who is the number one ranked golfer in the world right now
Dustin Johnson
title: Official World Golf Ranking text: after winning the WGC Matchplay in March 2016. On February 19, 2017, Dustin Johnson became the 20th player to reach number one in the rankings following his victory at the Genesis Open. He would remain number one for over a year before being overtaken in May 2018 by Justin Thomas, who had won the PGA championship and four other events in 2017. Johnson regained top spot but was overtaken again in September 2018 by Justin Rose, who had finished second at the Open and again in two FedEx Cup playoff events. Rose became the 22nd player to reach number one, title: Dustin Johnson text: Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is a former World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Through May 6, 2018, he had held the title of the Number 1-ranked golfer for 64 consecutive weeks, which is the 5th longest streak in PGA Tour history. On May 13, 2018, Justin Thomas overtook Johnson, but Johnson regained the Number 1 ranking four weeks later by winning the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Johnson retained the top ranking for another 13 weeks until Justin Rose overtook title: Tiger Woods text: Palmer Invitational on March 25, 2013, he ascended to the No.1 ranking once again, holding the top spot until May 2014, by which time he had been ranked number one for a record total of 683 weeks. From 2014–2017, Woods had been unable to recapture his dominant form, undergoing four back surgeries in 2014, 2015 and 2017. In May 2016, Woods dropped out of the world top 500 for the first time in his professional career. After falling to #1199 in the World Golf Ranking in December 2017, Woods rose over 1000 places by mid-2018. In September 2018, he won title: Official World Golf Ranking text: will be guaranteed at least one player and the host nation will be guaranteed one player. These are the top 10 ranked golfers and their average ranking points as of December 16, 2018, which is the end of week 50. Since the major revision of the rating method in September 2001, the highest points average as well as the largest lead in points average were set by Tiger Woods on September 16, 2007. After winning the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship in consecutive weeks, he had an average of 24.36 and a lead of 14.73 points over Phil Mickelson. title: Brooks Koepka text: Brooks Koepka Brooks Koepka (born May 3, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He became World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking in October 2018, after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He had won the U.S. Open and PGA Championship earlier in the year. He started his career on the European Challenge Tour and eventually the European Tour. He played collegiate golf at Florida State University. Koepka claimed his first major championship at the U.S. Open in 2017 at Erin Hills, Wisconsin. He successfully defended his title in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills