Golfer Ranking Explanations
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Golfer Ranking Explanations
This website uses results to rank players. It does not use opinion/bias to rank players.
Rankings Updated Through the 2022 Season
Tournaments That Factor Into Rankings
Men's Golf (Players that Made the Cut Only)
1. British Open (1860-present)
2. The Masters (1930-present)
3. Olympics (2016-present)
4. PGA Championship (1917-present)
5. US Open (1895-present)
Men's Golf (The Top 2 Finishers Only)
1. British Amateur Championship (1885-present)
2. Senior British Open (
3. Senior PGA Championship (
4. Senior Players Championship (
5. The Tradition (
6. US Amateur Championship (1895-present)
7. US Senior Open (
Women's Golf (Players that Made the Cut Only/Some Early Years Only the Top Finishers are Ranked)
1. ANA Inspiration (2015-2021)
2. British Open (2001-present)
3. Chevron Championship (2022-present)
4. Dinah Shore Classic (1983-1999)
5. du Maurier Classic (1984-2000)
6. Evian Championship (2013-present)
7. Kraft Nabisco Championship (2000-2014)
8. LPGA Championship (1955-present)
9. LPGA Tour Events (1950-present)
10. Olympics (2016-present)
11. Titleholders Championship (1937-1972)
12. US Open (1946-present)
13. Western Open (1930-1967)
Women's Golf (The Top 2 Finishers Only)
1. British Amateur Championship (1893-present)
2. US Amateur Championship (1895-present)
Tours That Factor Into Rankings
Men's Golf (Tournament Champions Only)
1. All Thailand Golf Tour (1999-present)
2. Alps Tour (2015-present)
3. Asia Golf Circuit (1962-1989)
4. Asian Development Tour (2010-present)
5. Asian Tour (1995-present)
6. Big Easy Tour (2018-present)
7. Challenge Tour (1990-present)
8. European Senior Tour (1992-present)
9. European Tour (1972-present)
10. Japan Challenge Tour (1985-present)
11. Japan Golf Tour (1994-present)
12. Korean Tour (2007-present)
13. Korn Ferry Tour (1990-present)
14. MENA Tour (2016-present)
15. Nordic Golf League (2015-present)
16. PGA Champions Tour (1980-present)
17. PGA EuroPro Tour (2015-present)
18. PGA Tour Events (1960-present)
19. PGA Tour of Canada (2007-present)
20. PGA Tour of China (2014-present)
21. PGA Tour Latinoamerica (2012-present)
22. PGA Tour of Australasia (1997-present)
23. Pro Golf Tour (2015-present)
24. Pro Golf Tour of India (2019-present)
25. Selected pre-1960 US Tournaments (1899-1959)
26. Sunshine Tour (2001-present)
Women's Golf (Tournament Champions Only)
1. Ladies European Tour (1979-present)
2. LPGA of Japan (2009-present)
3. LPGA of Korea (2009-present)
4. WPGA Tour of Australasia (2009-present)
All-Time Player Rankings
Below is a list of the criteria factored into the All-Time Golfer Rankings and the order the criteria is considered.
1, Top Finish in a Major Tournament
2. Number of 1st Place Finishes in a Major Tournament.
3. Number of 2nd Place Finishes in a Major Tournament.
4. Number of 3rd Place Finishes in a Major Tournament.
5. Top Finish in a Non-Major Tournament.
6. Number of professional tournaments played.
Players By Nation
The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.
The players are listed in the rankings of the nation they were born in and not the nation that they grew up in.
Players By State
The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.
The players are listed in the rankings of the state they were born in and not the state that they grew up in.
Players By College
The rating used to rank the players is the same as the all-time rankings.
The Rankings are based on what the athlete did at the pro level and not what they did while playing for that college.
Any athlete who attended more than one college is only listed with the last school that they attended.
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