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    Official World Golf Rankings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ‘hittp://en-wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_World_Golf_Rankings lof Official World Golf Rankings rom Wikio he ro enestpoi ‘The Oficial World Golf Ranking is am forratingthe performance evel of male professional golfers (although there eno rle prohibiting women rom being ranked, They were introduced in 1986 andar endorsed by the our major championships andsix major professional tours, ve of which ae charter member of the Iterational Federation of PGA Tors = PGA Tour ‘s Earopean Tour {Asian Tour (not a charter member ofthe Federation) © PGA Toorof tals 1 apn Golf Tour 2 Sinshine Rar Points are also avanded fo high Finishes on for other tours ‘= Canadian ‘Toor which became afl member ofthe Federation in 2009 1 ness Tour not a member of the Federation, but joint venta Between two charter members and to alerts that hee fall members in 200 1 Nation Tour, the offic dovelopmenta our forthe PGA Tor * Challenge Tour, te official developmental tour Fr the European Tour Contents = Listy = 2 Calulton ofthe rankings 13 Importance ofthe rankings 2 Current rankings 1S Number I ranked poles Discisson cated bythe “number one” ranking 117 Breakdown by nationality #8 Rankings archive ‘=. Year end world mmber I ranked golfers {= S2MaskH. MeComack Avard~ Most wocks t number 1 during calendar your 183 Year end word top 10 players and ranking point tales 9 World Money List to sce ako 1 Notes nd references 12 Esteral inks History ‘The ita for he creation ofthe Official World Gf Rankings som from the Championship Commitee ofthe Royal and Ancient Gof Ch of St Ares, ‘whic Found in he 198 thats ystm of suing invitations to The Open Championship on tour by tour basis was omitting an increasing numberof top players ‘because more of them wore diving thor ime between tous, and rom precsinent sports gant Mark MeCommack, who va the fst chain ofthe ltratonal ‘Advisory Commitee which oversees the ranking. The yom sed to caeulate the ruakngs was developed frotn Cormack’ World Glf Rankings, which were published in his lord of Profesional Golf dul from 196816 1985, although these were purely unoffal and not used Tor any wid purpose (such 3 nviting players to major tournaments). "The Fit eanking lt was published prior o tho 1986 Mastors Tournament. The tp sis ranked goles were: Bernhard Lange, Sove Ballsoros, Sandy Le, Tom ‘Watson, Mark O/Meara and Greg Norman Thus the top three wer all European, but there wee thirty-one Amica inthe top ft (emmpared wih twelve athe «nd of 208, ‘The msthod of calvlaton ofthe kings has hanged considerably over the yeas Intl, the rankings were calelated over thre yer period withthe current ar points muipid by Tor, the previous you's points by two andthe third year points by one. Rankings were based onthe total pots and pons awarded were etrited to inlege vos, Alltouramentsresognised by the worlds professional ours, and some lading initatonal event, were grade into catporss "ging from major championship (shore winners would receive S0 pots) 0 “other toumaments” whose winners would reseive a ini of 8) nal events, ‘other finishers received poison a diminishing cae that began wih rumncr-up receiving sof the winner points andthe numberof players in the fel ‘eseivin points wold he the same a the points var 10 the sinner. In «majo, fr example, al player: ishing 30th oth would vee 2 points, anal plaers fishing Sith o higher, 1 point Beginning in April 1989, the rankings were changed to he based on the average points per event paved instead of snp toa points earned, sujet toa minimum sor of (20 events pe Yur). This wasn order o mare asc rflest the state of some (particularly older) players sho played in far fewer evens than their Younger contmporarics but demonstrated in major championships thatthe ranking Was arias lo. Tom Watson for exam nished inthe top 15 of ight major charponships between 1987 and 1989, yot hada "eal pont" ranking of just 4th this bacame 2th when the shsem changed to "average points” A ‘ev system or dotrining the “weight” f each turument was ako introduced, hase onthe stengh f the tourmament fed in eof Tei peta ‘Work! rankings. Major championships were guaranteed to remain at 80 points forthe winners, nd al ther events could atin mama of 4 points or the ‘win ifal ofthe works top 100 were present. In practice most PGA Tour events awarded around 25 points to the winner, Evopean Tour evens around 18 and JPGA Tou evens around 12. In 1996, the three your prio wa duced oto yours, withthe current year now counting double, Points were esteodto more of the fl, eginnng in 2000, and sere no longer restricted tinge valss. Bogmnngin September 2001, the tapering stem was changed so that instead ofthe pins for ech rsa being

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