Former world No 1 Tiger Woods will drop outside the top 100 in the rankings on Monday for the first time in more than 18 years . The 39-year-old American is down at No 96 and a world ranking official revealed that he is likely to slip to No 102 when the list is adjusted after this weekend 's tournaments . Woods posted an 82 at the Phoenix Open in January , his worst round as a professional , as he slumped outside the leading 50 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years . Tiger Woods ( left ) pictured with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at the Alpine World Ski Championships last month . Tiger Woods plays his tee shot on the 17th hole at the Farmers Insurance Open on February 5 . Woods ( right ) walks the fairway with Rickie Fowler before withdrawing from the event with a back injury . Since then the 14-time major winner has continued a downward slide that resulted in him failing to qualify for this month 's WGC-Cadillac Championship , an event he has won seven times . Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters , which begins on April 9 . Woods was ranked 433rd when he turned professional in September 1996 . He then jumped to 75th after landing his first victory as a professional at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational , the first of 79 PGA Tour titles . Woods is interviewed at the Greater Milwaukee Open in Wisconsin in September 1996 . Woods ( right ) receives the green jacket from Nick Faldo after winning the Masters at Augusta in 1997 . Woods first moved to world No 1 when he finished 19th at the 1997 US Open . The American spent a record total of 683 weeks at the top of the rankings until he lost the No 1 spot to Australia 's Adam Scott in May 2014 . Current No 1 Rory McIlroy has been top of the rankings since August .
Rory McIlroy will likely slip to No 102 in the new world rankings on Monday . The 39-year-old has been out of action since early February . Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters .