article_snippet: Woods injury problems have seen A nine-year-old Rory McIlroy slip out of the top 100 for the first time since 1996 .
article_snippet: Whether Woods, ranked an unassailable No 1 at the time, would have paid much attention is unlikely but 16 years later it's the Northern Irishman who heads golf's rankings - while Woods has slipped out of the top 100 for the first time since 1996.
article_snippet: Although the 25-year-old still has a long way to go before surpassing Woods record of 683 total weeks as world
article_snippet: No 1, he is undoubtedly the American's successor as golf's heavyweight star - both on and off the greens.
highlights_snippet: Tiger Woods has slipped out of the top 100 for the first time since 1996 .