Former LIV Golf player enters top 50 rankings for the first time

The Official World Golf Ranking has been updated for the week of October 13, 2026, and, of course, Scottie Scheffler still holds the title of the planet's best player.But a former LIV Golf player has climbed into the top 50, marking his highest-ever ranking. Eugenio Chacarra, who signed with LIV on a three-year deal fresh out of Oklahoma State University, left the league in 2025 and earned full DP World Tour status when he captured the Hero Indian Open on a sponsor's invite.Chacarra moved up five spots to No. 50 after finishing T-2 at the Spanish Open last weekend. Even more impressively, he finished with a broken toe. The OWGR system is calculated by awarding points from eligible tours and events to participating players over a rolling two-year period. Players are ranked weekly based on the amount of points they earn divided by the number of events they played in to reach an average total. Points hold their full value for a 13-week period and are then reduced in equal decrements. The current ranking for the Top 50 golfers in the world appears below. See the full ranking here Official World Golf Ranking Top 50 for October 13, 2026 Ranking is accurate as of Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 5:12 a.m. RankGolferAverage points2025 final ranking1Scottie Scheffler16.9512Rory McIlroy8.6623Matt Fitzpatrick7.20214Cameron Young7.18195Wyndham Clark6.32456Tommy Fleetwood5.1737Russell Henley5.1758Chris Gotterup5.16289Xander Schauffele5.12410Sam Burns5.102411Collin Morikawa4.841612J.J. Spaun4.75613Viktor Hovland4.701414Si Woo Kim4.554715Jon Rahm4.478516Aaron Rai4.302317Jacob Bridgeman4.258118Justin Rose4.091019Ludvig Aberg4.031820Michael Brennan4.023221Robert MacIntyre4.00722Ryan Fox3.853923Ryan Gerard3.804224Alex Noren3.771225Hideki Matsuyama3.491726Tyrrell Hatton3.452027Ben Griffin3.44828Patrick Cantlay3.422529Justin Thomas3.35930Patrick Reed3.324131Min Woo Lee3.284432Kristoffer Reitan3.233133Tom Kim3.1910734Joaquin Niemann2.9914235Akshay Bhatia2.994636Sepp Straka2.921137Bryson DeChambeau2.892738J.T. Poston2.875839Michael Thorbjornsen2.716840Shane Lowry2.702641Kurt Kitayama2.633642Adam Scott2.596443Gary Woodland2.5812544Harris English2.541345Nicolai Hojgaard2.527946Bud Cauley2.497147Alex Smalley2.4612248Rickie Fowler2.338349Maverick McNealy2.322250Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra2.31— Which tours are eligible for the Official World Golf Ranking? ACN Tour All Thailand Golf Tour Alps Tour Golf Asian Development Tour Asian Tour Big Easy Tour China Tour ClutchPro Tour DP World Tour Gira de Golf Professional Mexicana HotelPlanner Tour Japan Golf Tour Korn Ferry Tour Korean PGA Tour MENA Tour Nordic Golf League PGA TOUR Americas PGA Tour of Taiwan - Chinese Taipei PGA TOUR PGA Tour of Australasia Pro Golf Tour Sunshine Tour Tartan Pro Tour Professional Golf Tour of India Additionally, The Open, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and Olympic Games are considered eligible tournaments.This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Former LIV Golf player enters top 50 rankings for the first time