--- title: "According Official World Golf Ranking, who is the number one golf player in the world?" description: "According Official World Golf Ranking, who is the number one golf player in the world?" author: "Shreyas singh" published: 2018-02-15 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34405/according-official-world-golf-ranking-who-is-the-number-one-golf-player-in-the-world category: "sports" tags: ["sport"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # According Official World Golf Ranking, who is the number one golf player in the world? According [Official](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93540/is-kidszone-different-from-official-mindstick) [World](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half) Golf [Ranking](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/339372/10-tips-to-boost-your-local-search-rankings), who is the number [one golf player](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33811/according-official-world-golf-ranking-who-is-the-number-one-golf-player) in the world? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## World Golf! ![According Official World Golf Ranking, who is the number one golf player in the world?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/39c39d64-d9b5-4bc6-bca4-17cb712ec039/images/c31ce93d-db74-42ad-b5dc-28f585159b5e.png)\ **Dustin Hunter Johnson** was born on **22nd of June 1984** is an **American expert golfer** who as of now plays on the **PGA Tour**. He is the present **World Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking**; having achieved that situation with his win at the **2017 Genesis Open in February 2017**. Starting at **8th of January 2018**, he has been the **Number 1-positioned golfer for 47 continuous weeks**, which is the ninth **longest streak in PGA Tour** history. ![According Official World Golf Ranking, who is the number one golf player in the world?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/39c39d64-d9b5-4bc6-bca4-17cb712ec039/images/63b6c54e-4956-438b-baf1-2344b2b23183.png)\ He won the **2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club** with a 4-under-standard score of 276 for his first significant title. He had already completed a tie for second at both the 2011 Open Championship and the 2015 U.S. Open. He likewise has **five World Golf Championships triumphs**, with just **Tiger Woods** has won more, and he is the main [player](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30459/world-cup-2019-who-will-be-the-player-of-the-tournament) to win every one of the four **World Golf Championships**. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour, having been positioned in the best five every year from 2008 and driving in 2015. By temperance of his **2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions win, Johnson** turned out to be just the third player in Tour history to win a Tour title in every one of his initial 11 seasons, joining **Jack Nicklaus (17)** and **Tiger Woods (14).** \ ## Cheers! --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34405/according-official-world-golf-ranking-who-is-the-number-one-golf-player-in-the-world Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.