Overview
- Tiger Woods is ranked approximately 2,048th in the latest Official World Golf Ranking, marking a career low.
- He has not played a PGA Tour event since missing the cut at The Open in July 2024, leading to continued points decay under OWGR rules.
- Doctors and reports describe October’s lumbar disc replacement as his seventh lower-back surgery, with recovery estimates of roughly three to six months.
- OWGR watchers, including the statistician known as Nosferatu, project he could fall off the ranking entirely by the 2026 Masters if he remains inactive.
- Woods retains exemptions for next season’s Masters, PGA Championship, and Open Championship despite his current standing.