Never mind what the Official stats say, who do you beleive the 10 best players in the World are at the present time?

Here's the official Top 10 so you know where you are:

1 Tiger Woods, USA
2 Phil Mickelson, USA
3 Ernie Els, Zaf
4 Steve Stricker, USA
5 Geoff Ogilvy, Aus
6 K.J. Choi, Kor
7 Justin Rose, Eng
8 Vijay Singh, Fji
9 Jim Furyk, USA
10 Adam Scott, Aus

1. Tiger
2. Mickelson
3. Scott
4. Singh
5. Garcia
6. Ogilvy
7. Furyk
8. Choi
9. Harrington
10. Cink

1 Woods
2 Mickelson
3 Furyk
4 Choi
5 Stricker
6 Ogilvy
7 Singh
8 Scott
9 Baddley
10 Harrington

1. T. Woods
2. A. Scott
3. P. Mickelson
4. K.J. Choi
5. S. Stricker
6. V. Singh
7. J. Furyk
8. S. Garcia
9. E. Els
10. G. Olgilvy

My Top 10:

1 Tiger Woods
2 Phil Mickelson
3 Jim Furyk
4 KJ Choi
5 Sergio Garcia
6 Vijay Singh
7 Stewart Cink
8 Aaron Baddeley
9 Retief Goosen
10 Justin Rose

1. Lorena Ochoa
2. Annika Sorenstam
3. Paula Creamer
4. Suzann Pettersen
5. Karrie Webb
6. Mi Hyun Kim
7. Cristie Kerr
8. Morgan Pressel
9. Se Ri Pak
10. Stacy Prammanasudh

I think its pretty good as it is.

1.) Tiger Woods
2.) Phil Mickelson
3.) Adam Scott
4.) Vijay Singh
5.) Geoff Ogilvy
6.) Steve Stricker
7.) Ernie Els
8.) Jim Furyk
9.) Sergio Garcia
10.) Aaron Baddeley

1. Ian Poulter
2. Rory Sabatini
3. Sergio Garcia
4. Johnny Miller
5. Nick Faldo
6. John Daly
7. Natalie Gulbis
8. Michelle Wie
9. Jason Day
10. Paul Azinger

At least in terms of ego, media attention, being overrated, topics on this forum and headlines.

Seriously I think the current world rankings are about right, they should probably put more emphasis on the current year, and less on the previous two years, but the formula seems to work better than it did in previous years.

What Morgan Pressel #8, I thought you would be more biased than that!

How can sergio be on the top ten. has he even won anything lately?

Don't rub it in Chris... Since the demise of The Golf Channel UK I'm denied the sights of the LPGA - and of the lovely Laura Baugh as a presenter.

Then again, the way Brittany's clumping it round thus far this season I'm not missing much.

It is all about top 10's, you don't have to win anything to rank fairly high, in fact it is probably better to get a top 5 in the US than a win in Asia because of the strength of the field. Sergio can't win but he finishes high, makes a lot of cuts, plays in the majors, and World Championship events and took 2nd in the Open Championship last year. A good example in the opposite direction would have been Ben Curtis a few years back.....won the British, won on the PGA tour, basically missed the cut the rest of the year and never got too high in the rankings.

1. Tiger Woods
2. Lorena Ochoa
3. Phil Mickleson
4. K J Choi
5. Adam Scott
6. Stewart Cink
7. Padraig Harrington
8. Vijay Singh
9. Ernie Els
10. Geoff Ogilvy

1. Woods
2. Mickleson
3. Scott
4. Furyk
5. Singh
6. Harrington
7. Rose
8. Cink
9. Stricker
10. Ogilvy

1 Tiger Woods, USA
2 Phil Mickelson, USA
3 K.J. Choi, Kor
4 Vijay Singh, Fji
5 Justin Rose, Eng
6 Ernie Els, Zar
7 Geoff Oglvy, Aus
8 Steve Stricker, USA
9 Jim Furyk, USA
10 Adam Scott, Aus

1 Tiger Woods, USA
2 Phil Mickelson, USA
3 Adam Scott, Aus.
4 K.J. Choi, Kor
5 Geoff Ogilvy, Aus
6 Steve Stricker, USA
7 Justin Rose, Eng
8 Ernie Els
9 Jim Furyk, USA
10 Baddely

1. Lee Westwood
2. Justin Rose
3. Henrik Stenson
4. Padraig Harrington
5. Daniel Chopra
6. Robert Karlsson
7. Nick Dougherty
8. Graeme McDowell
9. Miguel Angel Jimenez
10. Martin Kaymer
11. Wildcard
12. Wildcard

* List subject to change before Valhalla

1. Tiger Woods
2. Tiger Woods B Game
3. Mickelson with a new caddie who tells him what to do on every shot
4. Furyk
5. 2003 Ernie Els
6. Ryder Cup Sergio
7. The man formerly known as the Goose
8. Vijay (Range Only)
9. Whatever goofball wins a major on a tricked up course
10. Bubbaheath Weekley

1. tiger woods
2. adam scott
3. kj choi
4. phil mickelson
5. geoff ogilvy
6. justin rose
7. vijay singh
8. steve stricker
9. jim furyk
10. ernie els

For me being good at any game or sport is big in closing. My personal feelings are that if you can't win you aren't at the level of the guys that close these tournaments. A big part of any game is winning. I like to have all people that have won. Does he have the game? YES.(probably has the shots to be #2) But What keeps him from winning is in his head and Golf is a mental game....

tiger phil furyk singh choi scott ogilvy stricker els westwood

I don't necessarily disagree, it is just my understanding of that is how it works. NASCAR's system seems to work the same way as well as the LPGA, you are rewarded for consistancy not wins. Personally I think that winning should give you more of an advantage, and winning majors an even bigger advantage than the current system. JMO

I wish that this could be a top 10 list in the OWGR in a couple of years
(before Miguel becomes a Senior !!!)
1.- Tiger WOODS
2.- Sergio GARCIA
3.- Adam SCOTT
4.- Phil MICKELSON
5.- Ernie ELS
6.- Jim FURYK
7.- Justin ROSE
8.- Vijay SINGH
9.- Henrik STENSON
10.- Miguel Angel JIMENEZ

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Stricker
Furyk
Ogilvy
Els
Scott
Garcia
Baddely

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Adam Scott
KJ Choi
Ernie Els
Geoff Ogilvy
Sergio Gracia
Steve Stricker
Justin Rose
Jim Furyk

Woods
Mickelson
Scott
Els
Garcia
Weekley
Stricker
Ogilvy
Immelman
Westwood

i maybe forced to justify a couple:
Weekley for his amazing ballstriking
Westwood because i think hes so underated and is there or there abouts in most tounaments

I almost put Martin Kaymer in but its a bit early. Shouldnt be long

Besides Tiger & Phil, there is a lot of really good talent.
Some young, some old, some middle age, but all having
one thing in common -- inconsistancy -- they are here today,
gone tomorrow. Adam and Sergio have the best chance of
becoming year after year producers. VJ,Els,Goosen,Furyk,
and maybe more don't seem viable contenders anymore by their
recent play. I think we're going to have to reduce the list to the
Big Four.

Mens
1) Tiger Woods
2) Geoff Oglvy
3) Padraig Harrington
4) Phil Mickelson
5) Lee Westwood
6) Miguel Angel JIMENEZ
7) Henrik STENSON
8) Rod Pampling
9) Boo Weekly
10) Adam Scott

Womens

1) Lorena Ochoa
2) Paula Creamer
3) Mi Hun Kim
4) Anika Sorrenstam
5) Ay Miazato (sp)
6) Karie Webb
7) Suzann Pettersen
8) Christie Kerr
9) Rachael Hetherington
10) Wendy Doolan

1 Tiger Woods, USA
2 Phil Mickelson, USA
3 Adam Scott, Aus
4 Geoff Ogilvy, Aus
5 Ernie Els, Zaf
6 K.J. Choi, Kor
7 Jim Furyk, USA
8 Henrik Stenson
9 Sergio Garcia
10 Luke Donald

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Adam Scott
Geoff Ogilvy
Ernie Els
Sergio Garcia
Jim Furyk
KJ Choi
Vijay Singh
Steve Stricker

1. Geoff Ogilvy
2. Vijay Singh
3. Henrik Stensen
4. Adam Scott
5. Anthony Kim (Boomer...)
6. Brandt Snedeker
7. Boo Weekley
8. M.A. Jiminez
9. Steve Stricker
10. (There's about a 5-way tie here)

BOTTOM 10 (sorry, I can be negative) who I love to Loathe...

1. Davis Love III (by far #1 choice)
2. Stewart Cink
3. Tom Lehman
4. Fred Couples
5. Hunter Mahan
6. Pat Perez
7. Swede's who dress like dumb@$$es
8. Anyone else who has "III" at the end of their name
9. Players that play really, really slow
10. Tiger Woods ( we get it, you like to b*tch an moan about everything on the course )

I agree completely.

I'll reduce my list to a top 5.

1. Tiger
2. Phil
3. Adam
4. Sergio
5. KJ

How is Els still ranked 3rd? He's won 1 event since 2004... anyways here it goes:

1. Tiger Woods
2. Phil Mickelson
3. Jim Furyk
4. Geoff Ogilvy
5. K.J. Choi
6. Sergio Garcia
7. Retief Goosen
8. Vijay Singh
9. Ryuji Imada
10. Mike Weir

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Adam Scott
Geoff Ogilvy
KJ Choi
Boo Weekly
Sergio Garcia
Henrik Stenson
Anthony Kim
Zach Johnson

I noticed a few people put Vijay on their list and others left him off totally. He has not been playing very well lately. He was doing well at Doral for a while but that is about it for 2008.

I think Adam Scott could be Top3 in teh world but I think he likes to take some time off. He seems to like to get back to Australia every now and then. The flight there knocks you out for a week.

1. Woods
2. Mickelson
3. Scott
4. Ogilvy
5. Stricker
6. Choi
7. Furyk
8. Rose
9. Garcia
10. Stenson

1. Tiger
2. Phil

3-10. Put the next 20 guys in the world rankings names in a hat and pull 'em out. No one else is currently at the level of these two.

Seeing you said top ten in the world not top ten PGA ill have to say.
1 lorena ochoa (more wins than tiger)
2 Tiger Woods
3 Phil Mickelson
4-10 changable weekly