Tag: Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings

LPGA players who made big moves up and down the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings in 2023

It was a year of big moves – in both directions – and the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings tells the tale.

Most of the 2023 LPGA season was entirely unpredictable. Few could’ve guessed that Lilia Vu would win two majors or that Lydia Ko would fail to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which she won the year before.

It was a year of big moves – in both directions – and the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings tells the tale.

How they work:

Jeff Sagarin’s rating system is based on a mathematical formula that uses a player’s won-lost-tied record against other players when they play on the same course on the same day, and the stroke differential between those players, then links all players to one another based on common opponents. The ratings give an indication of who is playing well over the past 52 weeks.

Also, players must have played in at least 10 events to be ranked. Editor’s note: We’ve included the Rolex rankings for the sake of comparison.

Biggest risers, fallers in the Golfweek/Sagarin men’s pro golf rankings in 2023

The old phrase “what a difference a year” makes certainly applies to a good number of pro golfers.

The old phrase “what a difference a year” makes certainly applies to a good number of pro golfers.

When it comes to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings for men’s professional golf, there some good and some not so good in terms of where players ranked a year ago as compared to now.

For Will Zalatoris, he was one of the big sliders the wrong direction. Not his fault, really, as he underwent back surgery and missed a lot of action.

Meanwhile, rising star Ludvig Aberg is more like a shooting star, as he has rocketed into the top 10 of the December 2023 rankings.

Here’s a closer look at some of the biggest movers in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings from a year ago. How they work:

Jeff Sagarin’s rating system is based on a mathematical formula that uses a player’s won-lost-tied record against other players when they play on the same course on the same day, and the stroke differential between those players, then links all players to one another based on common opponents. The ratings give an indication of who is playing well over the past 52 weeks.

Also, players must have played in at least 10 events to be ranked.

Editor’s note: We’ve included the Official World Golf Ranking for the sake of comparison.

North Carolina men, Stanford women lead Golfweek/Sagarin college golf team rankings

The rankings are updated.

Following college golf has been difficult this fall.

However, that doesn’t mean there’s not a ranking out to determine which teams have been the strongest through the first few weeks of the season.

The Golfweek/Sagarin ranking is the only men’s and women’s college golf ranking this fall. And this week, the latest update saw a new pair of teams, albeit familiar names, take the top spots on both sides.

For the men, it’s the North Carolina Tar Heels taking the top spot from Auburn. On the women’s side, Stanford has slid up in front of Arkansas for the No. 1 position.

Here’s a look at the men’s and women’s top 25 as of Oct. 16.

North Carolina men, Stanford women top first Golfweek/Sagarin rankings for 2023-24 season

The Golfweek/Sagarin rankings will be updated every Friday throughout the season.

The first Golfweek/Sagarin college teams rankings are out and there are no surprises with who the top men’s and top women’s teams are right out of the box.

North Carolina, which lost in the semifinals of the 2023 NCAA Championships in May, will start the new campaign in the No. 1 spot.

The Stanford Cardinal, which also reached the final four last spring before getting knocked out, is the top team in the women’s game.

The Golfweek/Sagarin rankings were released on Sept. 28 and will be updated every Friday throughout the season.

Defending men’s champion Florida is No. 16.

The top 10 in men’s golf looks like this:

  1. North Carolina
  2. Auburn
  3. Washington
  4. Georgia Tech
  5. Tennessee
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Vanderbilt
  8. Arizona State
  9. Texas
  10. Illinois

North Carolina’s roster is highlighted by David Ford, Maxwell Ford, Austin Greaser, Dylan Menante and Kenan Poole. The Tar Heels already won their first tournament, taking first in the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational.

In the women’s rankings, Wake Forest, which won it all last season, is No. 2 to start this year.

Here’s the women’s top 10:

  1. Stanford
  2. Wake Forest
  3. Arkansas
  4. USC
  5. South Carolina
  6. Oregon
  7. Auburn
  8. Ole Miss
  9. Clemson
  10. Texas A&M

Stanford has started its season with a win in the 2023 Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach with Megha Ganne winning the individual championship. The Cardinal roster also features Rachel Heck, Kelly Xu, Paula Martin Sampedro, Sadie Engleman and Caroline Sturdza.

This season, the men’s and women’s championships will be held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California, the first of a three-year commitment. Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, hosted the previous three seasons, except for 2020, when the championships were canceled due to the COVID pandemic.

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Brian Harman zooms up OWGR and Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, Ryder Cup standings

A big win for Brian Harman means a big jump in all the rankings.

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A big win for Brian Harman means a big jump in all the rankings.

Now he’s in prime position to make captain Zach Johnson’s 2023 Ryder Cup team.

Harman, whose odds to win the British Open were 150-to-1, was ranked 26th in the Official World Golf Ranking heading into the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. After his first major championship victory, he checks in at No. 10 following Monday’s update.

In the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, Harman was 44th a week ago, now he’s 34th.

In the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings, he’s up to No. 6.

The biggest number for him, however, may be the No. 3 next to his name in the latest Ryder Cup standings for Team USA.

Harman was 20th in the standings for the American squad but his British Open win vaulted him to third, behind Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark and one ahead of Brooks Koepka. The top six guys on this list – Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are Nos. 5 and 6 – earn automatic spots on the team. The next six (Nos. 7 through 12) will be captain’s picks.

In the aftermath of his win Sunday, Harman was asked about the Ryder Cup.

“I’m going to kick that can down the road a little bit. I’m going to enjoy this,” he said. “The next thing for me will be our [FedEx Cup] Playoffs, what I’ll be looking forward to.”

After 36 holes at Royal Liverpool, just after he shot a 6-under round to get to 10 under to take sole possession of the lead, Harman was asked: Do you see this week as your stage to make a case for the Ryder Cup team?

His reply last Friday night:

“I’ve spent I don’t know how many years chasing. … it always seems it’s right there at the end and I end up in between 13th and 18th on the list and I’m hoping for a pick. It would mean the world to me to play on the Ryder Cup team. I think I would do very well.”

At that time, Harman knew he was only halfway to the Claret Jug so he tried to then downplay the Ryder Cup chatter by adding: “But I’m not thinking about that at all.”

Now, it’s safe to say, he’s free to think about it all he wants, as his spot on the roster seems secure.

Men’s college golf spring-only Golfweek/Sagarin rankings for 2023

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season.

College golf is a split-season, fall-and-spring sport.

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season – and that’s in a normal year.

Using the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings for men’s college golf, this chart shows each team’s performance only in the spring 2023 season. The far right column rates strength of schedule.

The men’s NCAA regionals are set to begin Monday, May 15 and end Wednesday, May 17. From there, top teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, to be held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the last time, from May 26-31

In the season-long rankings, Vanderbilt is No. 1, and using only spring results, Vanderbilt is still your top-ranked team. This makes the second consecutive year Vanderbilt has topped the spring only ratings.

Rank Team Rating
1 Vanderbilt 68.31
2 Illinois 68.32
3 Georgia Tech 68.54
4 Florida 68.76
5 North Carolina 68.79
6 Florida State 68.82
7 Pepperdine 68.97
8 Arizona State 69.02
9 Oklahoma 69.13
10 Texas 69.21
11 Texas Tech 69.31
12 Wake Forest 69.50
13 Texas A&M 69.50
14 Tennessee 69.63
15 Oregon 69.66
16 Stanford 69.71
17 Mississippi 69.73
18 Mississippi State 69.76
19 Arizona 69.78
20 East Tennessee State 69.79
21 Duke 69.79
22 Auburn 69.80
23 Alabama 69.83
24 Oklahoma State 69.89
25 Virginia 69.96
26 Louisville 70.03
27 Northwestern 70.06
28 Georgia Southern 70.13
29 San Diego State 70.13
30 Georgia 70.19
31 Colorado State 70.28
32 Arkansas 70.33
33 Ohio State 70.35
34 BYU 70.37
35 Chattanooga 70.39
36 Baylor 70.42
37 Liberty 70.44
38 NC State 70.45
39 Kansas State 70.46
40 Missouri 70.46
41 TCU 70.51
42 Washington 70.53
43 San Francisco 70.60
44 New Mexico 70.63
45 California 70.66
46 Purdue 70.72
47 North Florida 70.77
48 Houston 70.83
49 Cincinnati 70.84
50 San Diego 70.86
51 LSU 70.88
52 UCLA 70.96
53 Little Rock 71.02
54 Wisconsin 71.03
55 Sam Houston State 71.07
56 Long Beach State 71.09
57 UNCG 71.11
58 Iowa 71.13
59 UCF 71.13
60 Southern California 71.17
61 Furman 71.17
62 Oregon State 71.18
63 Kansas 71.20
64 UNLV 71.22
65 Notre Dame 71.25
66 Clemson 71.25
67 Middle Tennessee State 71.36
68 Indiana 71.40
69 Kentucky 71.46
70 Colorado 71.49
71 Loyola Marymount 71.50
72 Kent State 71.50
73 South Carolina 71.53
74 SMU 71.54
75 Cal State Fullerton 71.56
76 Utah 71.59
77 Wyoming 71.60
78 Troy 71.63
79 Fresno State 71.63
80 South Florida 71.65
81 Arkansas State 71.70
82 Rutgers 71.70
83 UNCW 71.73
84 North Texas 71.73
85 Michigan State 71.75
86 Santa Clara 71.78
87 San Jose State 71.78
88 Washington State 71.79
89 Augusta University 71.83
90 Marquette 71.84
91 Charlotte 71.87
92 Wright State 71.90
93 Memphis 71.90
94 Davidson 71.95
95 New Mexico State 72.04
96 Coastal Carolina 72.05
97 Ball State 72.06
98 Iowa State 72.09
99 Penn State 72.09
100 South Alabama 72.09
101 Grand Canyon 72.12
102 North Alabama 72.14
103 Florida Gulf Coast 72.15
104 Utah Valley 72.15
105 Virginia Tech 72.18
106 VCU 72.21
107 Stetson 72.23
108 Northern Illinois 72.24
109 Southern Mississippi 72.24
110 Seattle Univ. 72.31
111 Oral Roberts 72.33
112 Minnesota 72.36
113 Boston College 72.37
114 Charleston 72.37
115 Louisiana Tech 72.40
116 Lipscomb 72.42
117 West Virginia 72.43
118 UC Davis 72.43
119 Drexel 72.44
120 Texas State 72.45
121 Saint Mary’s-CA 72.45
122 Campbell 72.46
123 ULM 72.46
124 UAB 72.54
125 Florida Atlantic 72.54
126 Cal State Northridge 72.56
127 Illinois State 72.58
128 Kansas City 72.60
129 James Madison 72.60
130 Cal Poly 72.60
131 Toledo 72.61
132 Mercer 72.64
133 Texas-Arlington 72.72
134 ECU 72.74
135 Elon 72.74
136 Boise State 72.80
137 Jacksonville 72.80
138 Nebraska 72.80
139 Michigan 72.83
140 UTSA 72.85
141 Wofford 72.85
142 Jacksonville State 72.86
143 Miami-Ohio 72.98
144 New Orleans 73.00
145 UTEP 73.04
146 Loyola-Maryland 73.04
147 Nevada 73.05
148 North Dakota State 73.05
149 George Washington 73.08
150 Louisiana 73.08
151 Kennesaw State 73.11
152 Lamar 73.13
153 Valparaiso 73.15
154 Francis Marion 73.17
155 Rice 73.18
156 Hawaii 73.18
157 Richmond 73.19
158 Dayton 73.20
159 Western Kentucky 73.21
160 Denver 73.22
161 Wichita State 73.26
162 Pacific 73.27
163 SE Louisiana 73.34
164 Idaho 73.34
165 Butler 73.34
166 UC Irvine 73.40
167 Harvard 73.47
168 Gonzaga 73.48
169 Appalachian State 73.56
170 Princeton 73.58
171 Georgia State 73.58
172 Sacramento State 73.59
173 Northern Colorado 73.61
174 Utah State 73.63
175 Seton Hall 73.65
176 UC San Diego 73.67
177 Radford 73.69
178 Delaware 73.69
179 Long Island Univ. 73.70
180 Weber State 73.70
181 Creighton 73.73
182 Columbia 73.79
183 South Dakota State 73.80
184 Yale 73.83
185 Tarleton State 73.85
186 Western Carolina 73.86
187 Howard 73.88
188 Longwood 73.89
189 Connecticut 73.91
190 Samford 73.91
191 St. John’s 73.91
192 Queens Of Charlotte 73.92
193 Charleston Southern 73.92
194 Loyola-Chicago 73.94
195 DePaul 73.98
196 Marshall 74.01
197 William & Mary 74.01
198 High Point 74.01
199 Rhode Island 74.07
200 Abilene Christian 74.10
201 Southern Illinois 74.11
202 Oakland 74.11
203 Fort Wayne 74.12
204 Utah Tech 74.14
205 Villanova 74.20
206 Stephen F. Austin 74.20
207 Incarnate Word 74.25
208 Xavier 74.26
209 SIU Edwardsville 74.26
210 Old Dominion 74.29
211 Eastern Michigan 74.29
212 Lehigh 74.31
213 UC Santa Barbara 74.32
214 Nicholls 74.36
215 Bowling Green 74.39
216 Missouri State 74.40
217 California Baptist 74.43
218 Winthrop 74.45
219 Georgetown 74.46
220 UTRGV 74.47
221 Central Arkansas 74.47
222 Austin Peay 74.60
223 Colgate 74.62
224 Belmont 74.62
225 Texas A&M-Commerce 74.63
226 Temple 74.64
227 Southern Indiana 74.65
228 Drake 74.65
229 Northern Kentucky 74.68
230 Bellarmine 74.70
231 St. Thomas 74.72
232 Northern Iowa 74.72
233 Maryland 74.74
234 Pennsylvania 74.75
235 Bucknell 74.75
236 Towson 74.82
237 Fairfield 74.83
238 Bryant 74.83
239 Gardner-Webb 74.84
240 Rider 74.85
241 IUPUI 74.88
242 George Mason 74.92
243 La Salle 74.92
244 Omaha 74.96
245 Siena 74.96
246 Iona 74.96
247 Cleveland State 74.99
248 Navy 75.01
249 Ohio 75.01
250 Bradley 75.13
251 Holy Cross 75.27
252 Presbyterian College 75.29
253 Tennessee Tech 75.32
254 Cornell 75.37
255 South Dakota 75.38
256 Central Michigan 75.39
257 Dartmouth 75.42
258 Murray State 75.43
259 UC Riverside 75.45
260 Robert Morris 75.46
261 Houston Christian 75.50
262 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 75.51
263 USC Upstate 75.51
264 Mount St. Mary’s 75.52
265 Morehead State 75.55
266 Youngstown State 75.58
267 Tennessee-Martin 75.59
268 Lindenwood 75.61
269 Sacred Heart 75.72
270 Lafayette 75.73
271 Eastern Kentucky 75.76
272 Evansville 75.78
273 Fairleigh Dickinson 75.78
274 Army West Point 75.85
275 Air Force 75.95
276 Monmouth 75.97
277 St. Bonaventure 76.15
278 Florida A&M 76.36
279 Alabama State 76.38
280 Southern Utah 76.48
281 North Carolina A&T 76.52
282 Fordham 76.60
283 Saint Joseph’s 76.62
284 North Dakota 76.81
285 Wagner 76.98
286 Texas Southern 76.99
287 Hartford 77.03
288 Binghamton 77.12
289 Chicago State 77.33
290 St. Francis-PA 77.40
291 Saint Peter’s 77.44
292 Western Illinois 77.53
293 Detroit 77.74
294 Green Bay 77.78
295 Eastern Illinois 77.86
296 Prairie View A&M 78.03
297 Canisius 78.09
298 Alabama A&M 78.46
299 Niagara 78.52
300 Hofstra 78.56
301 Manhattan 78.66
302 Merrimack 79.46
303 MD Eastern Shore 79.69
304 NC Central 79.81
305 Tennessee State 80.04

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Women’s college golf spring-only Golfweek/Sagarin rankings for 2023

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season.

College golf is a split-season, fall-and-spring sport.

Teams can look drastically different when the calendar turns in the middle of the season – and that’s in a normal year.

Using the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings for women’s college golf, this chart shows each team’s performance only in the spring 2023 season. The far right column rates strength of schedule.

The women’s NCAA regionals are set to begin Monday, May 8 and end Wednesday, May 10. From there, top teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, to be held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the last time.

In the season-long rankings, Wake Forest is No. 1 as well but Stanford checks in at No. 2. The Cardinal are fifth here:

Rank Team Rating
1 Wake Forest 69.74
2 LSU 69.87
3 Auburn 70.28
4 Northwestern 70.37
5 Stanford 70.57
6 Mississippi State 70.73
7 South Carolina 70.82
8 Baylor 70.84
9 Arizona State 70.87
10 USC 70.92
11 Texas A&M 70.98
12 Oregon 71.00
13 Florida State 71.14
14 Iowa State 71.15
15 Vanderbilt 71.27
16 Florida 71.33
17 Clemson 71.40
18 UCF 71.41
19 Pepperdine 71.42
20 SMU 71.46
21 Ohio State 71.49
22 Georgia 71.50
23 Oklahoma State 71.61
24 Texas 71.62
25 San Jose State 71.74
26 North Texas 71.76
27 Mississippi 71.80
28 UCLA 71.82
29 Kentucky 71.90
30 Maryland 71.93
31 Texas Tech 72.03
32 Duke 72.07
33 Arizona 72.10
34 Virginia 72.21
35 Michigan State 72.21
36 California 72.37
37 New Mexico 72.43
38 Tennessee 72.47
39 Tulsa 72.60
40 Illinois 72.62
41 Augusta 72.68
42 Denver 72.69
43 Purdue 72.69
44 Kansas 72.72
45 Oregon State 72.83
46 Houston 72.83
47 Michigan 72.83
48 Alabama 72.87
49 South Florida 72.90
50 Washington 72.92
51 UNLV 72.93
52 Arkansas 73.00
53 North Carolina 73.05
54 Kent State 73.06
55 North Carolina State 73.08
56 Minnesota 73.10
57 Sam Houston State 73.10
58 College Of Charleston 73.21
59 BYU 73.22
60 Nebraska 73.26
61 Louisville 73.27
62 TCU 73.33
63 Penn State 73.38
64 Sacramento State 73.39
65 Incarnate Word 73.40
66 Tulane 73.48
67 Texas State 73.50
68 Virginia Tech 73.53
69 Long Beach State 73.53
70 Colorado State 73.56
71 Xavier 73.56
72 ULM 73.60
73 Western Kentucky 73.70
74 Campbell 73.72
75 Furman 73.77
76 James Madison 73.85
77 Princeton 73.95
78 UNCW 74.00
79 New Mexico State 74.07
80 Washington State 74.15
81 Notre Dame 74.16
82 Cal Poly 74.18
83 Harvard 74.19
84 Grand Canyon 74.21
85 Colorado 74.22
86 San Francisco 74.23
87 Nevada 74.24
88 Missouri 74.26
89 FIU 74.26
90 Oklahoma 74.32
91 Kansas State 74.33
92 Wisconsin 74.41
93 Georgia Southern 74.49
94 Pennsylvania 74.51
95 Kennesaw State 74.51
96 Houston Christian 74.53
97 Mercer 74.58
98 Charlotte 74.62
99 Lipscomb 74.64
100 Delaware 74.64
101 Iowa 74.67
102 San Diego State 74.70
103 Santa Clara 74.70
104 Rutgers 74.78
105 High Point 74.84
106 Fresno State 74.84
107 Old Dominion 74.85
108 Boston College 74.90
109 North Florida 74.92
110 UTSA 74.92
111 Yale 74.95
112 Florida Gulf Coast 74.96
113 UC Davis 74.97
114 Gonzaga 75.02
115 Arkansas State 75.06
116 UC Riverside 75.07
117 Cal State Fullerton 75.12
118 Georgetown 75.13
119 Western Carolina 75.20
120 Dartmouth 75.25
121 Northern Illinois 75.35
122 UTEP 75.38
123 Indiana 75.41
124 East Tennessee State 75.41
125 East Carolina 75.43
126 California Baptist 75.48
127 Cincinnati 75.53
128 Northern Arizona 75.53
129 Florida Atlantic 75.55
130 UNC Asheville 75.58
131 Seattle 75.59
132 Southern Mississippi 75.61
133 South Alabama 75.63
134 Troy 75.65
135 Elon 75.65
136 Georgia State 75.68
137 UC Irvine 75.69
138 Hawaii 75.70
139 Oral Roberts 75.72
140 Charleston Southern 75.80
141 Sacred Heart 75.84
142 Memphis 75.85
143 Middle Tennessee State 75.87
144 Boise State 75.87
145 Central Arkansas 75.89
146 North Alabama 75.94
147 Austin Peay 76.00
148 Miami 76.13
149 South Carolina Upstate 76.13
150 Quinnipiac 76.17
151 North Carolina-Greensboro 76.21
152 Jacksonville 76.23
153 Jacksonville State 76.32
154 Wofford 76.33
155 North Dakota State 76.39
156 Columbia 76.40
157 Seton Hall 76.41
158 Morehead State 76.43
159 Creighton 76.46
160 TX A&M-Corpus Christi 76.51
161 Little Rock 76.52
162 Richmond 76.52
163 Chattanooga 76.55
164 Wyoming 76.57
165 Stetson 76.58
166 Missouri State 76.58
167 Idaho 76.64
168 Illinois State 76.70
169 Murray State 76.70
170 Toledo 76.74
171 Howard 76.77
172 Weber State 76.79
173 Lamar 76.86
174 Texas-Rio Grande Valley 76.88
175 Navy 76.94
176 Longwood 76.94
177 Boston 76.97
178 Eastern Kentucky 76.99
179 South Dakota State 77.07
180 Montana State 77.08
181 Gardner-Webb 77.12
182 Northern Colorado 77.16
183 CSU Bakersfield 77.18
184 South Dakota 77.18
185 Utah Tech 77.22
186 Presbyterian College 77.24
187 Samford 77.24
188 Delaware State 77.27
189 Utah Valley 77.29
190 Central Michigan 77.29
191 Coastal Carolina 77.30
192 Texas A&M-Commerce 77.38
193 Bradley 77.40
194 St. John’s 77.41
195 Fairleigh Dickinson 77.48
196 Wichita State 77.52
197 Tarleton State 77.58
198 Radford 77.64
199 Belmont 77.65
200 William & Mary 77.68
201 Evansville 77.88
202 Green Bay 77.88
203 Marshall 77.93
204 Dayton 78.01
205 Cal State Northridge 78.06
206 Loyola-Chicago 78.18
207 Western Michigan 78.21
208 Akron 78.22
209 Drake 78.28
210 Bowling Green 78.40
211 Illinois-Chicago 78.52
212 St. Thomas 78.56
213 Lehigh 78.57
214 Southern Utah 78.61
215 Butler 78.62
216 Oakland 78.66
217 Eastern Washington 78.70
218 Towson 78.74
219 Eastern Michigan 78.77
220 Ball State 78.77
221 Albany 78.80
222 Appalachian State 78.80
223 Portland State 78.83
224 Texas-Arlington 78.89
225 Mount St. Mary’s 79.13
226 Merrimack 79.21
227 IUPUI 79.22
228 Montana 79.23
229 Youngstown State 79.23
230 UAB 79.25
231 Western Illinois 79.28
232 Bellarmine 79.29
233 Omaha 79.40
234 Southern Illinois 79.44
235 Tennessee Tech 79.57
236 Indiana State 79.60
237 Texas Southern 79.66
238 Fairfield 79.67
239 Ohio 79.83
240 North Dakota 79.88
241 Stephen F. Austin 79.90
242 Hofstra 79.90
243 Cleveland State 80.04
244 Northern Iowa 80.13
245 Monmouth 80.26
246 Queens Of Charlotte 80.29
247 Long Island 80.52
248 Bucknell 80.55
249 Fort Wayne 80.61
250 Winthrop 81.00
251 North Carolina A&T 81.02
252 Idaho State 81.19
253 Bryant 81.21
254 Lindenwood 81.42
255 Hartford 81.50
256 Northern Kentucky 81.58
257 Detroit 82.25
258 Prairie View A&M 82.69
259 NC Central 82.74
260 Siena 82.88
261 Valparaiso 83.12
262 Wagner 83.28
263 Southern Indiana 83.54
264 Holy Cross 83.55
265 La Salle 84.28
266 St. Francis 84.57
267 Chicago State 84.98
268 Eastern Illinois 85.29
269 Niagara 85.38
270 Citadel 85.39
271 Tennessee State 85.98
272 Bethune-Cookman 86.29
273 Stonehill College 89.17
274 Maryland-Eastern Shore 92.75
275 Alabama State 94.47

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Rickie Fowler is 59th in OWGR but has vaulted to 15th in Golfweek/Sagarin rankings

Fowler has made 12 of 13 cuts this season with nine top-25 finishes.

There’s been a lot of talk about Rickie Fowler the last several weeks, almost all of it about how his game has been turning around.

There’s no doubt it has. Fowler has made 12 of 13 cuts this season, the only missed cut coming last October by two strokes in Las Vegas at the Shriners Childrens Open.

Fowler has a runner-up finish at the Zozo, four top-10s and nine top 25s during this 2022-23, thanks in part to ranking eighth on Tour in Strokes Gained: Approach to Green. He’s also 13th overall in Strokes Gained: Total.

He even has a hole-in-one this season. It came during the final round of the WM Phoenix Open, the site of his fifth, and last, Tour victory in 2019.

He missed the 2023 Masters after not qualifying a third year in a row. The PGA Championship marked his only major appearance last season, but then he did just enough to earn the 125th and final spot for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

At the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Fowler got the best of the No. 2-seeded Jon Rahm on the first day, winning 2 and 1.

It was after that match when Fowler discussed the slow rebuild of his game.

“We all go through work and changes to ultimately get better. We’re not trying to get worse or stay in the same spot,” he said. “There is always going to be setbacks.”

Fowler is in the field at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club, the site of his first PGA Tour win 11 years ago. He also has two T-4 finishes at the tournament.

In the latest OWGR, Fowler, who was 103rd at the end of 2021, is now ranked 59th.

But in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, he checks in at No. 15.

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How the rankings work

The “mission of the OWGR is to administer and publish, on a weekly basis, a transparent, credible, and accurate Ranking based on the relative performances of players participating in male Eligible Golf Tours worldwide.”

Here’s an explainer on the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings:

Jeff Sagarin’s rating system is based on a mathematical formula that uses a player’s won-lost-tied record against other players when they play on the same course on the same day, and the stroke differential between those players, then links all players to one another based on common opponents. The ratings give an indication of who is playing well over the past 52 weeks.

Both rankings have Jon Rahm first but there are several significant differences in where some golfers are ranked in the two systems.

For example, Matt Fitzpatrick is fifth in the OWGR but 24th in the GW/Sags. Cameron Smith of the LIV Golf League, is down one spot to No. 8 in the OWGR but checks in at No. 42 in the GW/Sags.

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Masters 2023 field by the rankings: Golfers to consider picking in your office pool

Looking for a golfer to pick in your 2023 Masters Tournament office pool?

Looking for a golfer to pick in your 2023 Masters Tournament office pool?

One strategy is to consider players who have had the most success in the months leading up to the first major of the year.

The entire Masters field is broken down below according to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings as well as the Official World Golf Ranking. The column labeled “Heat Index” is a player’s ranking based on his play the past three months. That can help you pick a player who is trending.

For the 2022-23 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won a PGA Tour event has been 51.68 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings and 57.64 in the OWGR.

Masters 2023 leaderboard: Get the latest news from Augusta

Golfer GW/Sagarin OWGR Heat Index
Jon Rahm 1 3 3
Scottie Scheffler 2 1 1
Xander Schauffele 3 7 5
Rory McIlroy 4 2 14
Tony Finau 5 13 6
Max Homa 6 5 4
Patrick Cantlay 7 4 11
Justin Thomas 8 10 8
Sungjae Im 9 18 13
Cameron Young 10 14 10
Jason Day 11 35 2
Viktor Hovland 12 9 12
Tom Kim 14 19 30
Will Zalatoris 15 8 57
Collin Morikawa 16 12 24
Sahith Theegala 18 30 22
Tyrrell Hatton 19 17 27
Tommy Fleetwood 20 27 48
Jordan Spieth 21 16 32
Sam Burns 22 11 39
Joaquin Niemann 23 25 113
Keith Mitchell 24 45 21
Corey Conners 26 28 29
Si Woo Kim 27 39 15
Hideki Matsuyama 29 21 45
Mito Pereira 30 53 42
Dustin Johnson 32 69 144
Adam Scott 33 40 56
Shane Lowry 34 23 100
Matthew Fitzpatrick 38 15 165
Keegan Bradley 39 22 91
Justin Rose 40 36 37
Brian Harman 41 29 179
Alex Noren 42 41 159
Seamus Power 44 34 71
Cameron Smith 45 6 257
Chris Kirk 48 32 36
Taylor Moore 49 50 23
Adam Svensson 55 56 98
Thomas Pieters 58 44 268
Talor Gooch 59 58 86
K.H. Lee 60 43 136
J.T. Poston 61 49 105
Patrick Reed 65 70 174
Russell Henley 67 38 88
Danny Willett 70 91 47
Kurt Kitayama 71 20 107
Billy Horschel 73 24 240
Jason Kokrak 74 87 120
Ryan Fox 77 37 76
Abraham Ancer 81 31 169
Harold Varner III 83 60 192
Min Woo Lee 86 48 55
Tom Hoge 90 26 73
Sergio Garcia 91 161 153
Adrian Meronk 97 59 132
Gary Woodland 105 100 83
Scott Stallings 107 66 181
Mackenzie Hughes 119 57 170
Kevin Na 132 96 260
Kazuki Higa 148 82 167
Harris English 150 42 253
Louis Oosthuizen 154 120 436
Zach Johnson 163 317 123
Francesco Molinari 168 130 338
Sepp Straka 174 33 193
Brooks Koepka 175 118 289
Charl Schwartzel 242 214 420
Kevin Kisner 257 47 432
Bryson DeChambeau 262 155 471
Cameron Champ 393 201 429
Phil Mickelson 431 425 427
Sam Bennett N/R 1313 N/R
Ben Carr N/R 3343 N/R
Fred Couples N/R 3343 N/R
Harrison Crowe N/R 504 N/R
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira N/R N/R N/R
Bernhard Langer N/R 3343 N/R
Sandy Lyle N/R 3343 N/R
Matthew McClean N/R 3343 N/R
Larry Mize N/R 3343 N/R
Jose Maria Olazabal N/R 2748 N/R
Aldrich Potgieter N/R 3343 N/R
Gordon Sargent N/R 3343 N/R
Vijay Singh N/R 3343 N/R
Bubba Watson N/R 222 452
Mike Weir N/R 3343 N/R
Tiger Woods N/R 1001 N/R

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Rose Zhang ties Stanford’s career wins record, a fourth golfer wins for Vanderbilt and more highlights from the past week in college golf

Here’s what you need to know from the last week in college golf.

Another week has come and gone in college golf, and the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, is even closer.

In the last week of college golf, each of the top-ranked teams picked up wins while their stars shined. One of them tied a school record for career wins.

Each week, Golfweek will put together a roundup of the best individual and team performances from across the country, as teams continue on the road to Grayhawk, highlighting spectacular performances and keeping you up to date on which teams are making a title push.

Here’s what you need to know from the last week in college golf.