McIlroy 43rd in the world this year
Form is fleeting and class is permanent but as the 2013 season nears its equator its worth noting that current world rankings bear little relation to reality if we count the points gained this year alone rather than a player’s average over the last two years.
While Tiger Woods is still No 1, Rory McIlroy is No 43 on form in 2013 rather than No 2 while Billy Horschel is No 8 rather than 34th.
Two wins for world No 9 Graeme McDowell leave him 10th in the 2013 list - a fair reflection considering he has missed the cut in both majors as well as The Players and the BMW PGA.
But Shane Lowry, who was 54th in the world in January and currenly lies 86th, would be a 142nd on points gained in this season.
- Tiger Woods United States 304.944
- Matt Kuchar United States 226.638
- Justin Rose England 216.943
- Phil Mickelson United States 173.584
- Brandt Snedeker United States 154.170
- Jason Day Australia 151.437
- Adam Scott Australia 147.823
- Billy Horschel United States 136.657
- Kevin Streelman United States 130.414
- Graeme McDowell N Ireland 128.928
- Steve Stricker United States 112.856
- Hunter Mahan United States 110.543
- Sergio Garcia Spain 104.094
- Charl Schwartzel South Africa 102.498
- Boo Weekley United States 100.573
- Keegan Bradley United States 100.136
- Matteo Manassero Italy 97.476
- D.A. Points United States 95.820
- Dustin Johnson United States 88.996
- Webb Simpson United States 88.970
- Lee Westwood England 88.913
- Henrik Stenson Sweden 85.615
- Bill Haas United States 84.698
- Angel Cabrera Argentina 84.338
- Michael Thompson United States 83.784
- Thorbjorn Olesen Denmark 82.538
- Charles Howell-III United States 80.513
- Russell Henley United States 78.297
- Ernie Els South Africa 77.748
- David Lingmerth Sweden 73.229
- Jamie Donaldson Wales 72.414
- Mikko Ilonen Finland 71.667
- Luke Donald England 71.424
- Martin Laird Scotland 71.361
- Brett Rumford Australia 70.332
- John Merrick United States 69.800
- Scott Stallings United States 69.645
- Kevin Chappell United States 68.888
- Jimmy Walker United States 67.058
- Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 66.951
- Rickie Fowler United States 66.879
- Richard Sterne South Africa 66.264
- Rory McIlroy N Ireland 66.231
- Kyle Stanley United States 65.310
- Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Spain 64.738
- Jason Dufner United States 64.622
- Thongchai Jaidee Thailand 63.962
- Harris English United States 63.747
- Chris Wood England 63.696
- Hideki Matsuyama Japan 63.113
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand 62.864
- Ryan Palmer United States 62.497
- David Lynn England 62.375
- Bae Sang-moon Korea 60.662
- Marc Leishman Australia 60.274
- Scott Piercy United States 58.993
- Fredrik Jacobson Sweden 58.478
- Josh Teater United States 56.903
- Brian Gay United States 56.807
- Jaco Van Zyl South Africa 56.432
- Branden Grace South Africa 55.904
- Derek Ernst United States 55.646
- Chris Kirk United States 55.360
- Tim Clark South Africa 55.108
- Bubba Watson United States 53.994
- Felipe Aguilar Chile 52.672
- George Coetzee South Africa 51.873
- Stephen Gallacher Scotland 50.867
- Nick Watney United States 50.806
- Charley Hoffman United States 49.009
- Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe 48.525
- Bernd Wiesberger Austria 48.117
- Jim Furyk United States 48.089
- Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium 48.004
- Padraig Harrington Ireland 47.585
- Scott Brown United States 47.572
- John Rollins United States 46.796
- Alexander Noren Sweden 46.770
- Joost Luiten Holland 46.419
- Marcel Siem Germany 45.829
- Geoff Ogilvy Australia 45.486
- Ian Poulter England 45.351
- Darren Fichardt South Africa 45.270
- Cameron Tringale United States 45.036
- Ricardo Santos Portugal 44.798
- Martin Kaymer Germany 44.725
- Jordan Spieth United States 44.316
- Luke Guthrie United States 43.915
- Thomas Aiken South Africa 43.838
- Graham Delaet Canada 43.521
- Ryan Moore United States 43.439
- Robert Garrigus United States 43.417
- John Huh United States 43.142
- Bo Van Pelt United States 42.947
- Michael Putnam United States 42.375
- Simon Khan England 42.140
- Charlie Beljan United States 41.703
- Peter Uihlein United States 41.280
- Marc Warren Scotland 41.131
- Zach Johnson United States 40.801
- Prayad Marksaeng Thailand 40.800
- K.J. Choi Korea 40.345
- Peter Hanson Sweden 40.110
- Scott Jamieson Scotland 37.881
- Thomas Bjorn Denmark 37.610
- Pablo Larrazabal Spain 37.158
- Jeff Maggert United States 37.131
- Pat Perez United States 36.189
- Raphael Jacquelin France 35.720
- Carl Pettersson Sweden 35.218
- Stewart Cink United States 35.056
- Marcus Fraser Australia 35.000
- Ben Crane United States 34.927
- Mark Wilson United States 34.654
- Brian Stuard United States 34.521
- Matthew Jones Australia 34.006
- Kevin Stadler United States 33.811
- Kim Hyung-sung Korea 33.777
- Brian Davis England 33.754
- Lucas Glover United States 33.728
- John Senden Australia 33.591
- Brooks Koepka United States 32.920
- Chris Stroud United States 32.740
- James Hahn United States 31.344
- Francesco Molinari Italy 31.095
- Edward Loar United States 30.873
- James Kingston South Africa 30.843
- Jerry Kelly United States 30.672
- David Howell England 30.398
- David Hearn Canada 30.121
- Victor Dubuisson France 29.954
- Jonas Blixt Sweden 29.320
- Greg Chalmers Australia 29.275
- Justin Leonard United States 29.132
- Matthew Every United States 28.489
- Dawie van der Walt South Africa 28.400
- Edoardo Molinari Italy 28.200
- Erik Compton United States 28.014
- Jeff Overton United States 27.980
- Richard H. Lee United States 27.746
- Shiv Kapur India 26.850
- Shane Lowry Ireland 26.716
- Steve Webster England 26.695
- James Driscoll United States 26.359
- Ken Duke United States 26.046
- Bob Estes United States 25.838
- Gregory Bourdy France 25.524
- Francois Calmels France 25.449
- Anders Hansen Denmark 25.319
- Ted Potter-jr United States 25.027
- Garth Mulroy South Africa 24.932
- Roberto Castro United States 24.381
- Brendon Todd United States 24.144
- Scott Strange Australia 23.690
- Liang Wen-chong China 23.517
- Peter Whiteford Scotland 23.484
- Jason Kokrak United States 23.298
- David Horsey England 22.893
- Justin Hicks United States 22.850
- Michael Hendry New Zealand 22.630
- Aaron Baddeley Australia 22.579
- Alex Aragon United States 22.400
- Paul Lawrie Scotland 22.139
- Romain Wattel France 22.121
- Camilo Villegas Colombia 22.040
- Brian Harman United States 21.665
- Justin Bolli United States 21.603
- Tommy Fleetwood England 21.335
- Richie Ramsay Scotland 21.322
- Miguel A Jimenez Spain 21.267
- Morgan Hoffmann United States 21.237
- Wade Ormsby Australia 21.234
- Scott Hend Australia 20.960
- William McGirt United States 20.956
- Brendan Steele United States 20.791
- Ross Fisher England 20.428
- Alejandro Canizares Spain 20.349
- Nicholas Thompson United States 20.258
- Jakobus Roos South Africa 20.108
- Patrick Reed United States 20.003
- Hennie Otto South Africa 19.805
- Julien Quesne France 19.800
- Patrick Cantlay United States 19.600
- Robert Karlsson Sweden 19.549
- Bud Cauley United States 19.375
- George McNeill United States 19.123
- Adilson da Silva Brazil 18.879
- Rafael Cabrera Bello Spain 18.510
- Daniel Summerhays United States 18.369
- Shawn Stefani United States 18.315
- Ben Kohles United States 18.304
- Bryce Molder United States 18.102
- Gary Woodland United States 18.101
- Morten Orum Madsen Denmark 18.025
- Simon Thornton Ireland 18.000
- Danny Willett England 17.837
- Martin Flores United States 17.808
- Lee Slattery England 17.726
- Casey Wittenberg United States 17.687
- Jbe’ Kruger South Africa 17.629
- Paul Casey England 17.333
- Anirban Lahiri India 17.290
- Michio Matsumura Japan 17.240
- Lorenzo Gagli Italy 16.942
- Kevin Foley United States 16.520
- Rory Sabbatini South Africa 16.431
- Eddie Pepperell England 16.200
- Andy Sullivan England 16.034
- Yoshinobu Tsukada Japan 16.000
- Kunihiro Kamii Japan 15.771
- David Drysdale Scotland 15.744
- Robert Streb United States 15.651
- John Peterson United States 15.203
- Charlie Wi Korea 14.660
- Brad Kennedy Australia 14.636
- Brad Fritsch Canada 14.576
- Trevor Fisher-Jr South Africa 14.565
- Chez Reavie United States 14.518
- Trevor Immelman South Africa 14.445
- Siddikur Rahman Bangladesh 14.206
- Mark Foster England 14.093
- J.J. Henry United States 14.046
- Peter Lawrie Ireland 13.938
- Gaganjeet Bhullar India 13.740
- Johnson Wagner United States 13.716
- Retief Goosen South Africa 13.520
- Jeev Milkha Singh India 13.426
- Emiliano Grillo Argentina 13.122
- Tommy Gainey United States 13.056
- Hiroyuki Fujita Japan 12.879
- Sean O’Hair United States 12.803
- David Toms United States 12.803
- Danny Lee New Zealand 12.778
- Jang Ik-Jae Korea 12.602
- Ryo Ishikawa Japan 12.449
- Hideto Tanihara Japan 12.377
- Toru Taniguchi Japan 12.347
- Gregory Havret France 12.197
- Andreas Hartø Denmark 12.193
- Ben Curtis United States 12.152
- Arnond Vongvanij Thailand 11.860
- KANG Kyung-nam Korea 11.200
- Ricky Barnes United States 11.084
- Vijay Singh Fiji 11.030
- Dicky Pride United States 11.000
- Magnus A Carlsson Sweden 10.392
- Juvic Pagunsan Philippines 10.359
- Greg Owen England 10.174
- Anthony Wall England 10.151
- Noh Seung-yul Korea 10.056
- Lee Kyoung-Hoon Korea 9.803
- Koumei Oda Japan 9.520
- Kim Meen-Whee Korea 9.287
- Jake Higginbottom Australia 9.084
- Tom Gillis United States 8.903
- Keith Horne South Africa 8.640
- Andres Romero Argentina 8.600
- Shingo Katayama Japan 8.480
- Toshinori Muto Japan 8.320
- Yoshinori Fujimoto Japan 8.145
- Doug McGuigan Scotland 8.071
- Robert Rock England 8.000
- Ryu Hyun-woo Korea 8.000
- Brendan Jones Australia 7.960
- Simon Dyson England 7.924
- Michael Campbell New Zealand 7.910
- Soren Kjeldsen Denmark 7.619
- Nick Cullen Australia 7.200
- Luke List United States 7.187
- Davis Love-III United States 7.160
- Tomohiro Kondo Japan 7.013
- Prom Meesawat Thailand 6.820
- Kazuhiro Yamashita Japan 6.423
- Thaworn Wiratchant Thailand 6.302
- Y.E. Yang Korea 6.220
- Wu Ashun China 5.993
- Kevin Na United States 5.751
- Hwang Jung-gon Korea 5.597
- Alvaro Quiros Spain 5.558
- Eduardo De la Riva Spain 5.520
- Rod Pampling Australia 5.078
- John Mallinger United States 4.160
- Fredrik Andersson Hed Sweden 3.948
- Troy Matteson United States 3.790
- Cameron Percy Australia 3.716
- Jonathan Byrd United States 3.700
- K.T. Kim Korea 3.657
- Michael Hoey N Ireland 3.500
- Espen Kofstad Norway 3.480
- Yuta Ikeda Japan 1.890
- Kenichi Kuboya Japan 1.840
- JB Hansen Denmark 1.214
- Han Lee United States 1.200
- Kristoffer Broberg Sweden 0.000
- Peter Senior Australia 0.000
- Spencer Levin United States 0.000
- J.B. Holmes United States 0.000
- Blake Adams United States 0.000
- Jonathan Moore United States 0.000
- Masamichi Uehira Japan 0.000
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