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Ranking Trends
The DG Rankings can also be used to shed light on broader trends in professional golf. Here are a few that we regularly check in on. If you have an idea for another plot or trend for this section, please reach out.
Tour Affiliation of Top Players
This plot breaks down where top players (those with a DG Index above zero) have played their golf since 2011. Each bar represents one month and sums top players' tour weights (shown on our weekly rankings page, with majors removed and rescaled to 100%) as of the final ranking date in that month. Our rankings give some weight to a player's previous ~150 rounds, which means each bar shows where top golfers played over roughly the previous 1–2 years (with more weight given to recent rounds).
PGA Tour DP World Tour LIV Golf Korn Ferry Tour Other
Where does each tour stand today?
Min Avg Max Current
The plot below shows where each tour's current share sits relative to its historical average, minimum, and maximum. Hover on max/min circles to see more details.
Notes
Will CNov 4, 2026

With LIV 1.0 ending and most players stating their intention to return to the pre-LIV golf ecosystem, I'm interested to see how things end up shaking out. Most players are returning to the DP World Tour so at least temporarily we should see most of the LIV weight move there. But as players earn their PGA Tour statuses back I wonder if we'll return to the post-covid (but pre-LIV) world where the PGA Tour dominated the top of pro golf (80%+ share), or if the emergence of LIV could have a lasting impact of somewhat rebalancing the top of men's golf between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

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Will CNov 4, 2026

With LIV 1.0 ending and most players stating their intention to return to the pre-LIV golf ecosystem, I'm interested to see how things end up shaking out. Most players are returning to the DP World Tour so at least temporarily we should see most of the LIV weight move there. But as players earn their PGA Tour statuses back I wonder if we'll return to the post-covid (but pre-LIV) world where the PGA Tour dominated the top of pro golf (80%+ share), or if the emergence of LIV could have a lasting impact of somewhat rebalancing the top of men's golf between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

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