McIlroy returned to number 1 two years later

Rory McIlroy, winner this Sunday of the CJ Cup in Ridgeland (South Carolina)back to number one in world golf two years and four months later.

McIlroy, who achieved his 23rd victory on the American circuit, snatched first place from American Scottie Scheffler and settled atop the standings for the ninth time in his career.

The first time he spent two weeks, between March 4 and 18, 2012, and the last time he stayed eleven, between February 9 and July 19, 2020. In total, the player of Northern Irish, who won the 2022 FedEx Cup , accumulated 107.

McIlroy averaged 9.67 points, compared to Scheffler’s 9.27 and the Australian’s 8.55. cameron smithwhich maintains third place in a table where there is no other significant variation in positions of privilege.

In this way, patrick cantlay is leading fourth Jon Rahm, who after entering Sunday’s title fight finished fourth, three shots behind McIlroy. Rahm snatched the number 1 from his friend Rory in 2020.

the americans Xander Schauffele, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa and English Matt Fitzpatrick complete the ‘top 10’.

Adri Arnaus (77) and Pablo Larrazábal (79) returned one place and Sergio García (86) threewhile Adrian Otaegui remains at 95.

All of McIlroy’s stints and weeks as World No. 1:

Rory McIlroy 03-04-2012 to 03-17-2012 / 2

Rory McIlroy 04-15-2012 to 04-28-2012 / 2

Rory McIlroy 06-05-2012 to 26-05-2012 / 3

Rory McIlroy 08-12-2012 to 03-24-2013 / 32

Rory McIlroy 08-03-2014 to 08-15-2015 / 54

Rory McIlroy 08-30-2014 to 09-05-2015 / 1

Rory McIlroy 09-13-2015 to 09-19-2015 / 1

Rory McIlroy 09-02-2020 to 18-07-2020 / 11

Rory McIlroy 10-24-2022