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Scott, 33, took the top honours following the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Though Scott didn’t play in the event,
his two-year rolling average—the calculation used to determine the world rankings—finished higher than Woods’ average
following the event. Woods—who has been out of action due to surgery to ease a pinched nerve, has spent an amazing 683
weeks at number 1 during his career.
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With the achievement, Scott became just the second Australian to take the top spot, following Greg Norman who held the
honour for 331 weeks. He is the 17th player to become world No.1, and the fourth to take the top spot in a week when he
wasn’t playing, joining Lee Westwood, Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam.
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“This is another outstanding achievement for Adam Scott,” said Brian Thorburn, CEO of the PGA of Australia.
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“The Australian golfing community is very proud of Adam and we look forward to watching his progress throughout the year.”
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ithout so much as a swing of a club, Adam Scott has become the number 1 golfer in the world, quietly eclipsing
Tiger Woods and taking the top spot in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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“I’m here to win golf tournaments,” Scott said prior to the accomplishment.
“That’s been the goal, and from that you can get to No.1 in the world if you win
often enough. I’ve had a couple good chances this year already and haven’t
been able to pull it off, not because it’s been weighing on my mind, but I just
wasn’t sharp enough playing the last couple rounds at a few events.”
The Official World Ranking Points were
established in 1986, and are calculated
on a rolling two-year basis. Players
gain OWGR points by finishing highly
in eligible events. The majors are
weighted the highest, with 100
points to the winner, while other
PGA Tour events offer less—
sometimes 30 or 40 points to
the winner, depending on
field strength, etc.
Players keep the full
value of points for the
following 13 weeks,
after which the points
are reduced over the
next 91 weeks by
equal decrements.
To determine the
OWGR average,
the system divides
a player’s points
by their number
of tournaments
(minimum 40,
max 52).
The world
number one
The top spot in the Official World
Golf Rankings has changed hands 55
times since Bernhard Langer first took
the position on April 6, 1986. Tiger
Woods holds the record for the most
consecutive weeks at number one
(281, from June 12, 2005 to October 30,
2010), and the most total weeks in the
position (683).
The 16 holders, and the total number
of weeks at number one:
Bernhard Langer
Severiano Ballesteros
Greg Norman
Nick Faldo
Ian Woosnam
Fred Couples
Nick Price
Tom Lehman
Ernie Els
David Duval
Vijay Singh
Tiger Woods
Lee Westwood
Martin Kaymer
Luke Donald
Rory McIlroy
3 weeks
61 weeks
331 weeks
97 weeks
50 weeks
16 weeks
44 weeks
1 week
9 weeks
15 weeks
32 weeks
683 weeks
22 weeks
8 weeks
56 weeks
39 weeks