Coastal Carolina alumnus Dustin Johnson held the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking for 64 weeks.
But he’s now No. 2, as a 66 in the final round of The Players Championship moved Justin Thomas into a tie for 11th and barely ahead of the Columbia native in the ranking after Johnson tied for 17th at TPC Sawgrass. Thomas finished at 11-under 277 while Johnson finished at 278 after a final-round 72.
Johnson's 64 weeks represent the fourth-longest stretch since the OWGR debuted in 1986. Only Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Nick Faldo have had longer ones, and only four men including Rory McIlroy have ever spent more total weeks as the top-ranked player in the world.