Justin Thomas has overtaken Dustin Johnson to become the 21st world number one
Justin Thomas Becomes New World Number One
After 64 weeks at the summit of world golf, Dustin Johnson's time at the top is over.
Justin Thomas' T11th finish at The Players was enough to overtake DJ to become the 21st man to reach the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Dustin Johnson's reign of 64 weeks in a row at the top was the fifth-longest streak since the Official World Golf Ranking began in 1986.
“It means a lot,” Justin Thomas said, “but it's something I want to have for a long time, it's not something I just want to have once.”
“It's important,” he said, “but like I said, it's not something where it's like I just want to do it once. I want to do it for a really, really long time.”
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Thomas has won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major which came at the 2017 USPGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
JT hasn't missed a cut since last year's Open at Royal Birkdale, and has had four wins in that stretch - the USPGA, the Dell Technologies Championship, the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges and the 2018 Honda Classic.
He also finished 2nd at the Tour Championship to win his first FedEx Cup in 2017.
In total, his career PGA Tour earnings are just over $22m, not taking into account the $10m bonus for his FedEx Cup victory.
