Another Jon Rahm milestone: single tenth in weeks at world number 1

Jon Rahm could not compete this past weekend for the title at Inheritance of RBC but, seven days after winning the Augusta Masters, he succeeded keep his world number 1 after the eleventh shared position of Scottie Scheffler. In this way, Barrika player added this Monday one more week at the top of the world rankings.

they are 48 in totala new milestone for Rahm’s career because of them surpassing the number of weeks Brooks Koepka has been at number 1 (47). The American is so far the player who has closed the top 10 historic weeks at the top of the ranking, a position in which the Spaniard tied him on Monday and in which he surpassed him this week to seize that particular position.

rahmyes, look further, because they appear at a relatively short distance Ian Woosnam (50 weeks), Jason Day (51 weeks) and Luke Donald (56 weeks). Seve Ballesteros (61 weeks) He is sixth on this particular list topped by Tiger Woods with a stratospheric record of 683 weeks.

Tiger Woods

683 weeks

Absolute king of the rankings, with records unthinkable for other players. It was at number 1 for eleven different periods between June 15, 1997, and May 17, 2014. Its longest period at the top of the ranking was between June 12, 2005, and October 30, 2010 (recorded the 281 consecutive weeks) and between August 15, 1999 and September 4, 2004 (another 264 consecutive weeks).

2

Greg Norman

331 weeks

He succeeded Seve Ballesteros at number 1 in the second half of the 1980s. He held the number 1 ranking for eleven different periods between September 14, 1986 and January 10, 1998. His longest stay at the top that rank was 96 weeks between June 18, 1995 and April 19, 1997.

3

dustin johnson

135 weeks

It reached number 1 for the first time on February 19, 2017 and has held the reigns for seven periods over the years. The last of them, about a week between July 11 and July 17, 2021. His longest stay was 64 weeks between February 19, 2017 and May 12, 2018.

4

Rory McIlroy

122 weeks

Another one of the great names in current golf. The Northern Irishman has nine spells at the top of the rankings, the last of which ended on February 11. That was his ninth and, for now, his last. His longest stay at the top of the ranking was the 54 weeks he added between August 3, 2014 and August 15, 2015.

5

Nick Faldo

97 weeks

It reached number 1 for the first time on September 2, 1990. It was at the top of the ranking for four periods, the first three short and the last very long, of 81 weeks between July 19, 1992 and February 5, 1994. .

6

Seve Ballesteros

61 weeks

The first Spaniard to become number 1 and the second player in history to ascend the throne since the introduction of the ranking in 1986. He succeeded Greg Norman who shared it for five periods, between April 27 of 1986 and August 19 , 1989. He spent 20 weeks on the title in his first and last run and also added another 19 week streak and two more free weeks in two more runs at the top.

7

Luke Donald

56 weeks

It reached number 1 on May 29, 2011 and stayed there for 40 consecutive weeks. He then returned for three different short periods until he reached a total of 56 weeks, with his last day at the top on August 11, 2012.

8

Jason’s day

51 weeks

He climbed to the top of the ranking for the first time on September 20, 2015 (in the first reign of one week) and said goodbye to the privileged position on February 18, 2017. Between that time, three episodes at number 1 , in which combined- with him for 47 consecutive weeks from March 27, 2016 before saying goodbye to him.

9

ian woosnam

50 weeks

He remained at the top of the world ranking for 50 consecutive weeks. He joined him on 7 April 1991 and closed his stage on 21 March 1992 after becoming the first (and so far only) Welshman to become number 1.

10

Jon Rahm

48 weeks

He began his sixth stint at the top of the world rankings last Monday and has added number 48 this week. So far, he has surpassed Koepka in the tenth historic position. This added three initial short periods at number 1 (two weeks from July 19 to August 1, 2020, another two weeks from August 9 to 22, 2020 and three weeks from June 20 to July 10, 2021) before his excellent staying at the moment, the 36 weeks in a row he was at the top of the ranking between July 18, 2021 and March 26, 2022. He returned for the fifth stage on February 19 after winning the Genesis Invitational and holding the top spot for three weeks. Now, he continues as number 1 for the second week in a row after winning the Augusta Masters on April 9.

This is the world ranking this Monday, April 17

1. Jon Rahm (Spain) 10.8629 points
2. Scottie Scheffler (United States) 10.5750
3. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 8.8424
4. Patrick Cantlay (United States) 77.6638
5. Xander Schauffele (United States) 6.1464
6. Cameron Smith (Australia) 5.6892
7. Max Homa (United States) 5.6801
8. Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) 5.6348
9. Jordan Spieth (United States) 5.2560
10. Will Zalatoris (United States) 5.1840
…
83. Adri Arnaus (Spain) 1.3684
92. Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 1.3061
101. Pablo Larrazábal (Spain) 1.2310
156. Jorge Campillo (Spain) 0.8439
168. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 0.8045