Professional Golf Rankings for 2008
Below is a list of the highest ranking professional golfers for the current year of 2008.
| Rank | Player | Country | # of Events | Total Points | Avg Points | Points Gained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA | 42 | 677.12 | 16.12 | 213.88 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | USA | 45 | 466.94 | 10.38 | 276.43 |
| 3 | Vijay Singh | Fij | 63 | 534.67 | 8.49 | 201.94 |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | SAf | 53 | 409.08 | 7.72 | 138.43 |
| 5 | Jim Furyk | USA | 54 | 379.37 | 7.03 | 219.73 |
| 6 | Adam Scott | Aus | 51 | 301.25 | 5.91 | 171.95 |
| 7 | Ernie Els | SAf | 47 | 271.29 | 5.77 | 91.32 |
| 8 | Geoff Ogilvy | Aus | 56 | 314.18 | 5.61 | 250.14 |
| 9 | Sergio Garcia | Spn | 47 | 249.79 | 5.31 | 59.02 |
| 10 | David Howell | Eng | 54 | 274.39 | 5.08 | 128.46 |
| 11 | David Toms | USA | 51 | 245.66 | 4.82 | 136.36 |
| 12 | Luke Donald | Eng | 52 | 249.09 | 4.79 | 117.55 |
| 13 | Colin Montgomerie | Sco | 58 | 259.47 | 4.47 | 78.23 |
| 14 | Jose M Olazabal | Spn | 55 | 242.57 | 4.41 | 126.67 |
| 15 | Henrik Stenson | Swe | 51 | 222.50 | 4.36 | 134.15 |
| 16 | Chad Campbell | USA | 54 | 218.05 | 4.04 | 146.29 |
| 17 | Tim Clark | SAf | 60 | 241.78 | 4.03 | 102.15 |
| 18 | Stuart Appleby | Aus | 56 | 219.30 | 3.92 | 134.23 |
| 19 | Darren Clarke | NIr | 49 | 184.65 | 3.77 | 73.44 |
| 20 | Chris Dimarco | USA | 53 | 196.85 | 3.71 | 68.75 |
| 21 | Michael Campbell | NZl | 52 | 191.75 | 3.69 | 30.22 |
| 22 | Davis Love-iii | USA | 50 | 178.78 | 3.58 | 77.17 |
| 23 | Padraig Harrington | Ire | 54 | 192.26 | 3.56 | 81.83 |
| 24 | Rod Pampling | Aus | 58 | 202.31 | 3.49 | 132.38 |
| 25 | Kenny Perry | USA | 43 | 149.26 | 3.47 | 21.30 |
| 26 | Stephen Ames | Can | 50 | 170.36 | 3.41 | 120.87 |
| 27 | Nick O'hern | Aus | 53 | 179.83 | 3.39 | 68.90 |
| 28 | Thomas Bjorn | Den | 51 | 172.16 | 3.38 | 62.33 |
| 29 | Fred Couples | USA | 42 | 140.87 | 3.35 | 65.10 |
| 30 | Rory Sabbatini | SAf | 51 | 169.89 | 3.33 | 145.37 |
| 31 | Carl Pettersson | Swe | 63 | 207.93 | 3.30 | 123.29 |
| 32 | Scott Verplank | USA | 50 | 163.42 | 3.27 | 78.70 |
| 33 | Trevor Immelman | SAf | 57 | 186.06 | 3.26 | 127.85 |
| 34 | Angel Cabrera | Arg | 47 | 149.72 | 3.19 | 38.83 |
| 35 | Zach Johnson | USA | 59 | 181.92 | 3.08 | 116.07 |
| 36 | Tim Herron | USA | 54 | 158.66 | 2.94 | 80.54 |
| 37 | Arron Oberholser | USA | 45 | 131.40 | 2.92 | 107.72 |
| 38 | Mike Weir | Can | 48 | 140.07 | 2.92 | 91.60 |
| 39 | Paul Casey | Eng | 52 | 145.51 | 2.80 | 79.70 |
| 40 | Shingo Katayama | Jpn | 54 | 147.58 | 2.73 | 60.38 |
| 41 | Robert Allenby | Aus | 64 | 174.90 | 2.73 | 61.99 |
| 42 | Bart Bryant | USA | 55 | 149.95 | 2.73 | 30.66 |
| 43 | Ben Crane | USA | 46 | 124.83 | 2.71 | 35.29 |
| 44 | Stewart Cink | USA | 54 | 145.68 | 2.70 | 62.34 |
| 45 | Paul Mcginley | Ire | 52 | 137.51 | 2.64 | 16.88 |
| 46 | Miguel A Jimenez | Spn | 57 | 150.07 | 2.63 | 82.69 |
| 47 | Tom Lehman | USA | 45 | 118.30 | 2.63 | 59.35 |
| 48 | Paul Broadhurst | Eng | 52 | 135.25 | 2.60 | 84.45 |
| 49 | Fred Funk | USA | 60 | 152.20 | 2.54 | 59.87 |
| 50 | Choi Kyung-ju | Kor | 61 | 150.00 | 2.46 | 51.06 |
| 51 | Lucas Glover | USA | 63 | 154.68 | 2.46 | 86.34 |
| 52 | Brandt Jobe | USA | 45 | 108.88 | 2.42 | 40.96 |
| 53 | Niclas Fasth | Swe | 52 | 121.52 | 2.34 | 52.33 |
| 54 | Tom Pernice-jr | USA | 65 | 147.98 | 2.28 | 83.27 |
| 55 | Brett Wetterich | USA | 58 | 131.71 | 2.27 | 113.90 |
| 56 | Vaughn Taylor | USA | 62 | 135.10 | 2.18 | 73.29 |
| 57 | Justin Leonard | USA | 52 | 111.99 | 2.15 | 32.89 |
| 58 | Sean O'hair | USA | 49 | 104.50 | 2.13 | 28.75 |
| 59 | Lee Westwood | Eng | 52 | 110.83 | 2.13 | 36.36 |
| 60 | Billy Mayfair | USA | 65 | 133.40 | 2.05 | 66.75 |
| 61 | Ian Poulter | Eng | 64 | 130.21 | 2.03 | 62.58 |
| 62 | Charles Howell-iii | USA | 60 | 119.45 | 1.99 | 43.23 |
| 63 | Richard Green | Aus | 53 | 103.68 | 1.96 | 56.99 |
| 64 | Greg Owen | Eng | 50 | 96.08 | 1.92 | 61.09 |
| 65 | John Daly | USA | 52 | 99.26 | 1.91 | 8.94 |
| 66 | Mark Hensby | Aus | 51 | 96.71 | 1.90 | 7.65 |
| 67 | Peter Lonard | Aus | 61 | 114.44 | 1.88 | 29.45 |
| 68 | Shigeki Maruyama | Jpn | 57 | 106.15 | 1.86 | 23.80 |
| 69 | Bo Van Pelt | USA | 65 | 120.48 | 1.85 | 64.05 |
| 70 | Nick Dougherty | Eng | 64 | 117.49 | 1.84 | 48.76 |
| 71 | Jeff Maggert | USA | 46 | 83.35 | 1.81 | 54.53 |
| 72 | Ted Purdy | USA | 70 | 124.95 | 1.79 | 47.13 |
| 73 | Steve Elkington | Aus | 40 | 70.72 | 1.77 | 8.58 |
| 74 | Jason Bohn | USA | 60 | 105.17 | 1.75 | 46.11 |
| 75 | J.b. Holmes | USA | 40 | 69.62 | 1.74 | 78.41 |
| 76 | Gonzalo Fdez-castano | Spn | 44 | 76.17 | 1.73 | 49.43 |
| 77 | Jerry Kelly | USA | 63 | 108.47 | 1.72 | 52.41 |
| 78 | Bradley Dredge | Wal | 48 | 81.06 | 1.69 | 25.98 |
| 79 | Aaron Baddeley | Aus | 57 | 95.82 | 1.68 | 64.10 |
| 80 | Graeme Mcdowell | Nir | 59 | 97.35 | 1.65 | 26.25 |
| 81 | Kenneth Ferrie | Eng | 55 | 90.69 | 1.65 | 20.50 |
| 82 | Jeff Sluman | USA | 56 | 92.31 | 1.65 | 53.90 |
| 83 | Bernhard Langer | Ger | 45 | 72.91 | 1.62 | 22.10 |
| 84 | Jesper Parnevik | Swe | 52 | 84.21 | 1.62 | 51.87 |
| 85 | Johan Edfors | Swe | 48 | 77.30 | 1.61 | 70.88 |
| 86 | Brett Quigley | USA | 65 | 103.46 | 1.59 | 70.12 |
| 87 | Bob Estes | USA | 51 | 80.18 | 1.57 | 43.19 |
| 88 | Brad Faxon | USA | 51 | 79.28 | 1.55 | 22.95 |
| 89 | Fredrik Jacobson | Swe | 51 | 78.57 | 1.54 | 49.77 |
| 90 | Ryan Palmer | USA | 67 | 103.09 | 1.54 | 39.44 |
| 91 | Simon Khan | Eng | 49 | 74.63 | 1.52 | 40.52 |
| 92 | Craig Parry | Aus | 44 | 66.96 | 1.52 | 14.07 |
| 93 | Mark Calcavecchia | USA | 57 | 85.52 | 1.50 | 18.79 |
| 94 | Olin Browne | USA | 61 | 91.42 | 1.50 | 22.24 |
| 95 | Pat Perez | USA | 56 | 83.46 | 1.49 | 36.37 |
| 96 | Robert Karlsson | Swe | 53 | 78.78 | 1.49 | 54.81 |
| 97 | Richard S. Johnson | Swe | 55 | 81.66 | 1.48 | 60.03 |
| 98 | David Lynn | Eng | 49 | 72.17 | 1.47 | 27.56 |
| 99 | Andrew Buckle | Aus | 40 | 58.86 | 1.47 | 48.21 |
| 100 | Camilo Villegas | Col | 62 | 91.06 | 1.47 | 84.56 |
| 101 | Raphael Jacquelin | Frn | 50 | 69.88 | 1.40 | 24.69 |
| 102 | John Senden | Aus | 64 | 88.70 | 1.39 | 38.22 |
| 103 | Jason Gore | USA | 51 | 69.15 | 1.36 | 13.97 |
| 104 | Anders Hansen | Den | 52 | 70.47 | 1.36 | 36.91 |
| 105 | Kirk Triplett | USA | 41 | 55.29 | 1.35 | 34.03 |
| 106 | Yang Yong-eun | Kor | 50 | 66.88 | 1.34 | 20.43 |
| 107 | Carlos Franco | Par | 56 | 74.58 | 1.33 | 25.64 |
| 108 | Justin Rose | Eng | 62 | 82.45 | 1.33 | 32.93 |
| 109 | Charl Schwartzel | SAf | 59 | 78.17 | 1.32 | 39.95 |
| 110 | Thongchai Jaidee | Tha | 52 | 68.51 | 1.32 | 30.21 |
| 111 | Craig Barlow | USA | 53 | 69.66 | 1.31 | 47.93 |
| 112 | Joe Ogilvie | USA | 62 | 81.02 | 1.31 | 27.72 |
| 113 | Paul Sheehan | Aus | 59 | 76.24 | 1.29 | 28.96 |
| 114 | J.j. Henry | USA | 63 | 80.61 | 1.28 | 52.35 |
| 115 | Steve Lowery | USA | 62 | 79.06 | 1.28 | 41.68 |
| 116 | Simon Dyson | Eng | 60 | 75.56 | 1.26 | 52.98 |
| 117 | Maarten Lafeber | Hol | 53 | 66.03 | 1.25 | 18.48 |
| 118 | Chris Couch | USA | 51 | 63.08 | 1.24 | 49.40 |
| 119 | David Smail | NZl | 50 | 61.27 | 1.23 | 8.15 |
| 120 | Stephen Dodd | Wal | 49 | 59.69 | 1.22 | 8.02 |
| 121 | Jonathan Byrd | USA | 55 | 66.99 | 1.22 | 36.67 |
| 122 | John Rollins | USA | 59 | 71.65 | 1.21 | 45.39 |
| 123 | Heath Slocum | USA | 60 | 72.52 | 1.21 | 19.37 |
| 124 | Francesco Molinari | Ity | 44 | 53.07 | 1.21 | 40.39 |
| 125 | Anthony Wall | Eng | 50 | 60.07 | 1.20 | 41.24 |
| 126 | Jean Van De Velde | Frn | 40 | 48.03 | 1.20 | 33.60 |
| 127 | Stephen Gallacher | Sco | 52 | 54.52 | 1.05 | 22.20 |
| 127 | Ricardo Gonzalez | Arg | 42 | 45.94 | 1.09 | 32.65 |
| 127 | Joey Sindelar | USA | 60 | 65.60 | 1.09 | 29.51 |
| 127 | Peter Hanson | Swe | 49 | 53.20 | 1.09 | 8.85 |
| 127 | Dean Wilson | USA | 64 | 69.43 | 1.08 | 43.00 |
| 127 | Keiichiro Fukabori | Jpn | 56 | 60.73 | 1.08 | 8.48 |
| 127 | Corey Pavin | USA | 52 | 56.22 | 1.08 | 25.14 |
| 127 | Gary Orr | Sco | 40 | 42.95 | 1.07 | 24.90 |
| 127 | Steve Webster | Eng | 49 | 52.52 | 1.07 | 13.93 |
| 127 | Nathan Green | Aus | 65 | 68.32 | 1.05 | 57.60 |
| 127 | Brian Davis | Eng | 62 | 67.85 | 1.09 | 26.73 |
| 127 | Thaworn Wiratchant | Tha | 54 | 59.10 | 1.09 | 14.89 |
| 127 | Brett Rumford | Aus | 55 | 60.27 | 1.10 | 33.50 |
| 127 | Steve Stricker | USA | 43 | 51.42 | 1.20 | 41.23 |
| 127 | Joe Durant | USA | 52 | 62.01 | 1.19 | 22.24 |
| 127 | Billy Andrade | USA | 54 | 63.92 | 1.18 | 31.94 |
| 127 | Woody Austin | USA | 61 | 71.58 | 1.17 | 30.74 |
| 127 | Dudley Hart | USA | 56 | 65.56 | 1.17 | 30.15 |
| 127 | Toru Taniguchi | Jpn | 58 | 66.00 | 1.14 | 15.33 |
| 127 | Jonathan Kaye | USA | 50 | 56.83 | 1.14 | 20.37 |
| 127 | Wes Short-jr | USA | 55 | 62.47 | 1.14 | 13.46 |
| 127 | Charles Warren | USA | 61 | 68.15 | 1.12 | 36.79 |
| 127 | Ryuji Imada | Jpn | 56 | 61.99 | 1.11 | 39.46 |
| 127 | Jyoti Randhawa | Ind | 50 | 52.19 | 1.04 | 18.99 |


