Australians on top of the World

May 2, 2016

It makes for unbelievable reading. At the end of April 2016, two Australians are at the top of the FedEx Cup standings. Adam Scott is ranked #1 and Jason Day is ranked #2. Here’s what the current Top 10 looks like at the end of April.

FedEx Cup Standings end of April 2016 - Top 10

RANK THIS WEEK	RANK LAST WEEK	PLAYER NAME	EVENTS	POINTS	# OF WINS	# OF TOP 10'S	POINTS BEHIND LEAD
1	1	Adam Scott	9	1,731	2	4
2	2	Jason Day	8	1,340	2	4	391
3	4	Brandt Snedeker	14	1,300	1	5	431
4	3	Russell Knox	14	1,300	1	3	431
5	5	Kevin Kisner	13	1,182	1	4	549
6	6	Jordan Spieth	9	1,132	1	4	599
7	7	Kevin Na	14	1,130		5	601
8	15	Patrick Reed	13	1,121		8	610
9	8	Justin Thomas	14	1,051	1	3	680
10	9	Bubba Watson	8	1,043	1	3	688

And the Official World Rankings make great reading too – with Jason Day at #1, Adam Scott at #7 and another 5 Australians in the Top 100. These are heady times indeed.

World Rankings (end April 2016)

This Week	Last Week	End 2015	Name	Ave Points	Events Played
1	1	2	Jason Day	12.2798	40
2	2	1	Jordan Spieth	11.4376	55
3	3	3	Rory McIlroy	8.9859	45
4	4	4	Bubba Watson	8.1501	47
5	5	6	Rickie Fowler	7.6488	51
6	6	5	Henrik Stenson	7.6026	48
7	7	12	Adam Scott	6.9891	43
8	8	8	Dustin Johnson	6.7078	41
9	9	19	Danny Willett	6.3427	52
10	10	7	Justin Rose	5.8220	52
11	11	14	Branden Grace	5.5127	55
12	13	10	Patrick Reed	5.3064	61
13	12	18	Louis Oosthuizen	4.9820	48
14	14	15	Hideki Matsuyama	4.6093	55
15	15	11	Sergio Garcia	4.2821	48
16	16	49	Brandt Snedeker	4.2303	56
17	17	13	Zach Johnson	4.0500	53
18	18	16	Brooks Koepka	3.9295	55
19	21	24	J.B. Holmes	3.8405	48
20	20	35	Charl Schwartzel	3.7941	57
21	19	34	Phil Mickelson	3.7791	42
22	22	17	Kevin Kisner	3.6430	55
23	24	22	Paul Casey	3.5514	52
24	23	9	Jim Furyk	3.5398	32
25	25	23	Kevin Na	3.2583	57
26	26	25	Jimmy Walker	3.2289	54
27	27	20	Matt Kuchar	3.2027	54
28	28	42	Bill Haas	3.1631	52
29	30	114	Rafael Cabrera Bello	3.1561	56
30	29	30	Russell Knox	3.1497	57
31	31	29	Byeong Hun An	3.0957	58
32	32	36	Andy Sullivan	3.0302	60
33	33	21	Shane Lowry	3.0150	51
34	57	52	Charley Hoffman	2.9818	53
35	34	26	Marc Leishman	2.9566	50
36	35	50	Lee Westwood	2.8736	50
37	36	37	Justin Thomas	2.8410	60
38	37	45	Soren Kjeldsen	2.7962	60
39	38	32	Emiliano Grillo	2.7508	57
40	39	38	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	2.6932	62
41	41	43	Matthew Fitzpatrick	2.6846	60
42	40	47	Danny Lee	2.6840	65
43	42	31	Bernd Wiesberger	2.5940	59
44	47	41	Billy Horschel	2.5774	53
45	43	28	Thongchai Jaidee	2.5242	62
46	44	62	Ryan Moore	2.5000	47
47	45	53	Daniel Berger	2.4706	60
48	46	55	David Lingmerth	2.4493	60
49	48	75	Smylie Kaufman	2.4333	38
50	49	48	Scott Piercy	2.3672	47
51	52	44	Chris Wood	2.3383	49
52	50	33	Victor Dubuisson	2.3319	47
53	51	40	Anirban Lahiri	2.3237	55
54	54	51	Chris Kirk	2.2771	52
55	53	27	Martin Kaymer	2.2597	55
56	55	46	Jamie Donaldson	2.2586	55
57	56	39	Robert Streb	2.2278	59
58	58	73	Patton Kizzire	2.2164	40
59	59	67	Jaco Van Zyl	2.2130	38
60	62	60	K.T. Kim	2.2008	52
61	64	85	Joost Luiten	2.1863	55
62	60	88	Thomas Pieters	2.1353	53
63	66	127	Marcus Fraser	2.1077	42
64	69	105	Kevin Chappell	2.0902	53
65	61	133	Fabian Gomez	2.0648	58
66	63	135	Jason Dufner	2.0087	48
67	65	56	Ian Poulter	1.9932	49
68	67	76	Thorbjorn Olesen	1.9906	55
69	68	77	Luke Donald	1.9544	52
70	70	54	Matt Jones	1.9137	54
71	72	178	Jim Herman	1.9060	56
72	71	57	Graeme McDowell	1.8953	53
73	79	58	Ryan Palmer	1.8831	50
74	73	102	Harris English	1.8483	56
75	128	245	Soomin Lee	1.8303	37
76	74	61	Jason Bohn	1.7822	49
77	76	87	Tony Finau	1.7778	62
78	75	63	Gary Woodland	1.7719	48
79	98	86	Yuta Ikeda	1.7457	52
80	86	112	Scott Hend	1.7440	59
81	80	59	Shingo Katayama	1.7421	43
82	78	65	Kristoffer Broberg	1.7205	60
83	85	81	Brendan Steele	1.7096	51
84	77	64	Russell Henley	1.7032	51
85	81	89	George Coetzee	1.6798	50
86	83	66	Francesco Molinari	1.6749

This Week	Last Week	End 2015	Name	Ave Points	Events Played
87	82	74	Webb Simpson	1.6624	47
88	84	109	Troy Merritt	1.6596	52
89	88	82	Ross Fisher	1.6302	51
90	89	137	Charles Howell III	1.5906	58
91	87	156	Chez Reavie	1.5850	42
92	93	78	Tommy Fleetwood	1.5662	60
93	115	252	Brandon Stone	1.5566	52
94	91	72	Steven Bowditch	1.5493	66
95	92	83	Ricardo Gouveia	1.5456	40
96	90	209	Jason Kokrak	1.5446	49
97	94	126	Dean Burmester	1.5417	46
98	95	69	Cameron Tringale	1.4911	54
99	96	84	Ben Martin	1.4773	51
100	110	97	Alexander Levy	1.4698	57

Australians on top of the World

FedEx Cup Standings end of April 2016 - Top 10

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