Ryan Gerard overtakes Justin Thomas in Official World Golf Ranking

With no golf over the holiday weekend, the Official World Golf Ranking has been updated for the week of September 8, with only a few minor tweaks as things shake out. Ryan Gerard leapfrogged Justin Thomas in this week's OWGR, with Gerard now in No. 21 while JT falls to No. 22. Also, Michael Brennan moved up from No. 34 to No. 31. Rickie Fowler and Keegan Bradley swapped places near the bottom of the top 50 with Fowler now at No. 47 and Bradley one slot behind him. The OWGR system is calculated by awarding points from eligible tours and events to participating players over a rolling two-year period. Players are ranked weekly based on the amount of points they earn divided by the number of events they played in to reach an average total. Points hold their full value for a 13-week period and are then reduced in equal decrements. The current ranking for the Top 50 golfers in the world appears below. See the full ranking here Official World Golf Ranking Top 50 for September 8, 2026 Ranking is accurate as of Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at 5:12 a.m. Rank (Current / 2025) Player (Country) Average Points Events Played 1 / 1 Scottie Scheffler (United States) 18.24 42 2 / 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 8.92 43 3 / 19 Cameron Young (United States) 7.65 47 4 / 21 Matt Fitzpatrick (England) 6.99 48 5 / 45 Wyndham Clark (United States) 6.61 49 6 / 5 Russell Henley (United States) 5.63 40 7 / 28 Chris Gotterup (United States) 5.51 52 8 / 3 Tommy Fleetwood (England) 5.43 51 9 / 24 Sam Burns (United States) 5.39 47 10 / 4 Xander Schauffele (United States) 5.24 40 11 / 16 Collin Morikawa (United States) 5.21 40 12 / 14 Viktor Hovland (Norway) 5.17 42 13 / 47 Si Woo Kim (South Korea) 4.81 52 14 / 85 Jon Rahm (Spain) 4.75 40 15 / 10 Justin Rose (England) 4.56 44 16 / 18 Ludvig Aberg (Sweden) 4.43 45 17 / 6 J.J. Spaun (United States) 4.25 52 18 / 7 Robert MacIntyre (Scotland) 4.09 52 19 / 23 Aaron Rai (England) 4.07 48 20 / 12 Alex Noren (Sweden) 3.99 40 21 / 42 Ryan Gerard (United States) 3.87 52 22 / 9 Justin Thomas (United States) 3.83 40 23 / 8 Ben Griffin (United States) 3.78 52 24 / 20 Tyrrell Hatton (England) 3.75 40 25 / 39 Ryan Fox (New Zealand) 3.74 52 26 / 17 Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 3.71 52 27 / 25 Patrick Cantlay (United States) 3.65 41 28 / 81 Jacob Bridgeman (United States) 3.45 52 29 / 44 Min Woo Lee (Australia) 3.35 51 30 / 107 Tom Kim (South Korea) 3.34 52 31 / 32 Michael Brennan (United States) 3.31 45 32 / 31 Kristoffer Reitan (Norway) 3.30 52 33 / 46 Akshay Bhatia (United States) 3.24 51 34 / 11 Sepp Straka (Austria) 3.22 47 35 / 41 Patrick Reed (United States) 3.18 40 36 / 27 Bryson DeChambeau (United States) 3.11 40 37 / 58 J.T. Poston (United States) 3.04 48 38 / 36 Kurt Kitayama (United States) 2.85 47 39 / 79 Nicolai Hojgaard (Denmark) 2.73 52 40 / 68 Michael Thorbjornsen (United States) 2.71 50 41 / 13 Harris English (United States) 2.70 51 42 / 142 Joaquin Niemann (Chile) 2.67 40 43 / 125 Gary Woodland (United States) 2.66 49 44 / 71 Bud Cauley (United States) 2.63 48 45 / 122 Alex Smalley (United States) 2.62 52 46 / 22 Maverick McNealy (United States) 2.60 52 47 / 83 Rickie Fowler (United States) 2.51 45 48 / 15 Keegan Bradley (United States) 2.50 43 49 / 106 Jake Knapp (United States) 2.46 40 50 / 237 Lucas Herbert (Australia) 2.33 40 Which tours are eligible for the Official World Golf Ranking? ACN Tour All Thailand Golf Tour Alps Tour Golf Asian Development Tour Asian Tour Big Easy Tour China Tour ClutchPro Tour DP World Tour Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana HotelPlanner Tour Japan Golf Tour Korn Ferry Tour Korean PGA Tour MENA Tour Nordic Golf League PGA TOUR Americas PGA Tour of Taiwan - Chinese Taipei PGA TOUR PGA Tour of Australasia Pro Golf Tour Sunshine Tour Tartan Pro Tour Professional Golf Tour of India Additionally, The Open, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and Olympic Games are considered eligible tournaments. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Ryan Gerard overtakes Justin Thomas in Official World Golf Ranking Information in this article was imported automatically into a template written and reviewed by a USA TODAY Sports editor. You can send feedback using this form.