Rory McIlroy could do with a big week. Form is fleeting and class is permanent but as the 2013 season nears its equator its worth noting that current world rankings bear little relation to reality if we count the points gained this year alone rather than a player’s average over the last two years.

While Tiger Woods is still No 1, Rory McIlroy is No 43 on form in 2013 rather than No 2 while Billy Horschel is No 8 rather than 34th.

Two wins for world No 9 Graeme McDowell leave him 10th in the 2013 list - a fair reflection considering he has missed the cut in both majors as well as The Players and the BMW PGA.

But Shane Lowry, who was 54th in the world in January and currenly lies 86th, would be a 142nd on points gained in this season.

1. Tiger Woods United States 304.944
2. Matt Kuchar United States 226.638
3. Justin Rose England 216.943
4. Phil Mickelson United States 173.584
5. Brandt Snedeker United States 154.170
6. Jason Day Australia 151.437
7. Adam Scott Australia 147.823
8. Billy Horschel United States 136.657
9. Kevin Streelman United States 130.414
10. Graeme McDowell N Ireland 128.928
11. Steve Stricker United States 112.856
12. Hunter Mahan United States 110.543
13. Sergio Garcia Spain 104.094
14. Charl Schwartzel South Africa 102.498
15. Boo Weekley United States 100.573
16. Keegan Bradley United States 100.136
17. Matteo Manassero Italy 97.476
18. D.A. Points United States 95.820
19. Dustin Johnson United States 88.996
20. Webb Simpson United States 88.970
21. Lee Westwood England 88.913
22. Henrik Stenson Sweden 85.615
23. Bill Haas United States 84.698
24. Angel Cabrera Argentina 84.338
25. Michael Thompson United States 83.784
26. Thorbjorn Olesen Denmark 82.538
27. Charles Howell-III United States 80.513
28. Russell Henley United States 78.297
29. Ernie Els South Africa 77.748
30. David Lingmerth Sweden 73.229
31. Jamie Donaldson Wales 72.414
32. Mikko Ilonen Finland 71.667
33. Luke Donald England 71.424
34. Martin Laird Scotland 71.361
35. Brett Rumford Australia 70.332
36. John Merrick United States 69.800
37. Scott Stallings United States 69.645
38. Kevin Chappell United States 68.888
39. Jimmy Walker United States 67.058
40. Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 66.951
41. Rickie Fowler United States 66.879
42. Richard Sterne South Africa 66.264
43. Rory McIlroy N Ireland 66.231
44. Kyle Stanley United States 65.310
45. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Spain 64.738
46. Jason Dufner United States 64.622
47. Thongchai Jaidee Thailand 63.962
48. Harris English United States 63.747
49. Chris Wood England 63.696
50. Hideki Matsuyama Japan 63.113
51. Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand 62.864
52. Ryan Palmer United States 62.497
53. David Lynn England 62.375
54. Bae Sang-moon Korea 60.662
55. Marc Leishman Australia 60.274
56. Scott Piercy United States 58.993
57. Fredrik Jacobson Sweden 58.478
58. Josh Teater United States 56.903
59. Brian Gay United States 56.807
60. Jaco Van Zyl South Africa 56.432
61. Branden Grace South Africa 55.904
62. Derek Ernst United States 55.646
63. Chris Kirk United States 55.360
64. Tim Clark South Africa 55.108
65. Bubba Watson United States 53.994
66. Felipe Aguilar Chile 52.672
67. George Coetzee South Africa 51.873
68. Stephen Gallacher Scotland 50.867
69. Nick Watney United States 50.806
70. Charley Hoffman United States 49.009
71. Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe 48.525
72. Bernd Wiesberger Austria 48.117
73. Jim Furyk United States 48.089
74. Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium 48.004
75. Padraig Harrington Ireland 47.585
76. Scott Brown United States 47.572
77. John Rollins United States 46.796
78. Alexander Noren Sweden 46.770
79. Joost Luiten Holland 46.419
80. Marcel Siem Germany 45.829
81. Geoff Ogilvy Australia 45.486
82. Ian Poulter England 45.351
83. Darren Fichardt South Africa 45.270
84. Cameron Tringale United States 45.036
85. Ricardo Santos Portugal 44.798
86. Martin Kaymer Germany 44.725
87. Jordan Spieth United States 44.316
88. Luke Guthrie United States 43.915
89. Thomas Aiken South Africa 43.838
90. Graham Delaet Canada 43.521
91. Ryan Moore United States 43.439
92. Robert Garrigus United States 43.417
93. John Huh United States 43.142
94. Bo Van Pelt United States 42.947
95. Michael Putnam United States 42.375
96. Simon Khan England 42.140
97. Charlie Beljan United States 41.703
98. Peter Uihlein United States 41.280
99. Marc Warren Scotland 41.131
100. Zach Johnson United States 40.801
101. Prayad Marksaeng Thailand 40.800
102. K.J. Choi Korea 40.345
103. Peter Hanson Sweden 40.110
104. Scott Jamieson Scotland 37.881
105. Thomas Bjorn Denmark 37.610
106. Pablo Larrazabal Spain 37.158
107. Jeff Maggert United States 37.131
108. Pat Perez United States 36.189
109. Raphael Jacquelin France 35.720
110. Carl Pettersson Sweden 35.218
111. Stewart Cink United States 35.056
112. Marcus Fraser Australia 35.000
113. Ben Crane United States 34.927
114. Mark Wilson United States 34.654
115. Brian Stuard United States 34.521
116. Matthew Jones Australia 34.006
117. Kevin Stadler United States 33.811
118. Kim Hyung-sung Korea 33.777
119. Brian Davis England 33.754
120. Lucas Glover United States 33.728
121. John Senden Australia 33.591
122. Brooks Koepka United States 32.920
123. Chris Stroud United States 32.740
124. James Hahn United States 31.344
125. Francesco Molinari Italy 31.095
126. Edward Loar United States 30.873
127. James Kingston South Africa 30.843
128. Jerry Kelly United States 30.672
129. David Howell England 30.398
130. David Hearn Canada 30.121
131. Victor Dubuisson France 29.954
132. Jonas Blixt Sweden 29.320
133. Greg Chalmers Australia 29.275
134. Justin Leonard United States 29.132
135. Matthew Every United States 28.489
136. Dawie van der Walt South Africa 28.400
137. Edoardo Molinari Italy 28.200
138. Erik Compton United States 28.014
139. Jeff Overton United States 27.980
140. Richard H. Lee United States 27.746
141. Shiv Kapur India 26.850
142. Shane Lowry Ireland 26.716
143. Steve Webster England 26.695
144. James Driscoll United States 26.359
145. Ken Duke United States 26.046
146. Bob Estes United States 25.838
147. Gregory Bourdy France 25.524
148. Francois Calmels France 25.449
149. Anders Hansen Denmark 25.319
150. Ted Potter-jr United States 25.027
151. Garth Mulroy South Africa 24.932
152. Roberto Castro United States 24.381
153. Brendon Todd United States 24.144
154. Scott Strange Australia 23.690
155. Liang Wen-chong China 23.517
156. Peter Whiteford Scotland 23.484
157. Jason Kokrak United States 23.298
158. David Horsey England 22.893
159. Justin Hicks United States 22.850
160. Michael Hendry New Zealand 22.630
161. Aaron Baddeley Australia 22.579
162. Alex Aragon United States 22.400
163. Paul Lawrie Scotland 22.139
164. Romain Wattel France 22.121
165. Camilo Villegas Colombia 22.040
166. Brian Harman United States 21.665
167. Justin Bolli United States 21.603
168. Tommy Fleetwood England 21.335
169. Richie Ramsay Scotland 21.322
170. Miguel A Jimenez Spain 21.267
171. Morgan Hoffmann United States 21.237
172. Wade Ormsby Australia 21.234
173. Scott Hend Australia 20.960
174. William McGirt United States 20.956
175. Brendan Steele   United States 20.791
176. Ross Fisher England 20.428
177. Alejandro Canizares Spain 20.349
178. Nicholas Thompson United States 20.258
179. Jakobus Roos South Africa 20.108
180. Patrick Reed United States 20.003
181. Hennie Otto South Africa 19.805
182. Julien Quesne France 19.800
183. Patrick Cantlay United States 19.600
184. Robert Karlsson Sweden 19.549
185. Bud Cauley United States 19.375
186. George McNeill United States 19.123
187. Adilson da Silva Brazil 18.879
188. Rafael Cabrera Bello Spain 18.510
189. Daniel Summerhays United States 18.369
190. Shawn Stefani United States 18.315
191. Ben Kohles United States 18.304
192. Bryce Molder United States 18.102
193. Gary Woodland United States 18.101
194. Morten Orum Madsen Denmark 18.025
195. Simon Thornton Ireland 18.000
196. Danny Willett England 17.837
197. Martin Flores United States 17.808
198. Lee Slattery England 17.726
199. Casey Wittenberg United States 17.687
200. Jbe’ Kruger South Africa 17.629
201. Paul Casey England 17.333
202. Anirban Lahiri India 17.290
203. Michio Matsumura Japan 17.240
204. Lorenzo Gagli Italy 16.942
205. Kevin Foley United States 16.520
206. Rory Sabbatini South Africa 16.431
207. Eddie Pepperell England 16.200
208. Andy Sullivan England 16.034
209. Yoshinobu Tsukada Japan 16.000
210. Kunihiro Kamii Japan 15.771
211. David Drysdale Scotland 15.744
212. Robert Streb United States 15.651
213. John Peterson United States 15.203
214. Charlie Wi Korea 14.660
215. Brad Kennedy Australia 14.636
216. Brad Fritsch Canada 14.576
217. Trevor Fisher-Jr South Africa 14.565
218. Chez Reavie United States 14.518
219. Trevor Immelman South Africa 14.445
220. Siddikur Rahman Bangladesh 14.206
221. Mark Foster England 14.093
222. J.J. Henry United States 14.046
223. Peter Lawrie Ireland 13.938
224. Gaganjeet Bhullar India 13.740
225. Johnson Wagner United States 13.716
226. Retief Goosen South Africa 13.520
227. Jeev Milkha Singh India 13.426
228. Emiliano Grillo Argentina 13.122
229. Tommy Gainey United States 13.056
230. Hiroyuki Fujita Japan 12.879
231. Sean O’Hair United States 12.803
232. David Toms United States 12.803
233. Danny Lee New Zealand 12.778
234. Jang Ik-Jae Korea 12.602
235. Ryo Ishikawa Japan 12.449
236. Hideto Tanihara Japan 12.377
237. Toru Taniguchi Japan 12.347
238. Gregory Havret France 12.197
239. Andreas Hartø Denmark 12.193
240. Ben Curtis United States 12.152
241. Arnond Vongvanij Thailand 11.860
242. KANG Kyung-nam Korea 11.200
243. Ricky Barnes United States 11.084
244. Vijay Singh Fiji 11.030
245. Dicky Pride United States 11.000
246. Magnus A Carlsson Sweden 10.392
247. Juvic Pagunsan Philippines 10.359
248. Greg Owen England 10.174
249. Anthony Wall England 10.151
250. Noh Seung-yul Korea 10.056
251. Lee Kyoung-Hoon Korea 9.803
252. Koumei Oda Japan 9.520
253. Kim Meen-Whee Korea 9.287
254. Jake Higginbottom Australia 9.084
255. Tom Gillis United States 8.903
256. Keith Horne South Africa 8.640
257. Andres Romero Argentina 8.600
258. Shingo Katayama Japan 8.480
259. Toshinori Muto Japan 8.320
260. Yoshinori Fujimoto Japan 8.145
261. Doug McGuigan Scotland 8.071
262. Robert Rock England 8.000
263. Ryu Hyun-woo Korea 8.000
264. Brendan Jones Australia 7.960
265. Simon Dyson England 7.924
266. Michael Campbell New Zealand 7.910
267. Soren Kjeldsen Denmark 7.619
268. Nick Cullen Australia 7.200
269. Luke List United States 7.187
270. Davis Love-III United States 7.160
271. Tomohiro Kondo Japan 7.013
272. Prom Meesawat Thailand 6.820
273. Kazuhiro Yamashita Japan 6.423
274. Thaworn Wiratchant Thailand 6.302
275. Y.E. Yang Korea 6.220
276. Wu Ashun China 5.993
277. Kevin Na United States 5.751
278. Hwang Jung-gon Korea 5.597
279. Alvaro Quiros Spain 5.558
280. Eduardo De la Riva Spain 5.520
281. Rod Pampling Australia 5.078
282. John Mallinger United States 4.160
283. Fredrik Andersson Hed Sweden 3.948
284. Troy Matteson United States 3.790
285. Cameron Percy Australia 3.716
286. Jonathan Byrd United States 3.700
287. K.T. Kim Korea 3.657
288. Michael Hoey N Ireland 3.500
289. Espen Kofstad Norway 3.480
290. Yuta Ikeda Japan 1.890
291. Kenichi Kuboya Japan 1.840
292. JB Hansen Denmark 1.214
293. Han Lee United States 1.200
294. Kristoffer Broberg Sweden 0.000
295. Peter Senior Australia 0.000
296. Spencer Levin United States 0.000
297. J.B. Holmes United States 0.000
298. Blake Adams United States 0.000
299. Jonathan Moore United States 0.000
300. Masamichi Uehira Japan 0.000

Current world rankings