Former world number one set to drop out of top 100 for the first time in 18 yrs

Tiger Woods is currently at No 96 and a world ranking official revealed that he is likely to slip to No 102 when the list is adjusted after this weekend's tournaments.

Woods slumped to number 82 at the Phoenix Open in January, his worst round as a professional and since then the American has has continued a downward slide that resulted in him failing to qualify for this month's WGC-Cadillac Championship..

In September 1996, Tiger Woods was ranked 433rd when he turned professional, he jumped 75th after announing himself to the world by  landing his first victory as a professional at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational.

Woods first moved to world No 1 when he finished 19th at the 1997 US Open.

The American spent a record total of 683 weeks at the top of the rankings until he lost the No 1 spot to Australia's Adam Scott in May 2014.