Week Official World Golf Ranking Ending 14 December 2008 Week 50 2008 World Ranking Points Points This Last End Name Country Average Total Events Lost in Gained in Week Week 2007 Points Points Played 2008 2008 1 (1) <1> Tiger Woods United States 12.574 502.950 40 -707.894 426.240 2 (2) <12> Sergio Garcia Spain 8.318 432.522 52 -219.320 408.096 3 (3) <2> Phil Mickelson United States 7.339 359.606 49 -336.538 312.682 4 (4) <8> Padraig Harrington Ireland 7.184 366.391 51 -281.717 330.643 5 (5) <10> Vijay Singh Fiji 6.915 380.311 55 -286.803 357.235 6 (6) <41> Robert Karlsson Sweden 5.206 275.918 53 -139.428 269.905 7 (8) <56> Camilo Villegas Colombia 5.032 251.585 50 -96.408 235.144 8 (7) <16> Henrik Stenson Sweden 5.015 250.741 50 -223.113 254.519 9 (9) <4> Ernie Els South Africa 4.826 255.795 53 -305.410 183.659 10 (10) <23> Lee Westwood England 4.727 250.546 53 -158.095 225.515 11 (11) <13> Geoff Ogilvy Australia 4.602 220.895 48 -209.625 212.052 12 (12) <75> Anthony Kim United States 4.585 233.837 51 -89.099 254.942 13 (13) <3> Jim Furyk United States 4.489 219.934 49 -301.389 193.773 14 (14) <5> Steve Stricker United States 4.064 182.869 45 -206.729 131.657 15 (15) <24> Stewart Cink United States 4.008 196.388 49 -177.912 207.475 16 (17) <92> Kenny Perry United States 4.001 204.071 51 -83.584 218.015 17 (16) <7> Adam Scott Australia 3.980 179.081 45 -264.845 159.401 18 (18) <9> K.J. Choi Korea 3.928 208.155 53 -248.703 158.415 19 (19) <6> Justin Rose England 3.841 172.830 45 -220.117 81.111 20 (22) <19> Trevor Immelman South Africa 3.488 181.389 52 -192.031 169.160 21 (20) <38> Miguel A Jimenez Spain 3.467 187.231 54 -119.584 169.692 22 (21) <35> Mike Weir Canada 3.460 176.464 51 -113.938 157.628 23 (23) <89> Justin Leonard United States 3.352 181.009 54 -92.833 188.706 24 (24) <119> Ben Curtis United States 3.216 151.157 47 -75.893 157.614 25 (25) <22> Ian Poulter England 3.199 172.761 54 -160.210 131.696 26 (26) <76> Martin Kaymer Germany 3.193 175.634 55 -84.621 192.716 27 (27) <51> Robert Allenby Australia 3.162 192.901 61 -130.282 195.671 28 (42) <29> Tim Clark South Africa 3.110 158.626 51 -106.445 127.472 29 (31) <84> Ross Fisher England 2.980 154.977 52 -64.052 132.984 30 (29) <28> Andres Romero Argentina 2.975 154.680 52 -120.109 130.490 31 (28) <17> Luke Donald England 2.960 121.369 41 -192.849 112.948 32 (30) <11> Rory Sabbatini South Africa 2.872 152.216 53 -197.668 96.784 33 (32) <18> Aaron Baddeley Australia 2.864 137.475 48 -166.151 94.836 34 (34) <39> Shingo Katayama Japan 2.864 160.385 56 -111.195 129.379 35 (33) <106> Graeme McDowell N Ireland 2.856 162.765 57 -81.738 164.645 36 (36) <77> Jeev Milkha Singh India 2.850 208.056 73 -133.198 212.573 37 (35) <33> Stephen Ames Canada 2.810 132.075 47 -108.019 122.075 38 (37) <36> Stuart Appleby Australia 2.726 155.362 57 -138.086 146.586 39 (40) <101> Oliver Wilson England 2.645 142.809 54 -66.684 130.612 40 (39) <14> Angel Cabrera Argentina 2.631 131.569 50 -162.595 66.879 41 (38) <21> Paul Casey England 2.619 128.340 49 -157.486 112.157 42 (41) <34> Hunter Mahan United States 2.548 140.151 55 -120.570 108.703 43 (43) <15> Zach Johnson United States 2.501 120.066 48 -164.009 75.756 44 (44) <45> Boo Weekley United States 2.474 133.591 54 -128.017 129.062 45 (46) <26> Retief Goosen South Africa 2.468 130.779 53 -183.261 122.346 46 (45) <46> Soren Hansen Denmark 2.454 130.060 53 -94.075 98.852 47 (47) <150> Kevin Sutherland United States 2.332 118.904 51 -64.503 122.000 48 (48) <69> Soren Kjeldsen Denmark 2.326 134.928 58 -77.822 113.913 49 (51) <72> Prayad Marksaeng Thailand 2.307 145.332 63 -78.503 120.737 50 (49) <232> Rory McIlroy N Ireland 2.300 92.013 40 -22.286 83.882 Ranking in ( ) brackets indicates position the previous week. (Arrows indicate change since previous week), Ranking in < > brackets indicates position at end of previous year Page 1 Week Official World Golf Ranking Ending 14 December 2008 Week 50 2008 World Ranking Points Points This Last End Name Country Average Total Events Lost in Gained in Week Week 2007 Points Points Played 2008 2008 51 (50) <171> Lin Wen-Tang Taiwan 2.288 91.525 40 -35.632 88.063 52 (54) <59> Brendan Jones Australia 2.268 104.345 46 -62.499 74.632 53 (53) <448> Dudley Hart United States 2.242 89.665 40 -27.688 102.308 54 (52) <54> Peter Hanson Sweden 2.239 123.134 55 -77.336 96.507 55 (56) <52> Rod Pampling Australia 2.233 133.950 60 -111.019 121.644 56 (55) <31> Woody Austin United States 2.219 128.715 58 -124.904 93.633 57 (57) <65> Sean O'Hair United States 2.204 119.008 54 -106.391 117.657 58 (70) <191> Mathew Goggin Australia 2.170 128.009 59 -54.311 128.745 59 (60) <40> Richard Green Australia 2.152 94.692 44 -91.550 75.234 60 (59) <61> Carl Pettersson Sweden 2.109 126.507 60 -107.988 114.992 61 (58) <25> Scott Verplank United States 2.107 101.124 48 -118.326 65.567 62 (62) <434> Ryo Ishikawa Japan 2.088 83.504 40 -11.318 79.605 63 (61) <47> Brandt Snedeker United States 2.070 124.207 60 -115.652 99.996 64 (63) <93> Chad Campbell United States 2.025 113.417 56 -82.272 116.236 65 (64) <180> Ryuji Imada Japan 2.013 118.791 59 -79.778 136.300 66 (65) <82> Fredrik Jacobson Sweden 2.010 88.429 44 -55.067 78.576 67 (67) <83> Charl Schwartzel South Africa 1.970 108.322 55 -91.831 106.691 68 (66) <225> Darren Clarke N Ireland 1.917 107.373 56 -43.772 114.619 69 (71) <220> Azuma Yano Japan 1.877 93.836 50 -33.482 87.118 70 (69) <155> James Kingston South Africa 1.875 103.128 55 -49.004 94.047 71 (68) <114> Rocco Mediate United States 1.872 91.731 49 -55.440 92.158 72 (72) <211> D.J. Trahan United States 1.823 105.740 58 -63.185 116.495 73 (73) <208> J.B. Holmes United States 1.816 94.442 52 -69.001 118.396 74 (113) <44> Richard Sterne South Africa 1.806 92.096 51 -96.740 70.649 75 (77) <291> Alvaro Quiros Spain 1.783 73.092 41 -23.485 73.316 76 (74) <90> Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Spain 1.773 93.993 53 -57.026 70.995 77 (76) <68> Hideto Tanihara Japan 1.746 90.792 52 -66.389 70.236 78 (75) <48> Nick Dougherty England 1.741 90.512 52 -90.266 53.904 79 (80) <177> Francesco Molinari Italy 1.706 93.828 55 -47.327 92.288 80 (78) <116> Ken Duke United States 1.705 109.092 64 -70.335 98.206 81 (81) <67> Davis Love-III United States 1.703 74.936 44 -74.524 69.217 82 (79) <70> Pat Perez United States 1.697 91.645 54 -72.287 84.579 83 (84) <128> Hiroyuki Fujita Japan 1.650 77.535 47 -49.555 63.167 84 (82) <134> Bart Bryant United States 1.646 78.993 48 -75.515 92.976 85 (83) <136> Jeff Quinney United States 1.640 93.503 57 -84.667 110.077 86 (99) <98> David Smail New Zealand 1.636 81.818 50 -53.770 59.277 87 (86) <1032> Shintaro Kai Japan 1.632 66.926 41 -6.786 71.980 88 (85) <50> Anders Hansen Denmark 1.626 79.676 49 -84.553 54.257 89 (87) <161> Peter Hedblom Sweden 1.620 79.398 49 -49.709 78.912 90 (88) <27> Toru Taniguchi Japan 1.575 83.458 53 -107.851 33.487 91 (89) <111> Billy Mayfair United States 1.571 92.659 59 -71.619 82.473 92 (121) <96> Thongchai Jaidee Thailand 1.570 91.058 58 -67.089 76.774 93 (90) <37> Nick O'Hern Australia 1.552 86.887 56 -120.515 68.668 94 (94) <105> Paul Goydos United States 1.520 69.937 46 -70.240 78.145 95 (92) <91> Steve Flesch United States 1.507 91.928 61 -79.517 74.534 96 (98) <187> Alexander Noren Sweden 1.502 81.116 54 -43.331 75.603 96 (91) <73> Heath Slocum United States 1.502 85.622 57 -87.577 73.960 98 (96) <689> Pablo Larrazabal Spain 1.499 68.951 46 -11.301 73.444 99 (93) <63> Jerry Kelly United States 1.498 89.878 60 -103.787 80.766 100 (95) <390> Hennie Otto South Africa 1.496 59.832 40 -30.136 72.194 Ranking in ( ) brackets indicates position the previous week.