His good run of form also propelled him into the top-50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
The win moved Horschel to third in the FedEx Cup standings, third on the PGA Tour money list, and 49th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Woods regained the #1 spot in March 2013, after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational for the 8th time.
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Awarded to the player with the most weeks at number 1 during calendar year and named after Mark McCormack, originator of the ranking.
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In March 1999, David Duval briefly became world number one after winning The Players Championship, his sixth victory in a twelve-month period that came before his first major victory (which would follow two years later at the Open Championship).
He went into the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club ranked 169th in the Official World Golf Ranking, thus becoming one of the biggest underdogs to win a major in recent times.
Even though it is not close to being the richest tournament on the Asian Tour, the Volvo Masters of Asia was the tour's designated "Premier Event" for Official World Golf Ranking purposes, with a minimum winner's point allocation set at 20, regardless of the strength of the field.
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