Luiten	0.82	42.47	-26.61	25.96
189	201	France	Martin Couvra	0.81	42.19	-34.57	21.65
190	185	Australia	Travis Smyth	0.81	33.05	-16.68	33.52
191	189	Ireland	Seamus Power	0.80	41.60	-33.90	30.64
192	190	Canada	A.J. Ewart	0.80	31.82	-11.18	31.83
193	191	England	Dan Bradbury	0.79	41.17	-31.62	31.01
194	188	United States	Taylor Moore	0.79	37.89	-37.92	31.81
195	186	France	Jeremy Gandon	0.79	38.67	-18.01	34.09
196	199	Spain	Angel Hidalgo Portillo	0.79	40.85	-24.86	32.43
197	192	United States	Carson Young	0.78	40.77	-32.70	31.00
198	193	South Korea	Seonghyeon Kim	0.78	40.30	-33.86	29.58
199	194	Norway	Kristoffer Ventura	0.77	36.40	-22.66	24.31
200	198	Sweden	Christofer Blomstrand	0.77	30.87	-6.84	29.88

Simon Bale

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