Official World Golf Ranking 49/2020

Week 49 – 06/12/2020

The Editorial Team|December 7, 2020

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Viktor Hovland has won the Mayakoba Golf Classic with a final round 65 for a 20-under, 264 total.
Aaron Wise came in second at 19-under, Adam Long and Tom Hoge tied for third at 17-under and Harris English, Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover tied for fifth at 16-under.

Hovland moves up eleven places to 15 this week, Wise up to 127 from 236, Long up thirteen to 62, Hoge to 107 from 144, English up four to 29, Horschel up one to 41 and Glover to 106 from 124.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout has won the South African Open with a final round 69 for an 18-under, 270 total.
Jamie Donaldson came in second at 13-under, Dylan Frittelli was third at 11-under, Dean Burmester fourth at 10-under and JC Ritchie finished fifth at 9-under.

Bezuidenhout moves up six places to 35, Donaldson to 183 from 252, Frittelli up two to 68, Burmester to 197 from 213 and Ritchie to 184 from 203.

This Week	Last Week	Player	Avg. Pts	Total Pts	Pts Lost (2019)	Pts Gained (2019)	Events Played
1	1	Dustin Johnson	12.88	528.11	-226.22	463.54	41
2	2	Jon Rahm	10.26	492.36	-232.83	328.72	48
3	3	Justin Thomas	9.38	441.08	-226.16	334.56	47
4	4	Rory McIlroy	7.42	341.5	-269.45	143.43	46
5	5	Bryson DeChambeau	7.28	349.55	-209.34	313.98	48
6	6	Webb Simpson	7.19	301.77	-167.12	235.02	42
7	8	Collin Morikawa	7.14	285.72	-58.89	267	36
8	7	Xander Schauffele	7.12	341.68	-195.95	247.98	48
9	9	Patrick Cantlay	6.37	261.18	-164.37	149.21	41
10	10	Tyrrell Hatton	6.2	291.47	-106.18	239.89	47
11	11	Patrick Reed	5.8	301.37	-171.7	222.01	60
12	12	Brooks Koepka	5.47	240.59	-276.32	89.3	44
13	13	Daniel Berger	5.01	210.38	-53.76	217.07	42
14	14	Matthew Wolff	4.76	190.33	-32.61	168.51	34
15	26	Viktor Hovland	4.52	185.2	-39.87	162.7	41
16	16	Tommy Fleetwood	4.32	224.86	-175.57	105.8	53
17	15	Adam Scott	4.32	172.84	-133.91	92.96	34
18	19	Tony Finau	4.32	224.6	-172.36	158.07	56
19	17	Hideki Matsuyama	4.29	223.06	-124.75	134.06	55
20	18	Sungjae Im	4.27	222.27	-99.95	181.55	70
21	20	Louis Oosthuizen	4.09	196.12	-118.97	117.94	48
22	21	Matthew Fitzpatrick	3.89	202.49	-120.6	129.67	55
23	22	Abraham Ancer	3.85	200.12	-100.99	158.29	56
24	23	Paul Casey	3.73	182.78	-140.25	92.94	49
25	24	Kevin Kisner	3.6	187	-100.24	136.87	52

26	25	Jason Kokrak	3.55	173.72	-64.25	136.92	49
27	28	Cameron Smith	3.38	172.57	-91.58	148.12	51
28	27	Marc Leishman	3.38	158.62	-124.05	118.09	47
29	33	Harris English	3.35	174.29	-29.9	156.99	56
30	29	Ryan Palmer	3.27	140.78	-55.94	126.5	43
31	30	Scottie Scheffler	3.24	168.51	-45.21	136.21	53
32	32	Shane Lowry	3.17	165.04	-128.09	70.31	53
33	31	Justin Rose	3.17	155.36	-209.61	77.23	49
34	34	Matt Kuchar	3.05	152.49	-141.13	92.79	50
35	41	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	3.05	158.37	-52.32	126	56
36	35	Gary Woodland	2.98	149.07	-148.01	58.51	50
37	38	Victor Perez	2.98	130.99	-65.43	78.07	44
38	36	Tiger Woods	2.95	117.81	-164.39	19.08	25
39	37	Kevin Na	2.94	138.06	-100.71	75.56	47
40	39	Bernd Wiesberger	2.91	133.71	-74.58	45.82	46
41	42	Billy Horschel	2.83	147.37	-105.18	100.45	54
42	40	Jason Day	2.67	122.72	-91.15	98.8	46
43	45	Joaquin Niemann	2.59	134.92	-57.31	95.96	57
44	43	Sergio Garcia	2.57	128.51	-90.22	82.69	50
45	44	Bubba Watson	2.56	115.28	-88.03	98.39	45
46	47	Brendon Todd	2.52	116.14	-33.86	71.37	46
47	48	Lee Westwood	2.47	111.35	-67.11	93.32	45
48	46	Ian Poulter	2.43	119.26	-86.77	79.01	49
49	51	Matt Wallace	2.42	125.67	-104.64	73.07	62
50	50	Mackenzie Hughes	2.31	120.2	-30.21	116.49	52
51	52	Kevin Streelman	2.29	118.92	-49.85	101.06	56
52	49	Rickie Fowler	2.28	100.45	-116.92	49.12	44
53	53	Erik van Rooyen	2.24	116.35	-69.59	65.7	56
54	55	Corey Conners	2.22	115.63	-60.98	74.48	59
55	54	Chez Reavie	2.22	115.49	-89.62	53.89	57
56	58	Sebastian J Munoz	2.11	109.54	-42.14	76.98	62
57	60	Will Zalatoris	2.11	84.21	-9.17	84.41	37
58	57	Henrik Stenson	2.1	86.21	-81.19	11.32	41
59	61	Robert MacIntyre	2.1	107.23	-51.15	56.89	51
60	56	Russell Henley	2.1	104.87	-29.37	95.37	50
61	59	Lanto Griffin	2.09	108.9	-40.37	80.42	55
62	75	Adam Long	2.09	108.55	-46.08	90.97	61
63	65	Carlos Ortiz	2.07	107.89	-32.01	81.15	57
64	63	Joel Dahmen	2.05	106.78	-54.48	84.16	57
65	62	Danny Willett	2.05	106.55	-89.86	29.98	55
66	72	Andy Sullivan	1.99	97.7	-39.05	78.07	49
67	64	Phil Mickelson	1.98	85.16	-73.69	69.39	43
68	70	Dylan Frittelli	1.96	101.98	-47.16	72.93	61
69	68	Lucas Herbert	1.91	78.44	-41.84	82.32	41
70	66	J.T. Poston	1.9	98.58	-54.23	59.49	58
71	67	Cameron Champ	1.87	97.36	-56.67	61.56	53
72	69	Byeong Hun An	1.84	95.9	-81.9	49.03	54
73	103	Chan Kim	1.84	73.58	-33.41	26.87	34
74	71	Tom Lewis	1.83	91.26	-73.13	54.14	50
75	78	Shugo Imahira	1.77	91.91	-82.14	14.23	53
76	73	Adam Hadwin	1.75	82.25	-68.45	35.22	47
77	74	Graeme McDowell	1.75	87.29	-51.58	74.88	50
78	77	Jordan Spieth	1.74	81.99	-74.01	37.01	47
79	76	Jazz Janewattananond	1.74	90.66	-76.73	29.66	60
80	82	Sunghoon Kang	1.7	88.65	-57.9	60.53	57
81	81	Aaron Rai	1.7	85.24	-32.33	68.58	50
82	79	Rasmus Hojgaard	1.69	74.39	-16.23	56.28	44
83	80	Thomas Pieters	1.68	70.66	-55.88	36.21	42
84	85	Talor Gooch	1.67	83.69	-29.73	73.74	50
85	87	Sami Valimaki	1.67	66.84	-13.52	62.96	38
86	83	Martin Kaymer	1.67	78.53	-42.06	53.78	47
87	84	Thomas Detry	1.67	86.81	-42.9	59.14	53
88	86	Doc Redman	1.62	69.87	-22.97	51.43	43
89	89	Martin Laird	1.61	70.82	-17.44	61.84	44
90	93	Brian Harman	1.59	82.76	-41.73	57.32	58
91	88	Alex Noren	1.57	81.62	-69.54	57.65	52
92	90	Siwoo Kim	1.56	81.3	-56.47	58.18	59
93	94	George Coetzee	1.55	80.39	-27.95	63.21	56
94	92	Brandt Snedeker	1.55	78.81	-82.81	39.64	51
95	91	Rafa Cabrera Bello	1.53	79.74	-91.79	33.39	58
96	96	John Catlin	1.53	79.35	-31.62	66.65	54
97	97	Zach Johnson	1.53	65.6	-30.64	59.29	43
98	106	Max Homa	1.52	79.08	-44.38	57.65	53
99	98	Sam Horsfield	1.5	70.47	-29.02	59.19	47
100	95	Francesco Molinari	1.5	59.96	-147.43	5.66	31
101	100	Ryo Ishikawa	1.5	64.45	-38.14	21.61	43
102	125	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	1.5	59.94	-47.75	21.2	36
103	99	Garrick Higgo	1.5	59.92	-11.85	57.35	34
104	102	Jim Herman	1.48	71.13	-14.29	62.67	48
105	104	Charles Howell III	1.46	76.15	-68.63	35.08	53
106	124	Lucas Glover	1.45	75.59	-53.4	38.56	54
107	144	Tom Hoge	1.45	75.57	-27.44	64.85	65
108	101	Shaun Norris	1.45	75.35	-58.98	25.52	55
109	105	Andrew Landry	1.44	73.47	-36.86	71.45	51
110	109	Matthias Schwab	1.43	74.6	-46.42	28.9	53
111	107	Jorge Campillo	1.43	74.42	-51.91	47.64	53
112	110	Rory Sabbatini	1.43	74.33	-49.47	35.87	54
113	108	Matt Jones	1.43	74.17	-40.22	35.89	57
114	114	Cameron Tringale	1.42	65.42	-21.39	47.26	46
115	113	Michael Thompson	1.42	68.02	-30.26	59.31	48
116	112	Harry Higgs	1.4	73.05	-30.7	49.74	60
117	117	Robert Streb	1.38	71.74	-24.41	59.83	56
118	116	Rikuya Hoshino	1.37	63.23	-44.17	32.63	46
119	111	Brendan Steele	1.37	65.85	-25.03	70.86	48
120	119	Nate Lashley	1.37	68.31	-40.32	37.35	50
121	118	Romain Langasque	1.37	66.92	-43.15	36.29	49
122	126	Takumi Kanaya	1.37	54.61	-11.75	34.85	17
123	204	Antoine Rozner	1.36	67.88	-23.71	45.07	50
124	114	Marcus Kinhult	1.36	65.04	-42.8	24.47	48
125	120	Eddie Pepperell	1.32	53.98	-72.11	24.51	41
126	121	Harold Varner III	1.31	68.35	-42	43.82	54
127	236	Aaron Wise	1.31	61.67	-50.76	44.1	47
128	122	Keegan Bradley	1.31	68.22	-88.94	39.73	55
129	123	Taylor Pendrith	1.3	52.07	-10.49	45.02	36
130	127	Kurt Kitayama	1.26	59.18	-49.21	18.54	47
131	128	Danny Lee	1.24	64.24	-50.76	31.55	53
132	129	Benjamin Hebert	1.23	59.14	-42.6	21.01	48
133	130	Mark Hubbard	1.23	63.76	-26.29	44.21	57
134	137	Paul Waring(Feb1985)	1.23	50.24	-45.31	11.73	41
135	131	Nick Taylor	1.22	63.52	-31.52	56.69	52
136	134	Branden Grace	1.22	63.37	-56.29	54.28	59
137	132	Scott Piercy	1.22	59.7	-49.15	35.59	49
138	136	Stewart Cink	1.22	48.61	-30.36	42.32	40
139	134	C.T. Pan	1.2	62.52	-63.13	25.94	53
140	133	Sepp Straka	1.19	62.1	-29.11	50.22	59
141	138	Charley Hoffman	1.19	60.88	-38.97	47.98	51
142	140	Joohyung Kim(June2002)	1.19	47.49	-21.58	28.15	33
143	139	Adri Arnaus	1.19	61.65	-46.13	36.1	53
144	146	Renato Paratore	1.18	61.58	-21.04	48.68	55
145	141	Wyndham Clark	1.18	61.22	-30.46	40.28	57
146	148	Tyler Duncan(Jul1989)	1.18	61.18	-24.71	36.3	65
147	145	Troy Merritt	1.17	60.6	-37.68	40.05	54
148	143	Richy Werenski	1.16	60.57	-28.18	51.98	53
149	142	Callum Shinkwin	1.15	49.62	-13.83	38.68	43
150	149	Joachim B Hansen	1.13	58.94	-33.59	34.47	53
151	173	Emiliano Grillo	1.13	58.76	-56.52	42.87	55
152	147	Justin Harding	1.12	58.42	-67.22	27.61	62
153	150	Brad Kennedy	1.12	44.78	-32.33	21.66	37
154	152	Sam Burns	1.11	54.56	-32.87	45.52	49
155	151	Daniel van Tonder	1.11	49.98	-18.77	40.81	45
156	197	Francesco Laporta	1.1	47.49	-27.13	14.44	43
157	157	Joost Luiten	1.08	54.84	-38.99	26.39	51
158	153	Adrian Otaegui	1.07	55.51	-37.18	48.44	56
159	154	Yuki Inamori	1.06	45.64	-24.99	39.42	43
160	155	Haotong Li	1.06	53.92	-68.65	20.66	51
161	156	Ryan Moore	1.06	42.28	-46.89	20.09	38
162	158	Henrik Norlander	1.05	54.77	-23.64	42.35	55
163	172	Laurie Canter	1.04	45.69	-8.34	38.74	44
164	159	Junggon Hwang	1.04	41.49	-39.02	–	36
165	183	Maverick McNealy	1.04	53.86	-17.71	50	55
166	160	Min Woo Lee	1.03	41.32	-18.85	31.41	35
167	166	Gunn Charoenkul	1.02	49.15	-27.49	20.43	48
168	168	Peter Malnati	1.02	53.07	-23.44	44.46	54
169	163	Luke List	1.02	52.93	-46.67	41.05	53
170	167	Robby Shelton IV	1.02	52.81	-28.98	29.2	56
171	170	Brandon Wu	1.01	40.58	-3.35	39.05	20
172	169	Zhang Xinjun	1.01	52.59	-35.64	24.71	59
173	164	Keith Mitchell	1.01	52.56	-54.34	28.73	54
174	161	Kristoffer Ventura	1.01	42.39	-19.81	23.87	42
175	171	Bud Cauley	1	46.17	-26.98	34.43	46
176	162	Vaughn Taylor	1	52.16	-41.49	17.45	52
177	174	Kalle Samooja	1	49.06	-27.31	30.47	49
178	175	Masahiro Kawamura	1	51.85	-30.97	35.62	61
179	186	Wilco Nienaber	0.99	39.7	-2.98	41.53	32
180	165	Andrew Putnam	0.99	49.38	-77.47	8.23	50
181	176	Brian Stuard	0.98	51	-36.04	24.84	61
182	178	Ondrej Lieser	0.97	38.67	-7.74	33.49	21
183	252	Jamie Donaldson	0.97	38.66	-6.73	30.61	36
184	203	JC Ritchie	0.96	40.47	-28.87	31.54	42
185	180	Wil Besseling	0.95	40.87	-13.55	26.35	43
186	182	Matthew NeSmith	0.95	49.26	-16.72	38.63	54
187	177	Jim Furyk	0.95	37.8	-49.48	4.92	34
188	184	Gavin Green	0.94	48.69	-29.19	38.33	52
188	179	Austin Cook	0.94	44.94	-23.39	34.52	48
190	185	Hudson Swafford	0.94	37.43	-13.64	35.14	39
191	189	Jordan L Smith	0.93	47.43	-37.21	27.49	51
192	187	Denny McCarthy	0.93	48.21	-36.55	27.22	59
193	194	Sebastian Soderberg	0.93	46.33	-33.51	17.43	50
194	190	Mikumu Horikawa	0.93	48.16	-33.61	18.42	52
195	181	Guido Migliozzi	0.92	41.35	-32.54	12.33	45
196	211	Joakim Lagergren	0.92	44.97	-25.37	24.82	49
197	213	Dean Burmester	0.91	47.46	-29.96	41.18	57
198	191	Brian Gay	0.91	47.45	-30.69	28.28	53
199	193	Marcus Armitage	0.91	40.03	-5.69	43.55	44
200	205	Calum Hill(Nov1994)	0.91	41.78	-28.11	13.97	46

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Official World Golf Ranking 49/2020

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