Martin Kaymer is in his eighth week as World Number One having taken over from Lee Westwood who had held the top spot for 17 weeks. Kaymer reached the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play, losing 3&2 to Luke Donald, but 2nd place was enough to make him the 14th player to earn the number one ranking.
Graeme McDowell is in 5th place with Rory McIlroy in 7th.
Padraig Harrington is in 38th place
The other players who have had official World Number 1 status in the 24 year history of the Ranking are BERNHARD LANGER (3 weeks), SEVE BALLESTEROS (61 weeks), GREG NORMAN (331 weeks), NICK FALDO (97 weeks), IAN WOOSNAM (50 weeks), FRED COUPLES (16 weeks), NICK PRICE (44 weeks), TOM LEHMAN (1 week), ERNIE ELS (9 weeks), DAVID DUVAL (15 weeks), VIJAY SINGH (32 weeks), TIGER WOODS (623 weeks)
