How they really ranked in 2012
Rory McIlroy was golf’s undisputed No 1 in 2012. But how did the top 300 in the world rankings really do this season in terms of ranking points gained?
McIlroy clearly tops the list from Tiger Woods but there were some other outstanding performances with Graeme McDowell, Branden Grace, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Marcel Siem and even Padraig Harrington performing better than their current world ranking would suggest.
Rank 2012. Official World ranking. Points gained 2012
- 1 Rory McIlroy 596.988
- 3 Tiger Woods 369.870
- 2 Luke Donald 345.770
- 4 Justin Rose 337.657
- 6 Louis Oosthuizen 334.849
- 8 Bubba Watson 288.711
- 7 Lee Westwood 271.500
- 9 Jason Dufner 267.954
- 10 Brandt Snedeker 267.893
- 24 Ernie Els 252.878
- 15 Graeme McDowell 252.306
- 13 Keegan Bradley 241.472
- 19 Peter Hanson 234.547
- 17 Phil Mickelson 232.792
- 12 Ian Poulter 232.119
- 21 Matt Kuchar 218.046
- 25 Zach Johnson 217.601
- 5 Adam Scott 215.021
- 26 Hunter Mahan 209.853
- 27 Jim Furyk 209.364
- 22 Bo Van Pelt 206.935
- 14 Charl Schwartzel 205.406
- 11 Webb Simpson 202.015
- 20 Nick Watney 200.835
- 34 Branden Grace 197.402
- 32 Carl Pettersson 197.085
- 16 Sergio Garcia 194.263
- 29 Paul Lawrie 187.319
- 30 Francesco Molinari 181.161
- 18 Steve Stricker 176.689
- 23 Dustin Johnson 170.532
- 36 Nicolas Colsaerts 169.516
- 39 Robert Garrigus 161.443
- 31 Rickie Fowler 157.732
- 35 Bill Haas 149.300
- 41 Scott Piercy 141.229
- 44 Matteo Manassero 132.293
- 28 Martin Kaymer 131.002
- 40 Ryan Moore 123.717
- 58 Rafael Cabrera Bello 122.299
- 43 Hiroyuki Fujita 122.289
- 60 Marcel Siem 120.551
- 38 John Senden 118.234
- 50 Thorbjorn Olesen 117.778
- 53 Henrik Stenson 117.437
- 76 Kyle Stanley 112.588
- 59 Padraig Harrington 110.562
- 49 George Coetzee 104.598
- 109 Johnson Wagner 104.580
- 68 Kevin Na 104.308
- 66 John Huh 104.149
- 47 Jamie Donaldson 103.533
- 71 Martin Laird 103.341
- 46 David Lynn 103.035
- 69 Thaworn Wiratchant 100.425
- 65 Bernd Wiesberger 100.284
- 84 Ben Curtis 99.942
- 33 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 97.759
- 97 Mark Wilson 94.367
- 83 Brendon de Jonge 93.523
- 75 Ryo Ishikawa 93.464
- 57 Richie Ramsay 92.682
- 80 Thongchai Jaidee 92.673
- 45 Thomas Bjorn 92.006
- 87 Marc Leishman 91.654
- 54 Miguel A Jimenez 91.562
- 55 Marcus Fraser 91.197
- 104 Robert Rock 90.126
- 93 Danny Willett 88.222
- 42 David Toms 87.208
- 52 Shane Lowry 86.321
- 56 Alexander Noren 85.963
- 67 Bud Cauley 84.673
- 98 Stephen Gallacher 83.737
- 74 Jonas Blixt 83.294
- 106 Charlie Wi 81.786
- 86 Michael Thompson 81.589
- 81 Ben Crane 80.892
- 96 Jeev Milkha Singh 80.582
- 73 Brendan Jones 80.398
- 51 Geoff Ogilvy 80.022
- 95 Noh Seung-yul 79.452
- 101 Scott Jamieson 79.224
- 37 Jason Day 79.008
- 82 Vijay Singh 77.609
- 126 Kevin Stadler 75.997
- 79 Kristoffer Broberg 75.644
- 120 Jimmy Walker 75.604
- 92 Jonathan Byrd 73.481
- 99 Jeff Overton 73.451
- 70 Bae Sang-moon 72.465
- 125 Matthew Every 72.224
- 89 Gaganjeet Bhullar 72.006
- 91 Tim Clark 71.653
- 61 Anders Hansen 71.068
- 64 Greg Chalmers 69.890
- 107 Retief Goosen 69.718
- 94 Ross Fisher 69.194
- 48 K.J. Choi 69.158
- 148 D.A. Points 69.143
- 85 Pablo Larrazabal 68.690
- 102 Yuta Ikeda 68.632
- 88 Fredrik Andersson Hed 66.395
- 72 K.T. Kim 66.086
- 78 Aaron Baddeley 66.046
- 139 Chris Wood 65.207
- 116 Kim Hyung-sung 65.139
- 110 Casey Wittenberg 64.893
- 147 John Rollins 64.719
- 118 Ryan Palmer 63.098
- 136 Brian Davis 63.010
- 119 Raphael Jacquelin 62.637
- 133 Spencer Levin 62.510
- 77 Toru Taniguchi 61.783
- 158 Soren Kjeldsen 61.576
- 115 Chris Kirk 61.400
- 117 Charles Howell-III 60.204
- 129 Tommy Gainey 59.746
- 114 Luke Guthrie 59.596
- 144 Tom Gillis 59.478
- 153 Ken Duke 59.240
- 124 Yoshinori Fujimoto 58.608
- 113 Thomas Aiken 58.259
- 142 Pat Perez 57.679
- 143 Blake Adams 57.650
- 134 Rory Sabbatini 56.958
- 128 J.B. Holmes 56.624
- 168 Romain Wattel 56.175
- 103 Toshinori Muto 55.736
- 112 Ted Potter-jr 55.553
- 123 Scott Stallings 55.365
- 63 Simon Dyson 54.966
- 183 Troy Matteson 54.103
- 179 J.J. Henry 54.008
- 154 Richard Sterne 53.948
- 169 Cameron Tringale 53.651
- 164 Charley Hoffman 52.708
- 137 Sean O’Hair 52.447
- 160 Brian Harman 51.820
- 135 Andres Romero 51.764
- 189 Jbe’ Kruger 51.476
- 195 John Daly 51.468
- 196 William McGirt 51.058
- 132 Victor Dubuisson 50.917
- 150 Darren Fichardt 50.605
- 186 Hideto Tanihara 50.565
- 232 Daniel Summerhays 50.546
- 155 Peter Lawrie 50.466
- 100 Koumei Oda 50.462
- 146 Jaco Van Zyl 50.308
- 182 Marc Warren 50.202
- 149 Bryce Molder 50.143
- 62 Fredrik Jacobson 49.394
- 177 Graham Delaet 49.015
- 174 John Mallinger 48.456
- 221 Keith Horne 48.435
- 131 Russell Henley 48.330
- 140 Harris English 48.106
- 214 Greg Owen 47.687
- 161 George McNeill 47.544
- 217 David Drysdale 47.369
- 188 Julien Quesne 46.753
- 198 Dicky Pride 46.632
- 108 Joost Luiten 46.307
- 156 Hwang Jung-gon 46.280
- 162 Prom Meesawat 46.067
- 172 Lee Kyoung-Hoon 45.994
- 222 Luke List 45.977
- 166 Charlie Beljan 45.878
- 190 Liang Wenchong 45.712
- 105 Y.E. Yang 45.614
- 165 Bob Estes 45.256
- 208 Alejandro Canizares 45.005
- 191 Espen Kofstad 44.774
- 130 Kenichi Kuboya 44.126
- 201 Josh Teater 43.805
- 184 Han Lee 43.732
- 194 Jang Ik-Jae 43.703
- 167 Garth Mulroy 43.561
- 180 Magnus A Carlsson 43.384
- 157 Ryu Hyun-woo 43.305
- 163 Gregory Bourdy 43.199
- 202 Cameron Percy 43.090
- 216 Rod Pampling 42.887
- 193 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 42.868
- 170 Wu Ashun 42.673
- 138 Michael Hoey 42.618
- 210 Anthony Wall 41.930
- 240 James Hahn 41.707
- 217 Brett Rumford 41.353
- 204 Masamichi Uehira 40.956
- 111 Juvic Pagunsan 40.281
- 151 Davis Love-III 40.213
- 185 Eduardo De la Riva 40.210
- 228 John Merrick 39.964
- 176 Lee Slattery 39.655
- 224 David Hearn 39.400
- 192 Chad Campbell 39.365
- 199 Shawn Stefani 38.812
- 248 David Lipsky 38.790
- 203 Anirban Lahiri 38.708
- 229 Masanori Kobayashi 38.596
- 245 Richard Finch 38.371
- 262 Scott Hend 38.285
- 127 Hideki Matsuyama(Am) 38.270
- 270 Martin Flores 38.150
- 226 Alessandro Tadini 37.848
- 258 David Howell 37.072
- 173 Mark Foster 36.381
- 260 Chris Stroud 35.985
- 175 Peter Senior 35.800
- 121 Robert Karlsson 35.736
- 279 Andreas Hartoe 35.232
- 283 Justin Hicks 35.225
- 205 Brendan Steele 34.899
- 227 Simon Wakefield 34.734
- 299 Boo Weekley 34.559
- 244 Ricky Barnes 34.485
- 281 Roberto Castro 34.381
- 237 David Lingmerth 34.297
- 266 Will Claxton 34.262
- 159 Shingo Katayama 34.157
- 223 Joachim B Hansen 33.920
- 230 Chris Doak 33.637
- 220 Kevin Chappell 33.609
- 273 Joel Sjoholm 33.446
- 200 Trevor Immelman 33.436
- 245 Robert Streb 33.318
- 278 Shiv Kapur 33.177
- 215 Kim Do-Hoon#752(Daegu) 33.002
- 225 Kevin Streelman 32.955
- 249 Jhonattan Vegas 32.709
- 206 Siddikur Rahman 32.654
- 284 Jason Bohn 31.994
- 212 Jonathan Moore 31.982
- 90 Alvaro Quiros 31.846
- 197 Robert Allenby 31.655
- 250 Troy Kelly 31.460
- 261 Ben Kohles 31.360
- 209 Steve Webster 31.275
- 141 Brad Kennedy 31.058
- 255 Kazuhiro Yamashita 30.933
- 272 Matthew Baldwin 30.850
- 264 Fabrizio Zanotti 30.703
- 211 Harrison Frazar 30.589
- 285 Michael Campbell 30.405
- 239 Kunihiro Kamii 30.270
- 247 Morgan Hoffmann 30.124
- 213 Richard Green 30.034
- 277 Ricardo Santos 29.989
- 286 Alexandre Kaleka 29.762
- 268 Arnond Vongvanij 29.736
- 256 Trevor Fisher-Jr 29.729
- 298 Darron Stiles 29.194
- 263 Jakobus Roos 29.133
- 274 Justin Bolli 28.843
- 122 Paul Casey 28.697
- 265 Ryuichi Oda 28.696
- 269 Kieran Pratt 28.547
- 181 Hennie Otto 28.221
- 289 Gary Lockerbie 28.130
- 271 Michael Hendry 28.040
- 294 Jay Choi 27.865
- 187 Tomohiro Kondo 27.826
- 252 Ricardo Gonzalez 27.767
- 242 Felipe Aguilar 26.647
- 231 James Morrison 26.435
- 152 Gary Woodland 26.154
- 287 Nick Cullen 25.770
- 290 Justin Walters 25.765
- 171 Kurt Barnes 25.699
- 238 Yusaku Miyazato 25.311
- 296 Brad Fritsch 25.079
- 293 Tony Lascuna 24.940
- 288 Prayad Marksaeng 24.773
- 207 Thomas Levet 24.674
- 282 Thitiphan Chuayprakong 24.200
- 292 Paul McGinley 24.011
- 241 Doug McGuigan 23.894
- 178 Chez Reavie 23.484
- 254 Jerry Kelly 23.120
- 217 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 22.251
- 251 Camilo Villegas 22.103
- 236 Jason Kokrak 21.916
- 234 Lee Dong-hwan 21.143
- 235 Edoardo Molinari 20.924
- 267 Angel Cabrera 20.810
- 257 Nick O’Hern 20.682
- 253 Danny Lee 20.388
- 243 Lorenzo Gagli 18.786
- 291 Hur Suk-ho 18.772
- 297 Kim Dae-hyun 18.640
- 145 Darren Clarke 17.612
- 233 Gregory Havret 17.181
- 276 Tommy Fleetwood 15.885
- 295 Michio Matsumura 15.328
- 280 Brandt Jobe 14.492
- 275 Tom Lewis 11.048
- 259 Lucas Glover 3.079
- 300 Anthony Kim 1.630
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