We’ve seen the usual shuffle in the world rankings in 2025 with plenty of movement in both directions.
While it’s been an excellent year for big risers J.J. Spaun, Harris English and Sepp Straka, some leading names have crashed down the standings.
Here we look at seven players who have taken a serious dive in the OWGR:
1. Adam Scott – Down 29 spots
- Current ranking: 47
- End of 2024 ranking: 18
The Aussie had a genuine chance to win the US Open after starting the final round in second place, but slumped to 12th after a closing 79. He’s hardly missed a cut, but just hasn’t been able to find the big finish.
That 12th at Oakmont is the best of his meagre tally of four top 20s, and Scott now risks falling outside the top 50 for the first time since February 2018.
2. Sahith Theegala – Down 45 spots
- Current ranking: 58
- End of 2024 ranking: 13
Theegala started the year just outside the top 10 and was hoping to break into it with some strong early play. But the popular Californian could never get going, and it’s turned into a miserable year.
Theegala hasn’t managed a single top 10, and his best finish is a modest tied 17th at the Genesis Invitational back in February. Hampered by a neck injury, he failed to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs after missing the cut in all four of his final regular-season events.
3. Jon Rahm – Down 50 spots
- Current ranking: 75
- End of 2024 ranking: 25
LIV players don’t pick up world ranking points from their breakaway Tour (events are just 54 holes), so their position on the OWGR is dictated by performances in the majors or, for some, getting to play in DP World Tour events.
Rahm has previously been able to prop up his ranking with big performances in the major, but despite playing well in them (14-8-7-34) in 2025, the lack of a really significant finish plus a missed cut in the Dubai Desert Classic means he’s fallen 50 spots to World No.75.
4. Tom Kim – Down 55 spots
- Current ranking: 76
- End of 2024 ranking: 21
Kim burst onto the golf scene, and in 202,2 he became the first player to win twice on tour before the age of 21 since Tiger Woods in 1996. The Korean added a third win in 2023 and peaked at 11th in the world rankings.
He started 2025 ranked 21st and with hopes of working his way into the top 10. But Kim has suffered a forgettable year, posting his only top 10 in February and missing the Playoffs.
5. Max Homa – Down 76 spots
- Current ranking: 117
- End of 2024 ranking: 41
Once as high as 5th in the world rankings, you’ll have to keep scrolling to locate Homa right now. Eventually, he pops up well outside the top 100.
His slide began in the second half of 2024, and despite a switch of equipment and numerous other changes, the struggles have continued in 2025.
Homa’s only top 10 this year is fifth at July’s John Deere Classic.
6. Cameron Smith – Down 143 spots
- Current ranking: 222
- End of 2024 ranking: 79
When Smith won the 2022 Open Championship at St Andrews in stunning fashion, he climbed to No.2 in the world rankings. But those OWGR points have dropped off, and he’s hardly getting any back following his move to LIV.
The Aussie’s only chance to accumulate points in 2025 came in the four majors, but he missed the cut in all of them.
The result: a huge crash down the standings, and you won’t even find him in the top 200 anymore.
7. Brooks Koepka – Down 206 spots
- Current ranking: 296
- End of 2024 ranking: 90
Koepka is a former World No.1 and won his latest of his five major in 2023. Again, the switch to LIV has limited his chances, but we’ve become accustomed to Koepka coming alive again in the majors. Not so this year.
He did carve out a 12th place in the US Open, but the American missed the cut in the other three, and the result on his world ranking has been shocking: an unbelievable slump to 296th, a drop of over 200 spots.
Is there some consolation to be found for the above LIV trio when looking at the Datagolf world rankings?
That alternative aggregator takes into account LIV events to produce their own world rankings, and it’s much kinder to Rahm.
The Spaniard is 3rd in the Datagolf list, although it’s a measure of Smith and Koepka’s slide that they’re down at 85th and 142nd respectively.
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