(owgr.com)

This is what Tiger Woods’ Official World Golf Ranking has looked like since the start of 2000, the year everyone agrees Tiger was at his very best.

As you can see, for most of the century Tiger’s status as World No. 1 has remained largely uninterrupted — Vijay Singh managed to dislodge him at points during the 2004 and 2005 seasons, but never for a significant period of time. Since his last major victory in 2008, the post-scandal Woods hit a low of 58th in 2011 before recovering to retake the World No. 1 spot in 2013. But that dip in form pales in comparison to the free-fall Tiger is experiencing now.

(Jake Roth/USA TODAY Sports)

In the space of two years, Tiger has fallen from first in April 2013 to a low of 156th on Monday, one spot ahead of an unknown pro named Wade Ormsby.

The reason Tiger’s fall has been so drastic is because world ranking points are assigned based on a golfer’s play over two years. Tiger won five times during his impressive 2013 season but since then has played relatively little. As the points for his various victories in 2013 are slowly starting to filter out of consideration, they’re gradually being replaced by nothing — points he didn’t collect in tournaments he was forced to miss because of injury. Hence the severe downward spiral.

It goes without saying that he’ll need to play well and more often if he hopes to reverse this downward trend, but it’ll be a long climb out of this deep hole he’s spent two years digging.