WGO 2011 Performance Index, Week 18

With a quarter or more of the golf season behind us, it is a good time to review the year's best performers. One problem with the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) index is it is a slow moving average of points earned over the last two years. Often people who play more are penalized. In the past the typical example was Vijay Singh who would have more total points than anyone but would suffer in the averaging. "Slow Moving" means Tiger Woods is ranked 7th in the OWGR but of course he's barely been on the radar this year.

On the other hand, we see Luke Donald winning and with many high finishes. Same for Brandt Snedeker, and Phil Mickelson, and even players like Tommy Gainey who now has four top 10's.

Another bonus for this ranking is giving a preference to wins. And since a win can provide a range of approximately 28-100 points, we can also see anyone above 40 points is doing fairly well this year. In fact that group forms, just about, the "real" Top 50 for this week's WGO Performance Rank.

So how do the players rank for their points earned this seasons?

Introducing, the World Golf Observer 2011 Performance Index for week 18.

WGO Performance Rank	OWGR	Name	Pts gained 2011
1	3	Luke Donald, Eng	157.92
2	12	Charl Schwartzel, Zaf	156.21
3	10	Bubba Watson, USA	130.28
4	15	Nick Watney, USA	120.56
5	2	Martin Kaymer, Deu	118.80
6	51	Mark Wilson, USA	115.00
7	21	Martin Laird, Sco	111.11
8	4	Phil Mickelson, USA	106.05
9	54	Aaron Baddeley, Aus	102.54
10	46	Gary Woodland, USA	98.34
11	40	Brandt Snedeker, USA	95.98
12	27	Alvaro Quiros, Esp	94.72
13	11	Matt Kuchar, USA	94.14
14	1	Lee Westwood, Eng	92.08
15	13	Dustin Johnson, USA	88.53
16	70	Webb Simpson, USA	81.34
17	24	Jason Day, Aus	78.54
18	6	Rory McIlroy, Nir	78.20
19	60	Rory Sabbatini, Zaf	78.00
20	59	Stephen Marino, USA	75.59
21	23	Miguel A Jimenez, Esp	72.45
22	17	Adam Scott, Aus	70.69
23	20	Hunter Mahan, USA	68.95
24	64	Jonathan Byrd, USA	67.58
25	26	Justin Rose, Eng	66.72
26	56	Vijay Singh, Fji	65.27
27	36	Y.E. Yang, Kor	64.48
28	8	Paul Casey, Eng	62.77
29	34	K.J. Choi, Kor	61.80
30	9	Steve Stricker, USA	61.62
31	89	Tommy Gainey, USA	61.55
32	92	D.A. Points, USA	60.80
33	48	Anders Hansen, Dnk	60.32
34	5	Graeme McDowell, Nir	60.16
35	67	Thomas Bjorn, Dnk	59.95
36	33	Matteo Manassero, Ita	59.37
37	87	Jhonattan Vegas, Ven	59.05
38	97	Spencer Levin, USA	58.06
39	68	Jason Dufner, USA	56.09
40	50	Bill Haas, USA	48.87
41	65	Kevin Na, USA	47.90
42	28	Geoff Ogilvy, Aus	47.50
43	112	Rafael Cabrera Bello, Esp	47.48
44	39	Ryan Moore, USA	44.72
45	101	James Kingston, Zaf	43.39
46	19	Francesco Molinari, Ita	43.38
47	7	Tiger Woods, USA	42.80
48	105	Nicolas Colsaerts, Bel	42.76
49	124	Jimmy Walker, USA	42.32
50	61	J.B. Holmes, USA	41.51
51	32	Robert Allenby, Aus	40.60
52	57	Ryan Palmer, USA	39.05
53	38	Rickie Fowler, USA	38.63
54	94	Chris Kirk, USA	38.33
55	71	Ricky Barnes, USA	38.27
56	133	Brendan Steele , USA	37.68
57	83	Raphael Jacquelin, Fra	37.45
58	90	Marc Leishman, Aus	36.59
59	53	Charley Hoffman, USA	36.36
60	25	Retief Goosen, Zaf	35.72
61	31	Louis Oosthuizen, Zaf	35.69
62	104	Thomas Aiken, Zaf	35.16
63	14	Jim Furyk, USA	34.69
64	35	Ben Crane, USA	34.64
65	76	David Toms, USA	34.49
66	66	Scott Verplank, USA	34.42
67	45	Peter Hanson, Swe	34.34
68	188	George Coetzee, Zaf	33.60
69	98	Robert Garrigus, USA	33.12
70	91	Gregory Bourdy, Fra	32.95
71	127	Jerry Kelly, USA	32.55
72	212	Michael Bradley, USA	31.42
73	120	Alexander Noren, Swe	31.40
74	73	Stephen Gallacher, Sco	31.04
75	132	Charles Howell-III, USA	30.78
76	72	Sergio Garcia, Esp	30.68
77	184	Johnson Wagner, USA	30.48
78	22	Robert Karlsson, Swe	30.17
79	29	Edoardo Molinari, Ita	29.94
80	114	Chris Couch, USA	29.53
81	93	Brendon de Jonge, Zwe	29.43
82	49	Bo Van Pelt, USA	28.81
83	18	Ian Poulter, Eng	28.69
84	88	David Horsey, Eng	28.66
85	153	Paul Lawrie, Sco	28.60
86	113	Fredrik Jacobson, Swe	28.58
87	170	J.J. Henry, USA	28.22
88	30	Tim Clark, Zaf	28.13
89	197	Matt Bettencourt, USA	27.34
90	123	Brian Gay, USA	27.27
91	52	Brendan Jones, Aus	26.89
92	171	Troy Matteson, USA	26.72
93	172	Anthony Wall, Eng	25.66
94	206	Mathew Goggin, Aus	25.62
95	222	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, Fra	24.97
96	119	Siddikur Rahman, Ban	24.74
97	96	John Senden, Aus	24.72
98	221	Scott Stallings, USA	24.02
99	43	Anthony Kim, USA	23.96
100	115	Johan Edfors, Swe	23.62
101	154	Hunter Haas, USA	23.56
102	258	S.S.P. Chowrasia, Ind	23.35
103	74	Thongchai Jaidee, Tha	23.08
104	131	Tom Gillis, USA	23.05
105	77	Angel Cabrera, Arg	23.02
106	203	Roland Thatcher, USA	22.90
107	75	Stuart Appleby, Aus	22.52
108	134	Tadahiro Takayama, Jpn	22.52
109	47	Ross Fisher, Eng	22.45
110	44	Ryo Ishikawa, Jpn	22.42
111	178	Pat Perez, USA	22.37
112	109	Soren Kjeldsen, Dnk	22.28
113	205	Hennie Otto, Zaf	22.12
114	185	Tomohiro Kondo, Jpn	22.00
115	266	Felipe Aguilar, Chl	21.74
116	210	Brandt Jobe, USA	21.69
117	116	Gregory Havret, Fra	21.57
118	121	Gareth Maybin, Nir	21.48
119	237	Branden Grace, Zaf	20.92
120	176	David Lynn, Eng	20.81
121	16	Ernie Els, Zaf	20.68
122	69	Stewart Cink, USA	20.62
123	190	Fred Couples, USA	20.57
124	146	Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Tha	20.53
125	62	Jeff Overton, USA	20.50
126	108	Carl Pettersson, Swe	20.33
127	111	Jamie Donaldson, Wal	20.24
128	194	Jaco Van Zyl, Zaf	20.23
129	196	Keegan Bradley, USA	19.94
130	117	Chris Wood, Eng	19.87
131	181	Chad Campbell, USA	19.67
132	42	Padraig Harrington, Irl	19.41
133	144	Greg Chalmers, Aus	19.26
134	238	Pablo Larrazabal, Esp	19.11
135	163	Nick O'Hern, Aus	18.95
136	191	Trevor Immelman, Zaf	18.31
137	86	Rhys Davies, Wal	18.26
138	240	Scott Strange, Aus	18.17
139	129	Jbe' Kruger, Zaf	18.12
140	37	Kim Kyung-Tae, Kor	17.89
141	125	Shingo Katayama, Jpn	17.64
142	242	Brett Wetterich, USA	17.59
143	213	Cameron Beckman, USA	17.52
144	249	David Howell, Eng	17.37
145	232	Richard Finch, Eng	17.28
146	235	Anirban Lahiri, Ind	16.80
147	267	Ricardo Gonzalez, Arg	16.71
148	180	Ben Curtis, USA	16.65
149	126	Brett Rumford, Aus	16.63
150	100	Brian Davis, Eng	16.51
151	254	Nobuhiro Masuda, Jpn	16.40
152	150	Soren Hansen, Dnk	16.31
153	135	Richie Ramsay, Sco	16.11
154	41	Zach Johnson, USA	15.99
155	202	Kevin Chappell, USA	15.51
156	152	Bradley Dredge, Wal	15.50
157	84	Simon Dyson, Eng	15.42
158	121	Peter Lawrie, Irl	15.29
159	183	Alvaro Velasco, Esp	15.24
160	165	Pablo Martin, Esp	15.17
161	269	Mark Foster, Eng	14.92
162	201	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Ind	14.77
163	246	David Hearn, Can	14.68
164	211	George McNeill, USA	14.50
165	209	Jose Manuel Lara, Esp	14.41
166	169	Alex Cejka, Deu	14.33
167	293	Zach Miller, USA	14.32
168	106	Joost Luiten, Nld	14.15
169	219	David Duval, USA	14.15
170	216	Oscar Floren, Swe	13.94
171	159	Christian L Nilsson, Swe	13.70
172	140	Matthew Jones, Aus	13.64
173	230	Bill Lunde, USA	13.49
174	128	Vaughn Taylor, USA	13.45
175	252	Michiel Bothma, Zaf	13.30
176	142	Kevin Streelman, USA	13.26
177	81	Noh Seung-yul, Kor	13.19
178	227	Garrett Willis, USA	12.89
179	137	Robert-Jan Derksen, Nld	12.87
180	168	Justin Leonard, USA	12.70
181	130	Darren Clarke, Nir	12.67
182	155	Stephen Ames, Can	12.61
183	198	James Morrison, Eng	12.33
184	149	Bae Sang-moon, Kor	12.24
185	63	Hiroyuki Fujita, Jpn	12.08
186	58	Camilo Villegas, Col	11.82
187	102	Fredrik Andersson Hed, Swe	11.67
188	160	Charlie Wi, Kor	11.34
189	226	Robert Gates, USA	11.25
190	99	Danny Willett, Eng	11.22
191	192	Jeev Milkha Singh, Ind	11.04
192	256	Shiv Kapur, Ind	10.61
193	295	Scott Jamieson, Sco	10.46
194	275	Matthew Every, USA	10.24
195	207	Paul Goydos, USA	10.21
196	234	Dean Wilson, USA	10.21
197	55	Yuta Ikeda, Jpn	9.92
198	245	David Mathis, USA	9.85
199	156	Robert Rock, Eng	9.78
200	262	Keith Horne, Zaf	9.48
201	217	Ryuji Imada, Jpn	9.40
202	286	Steven Bowditch, Aus	9.29
203	78	Heath Slocum, USA	9.27
204	257	Kevin Sutherland, USA	9.24
205	268	Blake Adams, USA	9.24
206	264	Chris Stroud, USA	9.18
207	82	Toru Taniguchi, Jpn	9.14
208	255	Chris Riley, USA	9.03
209	136	John Parry, Eng	9.01
210	138	Bryce Molder, USA	8.80
211	148	Davis Love-III, USA	8.80
212	281	Carlos del Moral, Esp	8.75
213	208	Mardan Mamat, Sgp	8.55
214	260	Charles-Edouard Russo, Fra	8.44
215	251	Joel Sjoholm, Swe	8.40
216	85	Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Jpn	8.32
217	187	Shigeki Maruyama, Jpn	8.16
218	151	Alejandro Canizares, Esp	8.03
219	276	Alex Prugh, USA	8.01
220	265	Andre Stolz, Aus	8.00
221	139	Oliver Wilson, Eng	7.89
222	259	Daniel Summerhays, USA	7.83
223	79	Richard Green, Aus	7.82
224	204	Andres Romero, Arg	7.65
225	288	Tag Ridings, USA	7.65
226	157	Arjun Atwal, Ind	7.59
227	278	Joe Durant, USA	7.57
228	248	Josh Teater, USA	7.44
229	298	Kevin Stadler, USA	7.43
230	166	D.J. Trahan, USA	7.41
231	291	Graeme Storm, Eng	7.14
232	229	Alistair Presnell, Aus	7.00
233	243	Prayad Marksaeng, Tha	6.96
234	241	Marcus Both, Aus	6.90
235	186	Jason Bohn, USA	6.82
236	103	Henrik Stenson, Swe	6.80
237	263	David Drysdale, Sco	6.78
238	296	Kim Dae-hyun, Kor	6.72
239	282	Azuma Yano, Jpn	6.60
240	80	Sean O'Hair, USA	6.56
241	110	Lucas Glover, USA	6.54
242	147	Damien McGrane, Irl	6.49
243	290	Nathan Green, Aus	6.47
244	289	Boo Weekley, USA	6.37
245	220	John Rollins, USA	6.35
246	217	Richard S. Johnson, Swe	6.26
247	287	Marcel Siem, Deu	6.23
248	294	Michael Connell, USA	5.93
249	233	Mark Tullo, Chl	5.83
250	182	Marcus Fraser, Aus	5.80
251	225	Tim Petrovic, USA	5.75
252	173	Thaworn Wiratchant, Tha	5.48
253	223	Mikko Ilonen, Fin	5.34
254	214	Kenichi Kuboya, Jpn	5.28
255	279	Steve Webster, Eng	5.21
256	161	Takashi Kanemoto, Jpn	5.09
257	162	Daniel Gaunt, Aus	5.09
258	284	Kim Hyung-Tae, Kor	5.08
259	179	Ignacio Garrido, Esp	5.04
260	291	Martin Wiegele, Aut	4.99
261	300	Derek Lamely, USA	4.90
262	193	Han Lee, USA	4.84
263	174	Rikard Karlberg, Swe	4.81
264	189	Gary Boyd, Eng	4.43
265	299	Kunihiro Kamii, Jpn	4.18
266	224	Andrew Dodt, Aus	3.99
267	215	Ross McGowan, Eng	3.98
268	280	Robert Dinwiddie, Eng	3.96
269	239	Floris de Vries, Nld	3.92
270	107	Michio Matsumura, Jpn	3.85
271	271	Fabrizio Zanotti, Pry	3.71
272	274	Masaya Tomida, Jpn	3.40
273	244	Shane Lowry, Irl	3.39
274	95	Liang Wen-Chong, Chn	3.25
275	118	Shunsuke Sonoda, Jpn	3.06
276	167	Koumei Oda, Jpn	2.64
277	231	Steve Elkington, Aus	2.45
278	199	Pariya Junhasavasdikul, Tha	2.41
279	285	Rocco Mediate, USA	2.20
280	272	Bernd Wiesberger, Aut	2.18
281	177	Thorbjorn Olesen, Dnk	2.10
282	200	Daisuke Maruyama, Jpn	1.86
283	163	Kenny Perry, USA	1.54
284	175	Simon Khan, Eng	1.45
285	247	Shaun Micheel, USA	1.43
286	261	George Murray, Sco	1.42
287	273	Kevin Kisner, USA	1.35
288	253	Corey Pavin, USA	1.21