Sporting Digest: Golf

NICK FALDO has finished the year on top of the Sony world rankings, a position he has held for a record 75 weeks since winning the 1992 Open.

1993 SONY WORLD RANKINGS Top 50: 1 N Faldo (GB) 20.65pts; 2 G Norman (Aus) 18.79; 3 B Langer (Ger) 17.19; 4 N Price (Zim) 15.89; 5 F Couples (US) 14.93; 6 P Azinger (US) 14.59; 7 I Woosnam (GB) 11.41; 8 T Kite (US) 10.07; 9 D Love (US) 9.61; 10 C Pavin (US) 9.59; 11 D Frost (SA) 9.45; 12 M Ozaki (Jap) 9.28; 13 P Stewart (US) 9.23; 14 C Montgomerie (GB) 9.05; 15 J M Olazabal (Sp) 8.91; 16 V Singh (Fiji) 8.73; 17 M McNulty (Zim) 8.33; 18 J Cook (US) 8.15; 19 S Elkington (Aus) 7.45; 20 E Els (SA) 6.79; 21 L Mize (US) 6.76; 22 L Janzen (US) 6.72; 23 C Beck (US) 6.22; 24 R Floyd (US) 6.20; 25 S Ballesteros (Sp) 6.16; 26 T Watson (US) 6.12; 27 P Senior (Aus) 5.98; 28 M O'Meara (US) 5.92; 29 S Simpson (US) 5.81; 30 T Johnstone (Zim) 5.74; 31 G Brand Jnr (GB) 5.71; 32 F Nobilo (NZ) 5.67; 33 C Rocca (It) 5.62; 34 J Gallagher Jnr (US) 5.60; 35 M James (GB) 5.55; 36 B Faxon (US) 5.49; 37 S Torrance (GB) 5.49; 38 B Lane (GB) 5.48; 39 D Edwards (US) 5.46; 40 R Davis (Aus) 5.43; 41 R Mediate (US) 5.41; 42 B Lietzke (US) 5.30; 43 D Gilford (GB) 5.23; 44 C Parry (Aus) 5.21; 45 R Rafferty (GB) 5.19; 46 F Zoeller (US) 5.10; 47 P Mickelson (US) 5.06; 48 T Lehman (US) 4.95; 49= C Stadler (US), J Maggert (US) 4.93.