List of world number one in women's golf
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The list of world number one in women's golf includes all the leaders in the Women's World Golf Rankings since its inception on February 21, 2006.
The site first lists all leaders in the ranking in chronological order. In further tables, the world number one at the end of the year and the individual players who occupied the number 1 position are shown, sorted according to their number of weeks at the top of the ranking list.
A total of 13 players have topped the golf world rankings since the rating was introduced. The first world leader was the Swede Annika Sörenstam , the current leader is the South Korean Ko Jin-young . Mexican Lorena Ochoa holds the records for most seasons that ended in number 1 (3) and most weeks at the top of the world rankings, both absolute and consecutive (158 each).
World number one in the course of the year
Player : Indicates the name of the player. The number in brackets after the player name indicates how many athletes at the top of the world rankings the player was.
From : Indicates the day on which the player reached the No. 1 position.
to : Indicates the day on which the player was last leader of the world rankings within the respective series. Number of weeks: Indicates the number of weeks that the player
topped the world rankings within the respective series.
Player | from | to | Week number |
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February 21, 2006 | April 22, 2007 | 60 |
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April 23, 2007 | May 2, 2010 | 158 |
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May 3, 2010 | June 20, 2010 | 7th |
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June 21, 2010 | June 27, 2010 | 1 |
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June 28, 2010 | July 18, 2010 | 3 |
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July 19, 2010 | July 25, 2010 | 1 |
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July 26, 2010 | August 15, 2010 | 3 |
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August 16, 2010 | August 22, 2010 | 1 |
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August 23, 2010 | October 24, 2010 | 9 |
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October 25, 2010 | October 31, 2010 | 1 |
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November 1, 2010 | February 13, 2011 | 15th |
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February 14, 2011 | 17th March 2013 | 109 |
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March 18, 2013 | April 14, 2013 | 4th |
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April 15, 2013 | June 1, 2014 | 59 |
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2nd June 2014 | October 26, 2014 | 21st |
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October 27, 2014 | February 1, 2015 | 14th |
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February 2, 2015 | June 14, 2015 | 19th |
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June 15, 2015 | October 25, 2015 | 19th |
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October 26, 2015 | June 11, 2017 | 85 |
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June 12, 2017 | June 25, 2017 | 2 |
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June 26, 2017 | 5th November 2017 | 19th |
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November 6, 2017 | November 12, 2017 | 1 |
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November 13, 2017 | April 22, 2018 | 23 |
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April 23, 2018 | 29th July 2018 | 14th |
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July 30, 2018 | 19th August 2018 | 3 |
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20th August 2018 | October 28, 2018 | 10 |
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October 29, 2018 | 3rd March 2019 | 18th |
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4th March 2019 | April 7, 2019 | 5 |
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April 8, 2019 | June 30, 2019 | 12 |
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1st July 2019 | 28th July 2019 | 4th |
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29th July 2019 | current | 49 |
As of August 24, 2020
World number one at the end of the year
Note: The number in brackets after the player's name indicates how many times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2011 |
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2012 |
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2013 |
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2014 |
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2015 |
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2016 |
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2017 |
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2018 |
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2019 |
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Players at the top of the world rankings after weeks
Player : Indicates the name of the player. The current leader is highlighted in bold.
First time on : Indicates the date on which the player first rose to the top of the world rankings.
Weeks : Indicates the total number of weeks that the player was at the top of the world rankings. The position in the table is also based on this value.
Streak : Indicates the number of consecutive weeks the player has been at the top of the world rankings during her longest streak.
Player | first on | Weeks | series | |
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1. |
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April 23, 2007 | 158 | 158 |
2. |
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February 14, 2011 | 109 | 109 |
3. |
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April 15, 2013 | 106 | 59 |
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February 2, 2015 | 104 | 85 |
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April 8, 2019 | 61 | 49 |
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February 21, 2006 | 60 | 60 |
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March 18, 2013 | 25th | 21st |
7th |
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May 3, 2010 | 25th | 15th |
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November 13, 2017 | 23 | 23 |
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June 12, 2017 | 23 | 18th |
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November 6, 2017 | 20th | 10 |
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June 26, 2017 | 19th | 19th |
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June 21, 2010 | 11 | 9 |
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June 28, 2010 | 5 | 3 |
As of August 24, 2020