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Scott overtakes Woods for No. 1 spot in the OWGR

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Adam Scott didn’t play this past weekend at HP Byron Nelson Championship, but he did overtake Tiger Woods to become the No. 1-ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Since the inception of the Official World Golf Rankings, there have been 17 different golfers who have occupied the No. 1 spot. Scott becomes the only Australian to sit at the top of the leaderboard other than Greg Norman, who held the spot for 331 weeks throughout his career. His move to No. 1 also marks the fourth time a golfer has moved into golf’s top spot in a week that he didn’t play. Lee Westwood, Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam welcome him to the club.

Scott hasn’t enjoyed a victory on the PGA Tour since his win at the first round of The Playoffs, The Barclays in August. Before that, he won his first major championship at the Masters. The two victories, however, don’t tell the whole story. Since the start of the 2013, Scott has been the most consistent player in golf, with nine top-10 finishes that include three third-place finishes. That consistent play has allowed him to chip away at Woods’ No. 1 ranking.

“I think No. 1 is a nice feather in the cap, and if I was never world No. 1 when I was this close I’d have been disappointed,” Scott said. “But I’d also much rather win the U.S. Open and not be No. 1 at all this year … There weren’t rankings back in the day, and guys won a lot of majors and that’s how they’re remembered.”

Scott tees it up for the first time in his career as the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world at this week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

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Stephen Staller is a Project Assistant at GolfWRX.com.

9 Comments

9 Comments

  1. Trevor

    May 20, 2014 at 3:16 am

    I am fully aware he won the Barclays.
    The point I was making was that the author stated he had won nothing since.
    If he had bothered to carry out any research he would have found out that he also won.
    The australian masters beating Matt Kucher in the process.
    The Australian PGA beating Rickie Fowler
    The World Cup paired with Jason Day
    And narrowly lost on the last hole in the australian open to Rory.
    The author seems to think golf begins and ends with the PGA tour and nothing
    else matters

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  2. Booger

    May 19, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    Thx Adam. Sick of tiger. Hope he retires.

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  3. Betty Hume

    May 19, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    Adam has ONLY taken the No1 spot because Tiger isn’t playing at the moment. If Tiger WAS playing, Adam wouldn’t be there. I believe this is why Adam isn’t so vocal about it…..

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  4. Trevor

    May 19, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    No wins since August. what about multiple wins in Australia at end of year. Does it not count unless it happens in America

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  5. Dave S

    May 19, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    Has anyone undertaken the task of using past results of historical tournaments to show what the rankings would have been back in the day? I’m sure this is possible, but also, a lot of work. Would be cool to see the OWRs during the Jones/Hagen/Sarazen, Nelson/Hogan/Venturi and Palmer/Player/Nicklaus eras.

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