2023 World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
No. 1 at the end of 2023 was Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler had two PGA Tour wins during the year, the Phoenix Open and The Players Championship. He tied for second in the 2023 PGA Championship and was solo third in the 2023 U.S. Open. Scheffler posted a tour-leading 17 Top 10 finishes, and led the PGA Tour in scoring average and earnings.
Men's World Golf Rankings, End of 2023
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the calendar year 2023 (released on Dec. 31, 2023; the number is the player's average ranking points earned per tournament):
1. Scottie Scheffler, United States, 10.0288
2. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 8.6300
3. Jon Rahm, Spain, 7.6927
4. Viktor Hovland, Norway, 6.5954
5. Patrick Cantlay, United States, 5.4057
6. Xander Schauffele, United States, 5.3952
7. Max Homa, United States, 4.6415
8. Matt Fitzpatrick, England, 4.5373
9. Brian Harman, United States, 4.2149
10. Wyndham Clark, United States, 4.0168
11. Tom Kim, South Korea, 3.8939
12. Tyrrell Hatton, England, 3.8038
13. Collin Morikawa, United States, 3.7165
14. Tommy Fleetwood, England, 3.6642
15. Jordan Spieth, United States, 3.4132
16. Keegan Bradley, United States, 3.4016
17. Brooks Koepka, United States, 3.2238
18. Sepp Straka, Austria, 3.1600
19. Jason Day, Australia, 3.1494
20. Tony Finau, United States, 3.0797
21. Sam Burns, United States, 3.0617
22. Cameron Young, United States, 3.0588
23. Rickie Fowler, United States, 3.0077
24. Russell Henley, United States, 2.8871
25. Cameron Smith, Australia, 2.8602
26. Justin Thomas, United States, 2.8232
27. Sungjae Im, South Korea, 2.6627
28. Ryan Fox, New Zealand, 2.6589
29. Ludvig Aberg, Sweden, 2.6299
30. Lucas Glover, United States, 2.6207
31. Kurt Kitayama, United States, 2.5643
32. Sahith Theegala, United States, 2.5602
33. Min Woo Lee, Australia, 2.3288
34. Denny McCarthy, United States, 2.2815
35. Corey Conners, Canada, 2.2677
36. Justin Rose, England, 2.2387
37. Emiliano Grillo, Argentina, 2.2384
38. Will Zalatoris, United States, 2.1744
39. Shane Lowry, Ireland, 2.1583
40. Harris English, United States, 2.1351
41. Eric Cole, United States, 2.1207
42. Cameron Davis, Australia, 2.0190
43. J.T. Poston, United States, 1.9795
44. Adam Scott, Australia, 1.9746
45. Adam Schenk, United States, 1.9528
46. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 1.9478
47. Si Woo Kim, South Korea, 1.9463
48. Adrian Meronk, Poland, 1.9060
49. Adam Hadwin, Canada, 1.8774
50. Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark, 1.8618
Comparing the above end-of-2023 rankings with the end-of-2023 rankings, the biggest jump from outside the Top 50 into the Top 50 from 2022 to 2023 was by Ludvig Aberg. Aberg jumped from No. 3,064 in the rankings at the end of 2022 to No. 30 at the end of 2023. The full OWGR at the end of 2023 can be viewed in the OWGR Archives.
Related article: Women's world rankings at the end of 2023
