<P> The following is a list of the 20 golfers who have risen to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking . As of October 22, 2017, Dustin Johnson is the number one ranked golfer . Tiger Woods has spent the most consecutive weeks (281) and most total weeks (683) in that position . Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year atop the rankings: Nick Faldo (1993), Greg Norman (1996), and Woods (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). </P> <Dl> <Dd> Note 1: In the first column, each number signifies the first time that golfer was ranked number one . </Dd> <Dd> Note 2: In the "Cumulative total" column, each boldface number signifies the most recent time that golfer was ranked number one . </Dd> </Dl>

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