SI World Golf Rankings: Nick Taylor Celebrates For All of Canada

Canada's Nick Taylor ended the nation's 69-year drought at the RBC Canadian Open. See how high he climbed in this week's SI World Golf Rankings.

Jeff Ritter | Jun 12, 2023

SI World Golf Rankings: Nick Taylor Celebrates For All of Canada /

Nick Taylor has had the look of a rising star for a while, but with his dramatic playoff win at the RBC Canadian Open, he's fully arrived. The new Sports Illustrated World Golf Rankings have Taylor up 20 spots this week to No. 31 in the world. (He’s 44th in the Official World Golf Rankings.) The SIWGR is our data-driven list of the best men’s players in the game today, and among the differences between our list and the OWGR, we use the most recent 12 months of player results, rather than the OWGR’s 24. Here’s how we do the calculations.

Taylor wasn’t the only player to make a big move in Canada, but the week ahead should have a big impact on our list, as the SIWGR awards extra points for major championship performances. The U.S. Open at L.A. Country Club should be a good one.

Here are some notable risers and fallers on the SI World Golf Rankings.

3 Risers in the SI World Golf Rankings

1

Nick Taylor

This Week: 31

Last Week: 51

Skinny: The Canadian delivered in Canada dropping a 72-foot bomb for eagle in sudden death to clip Tommy Fleetwood (who's up six spots to No. 21 in the SIWGR) and become the first Canadian to win the event in 69 years.

2

Eric Cole

This Week: 86

Last Week: 97

Skinny: Shot the low round of the week, a 63, on Sunday at the Canadian Open to rise into a tie for sixth at the event. Should roll into LACC feeling good, and looks like a bona fide sleeper pick.

3

Aaron Rai

This Week: 90

Last Week: 112

Skinny: Shot Sunday 67 to tie for third in Canada. Like the other players on this list, appears to be heading for a breakthrough.

3 Fallers in this week’s SIWGR

1

Hideki Matsuyama

This Week: 43

Last Week: 34

Skinny: Like the other fallers this week, did not play in Canada. Set to tee up at LACC this week.

2

Sam Ryder

This Week: 96

Last Week: 88

Skinny: DNP in Canada. Not in the U.S. Open field, so likely to drop out of top 100 next week.

3

Min Woo Lee

This Week: 97

Last Week: 86

Skinny: Didn’t play in Canada. Has drifted since the Players, where he hung around the lead on the weekend before finishing T6. Set to play this week’s U.S. Open.

Published Jun 12, 2023

JEFF RITTER

Jeff Ritter is the managing director of SI Golf. He has more than 20 years of sports media experience, and previously was the general manager at the Morning Read, where he led that business's growth and joined SI as part of an acquisition in 2022. Earlier in his career he spent more than a decade at SI and Golf Magazine, and his journalism awards include a MIN Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.