The world rankings.

World number ones, by source date

Neither official ranking table for October 2026 was reached in our research, so this table names each number one together with the date of the source that says so.

A Herald Corp preview of the LPGA's Asia swing in October 2026 also described Korda as world No. 1, but that comes from a search summary and we could not check the official table.

The Official World Golf Ranking

How it is calculated

Explainers from Golf Today and GolfWRX, both read through search summaries, describe the system this way:

• The ranking is recalculated every week from finishing positions over a rolling period of about two years (104 weeks).
• The points on offer at an event depend on the strength of its field.
• Points keep their full value for 13 weeks and then lose value each week over the remaining 91 weeks, according to Golf Today. We could not check this against owgr.com.
• A player's ranking is an average: total points divided by the number of events played, with a minimum divisor of 40 events (GolfWRX).

OWGR also awards bonus points for multiple wins. Its own report after the 2026 Tour Championship says Scheffler received the base points for the win plus four multi-win bonus points.

Recent history at the top

• February 2023: Scheffler took back No. 1 from Rory McIlroy by winning the WM Phoenix Open (OWGR, 13 February 2023).
• 21 June 2026: an OWGR snapshot showed Scheffler first and McIlroy second (search summary).
• 31 August 2026: OWGR called Scheffler the "undisputed" world No. 1 after he won the Tour Championship and his second FedEx Cup.

Our research did not include a current points table or a count of Scheffler's weeks at No. 1.

LIV Golf and the ranking

The Golf News Net linked LIV's switch from 54-hole to 72-hole events in 2026 to LIV's long-running lack of OWGR points, saying the 54-hole format had been a barrier to them. See LIV Golf.

The Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings

The women's ranking is the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings. Our research did not cover how its points are calculated, so we only record the changes at the top:

Korda went on to win the U.S. Women's Open in June 2026 as well; see women's majors.

Why the rankings matter

Ranking positions open doors. A Golf Channel report on Masters qualifying (undated) says the top 50 at the end of the previous year, and the top 50 the week before the tournament, receive invitations. Search summaries of PGA Championship field reports list the world ranking among its exemption categories, and LA28 Olympic places come from a separate Olympic Golf Ranking. See the Masters and Olympic golf.