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When it comes to the Official World Golf Ranking, no player had a better season than Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy’s 88.89% improvement in the rankings might’ve been second best in the world behind Ben Griffin (93.46%), but Griffin couldn’t claim the No. 1 spot like McIlroy did to end the year.
Both McIlroy and Griffin were among the 16 players whose rankings were up by more than 80% this year, a list that also includes world Nos. 2 and 3, Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Smith, as well as rising stars Will Zalatoris, Sahith Theegala and Cameron Young.