Luke Donald will surrender his world number one ranking to Rory McIlroy on Monday after finishing the RBC Heritage in the United States in joint 37th.
Donald needed a top-eight placing in South Carolina to stay ahead of the Northern Irishman.
However, he could only finish with a second successive level-par round of 71 to end the week on two over par.
The tournament was won by Sweden's Carl Pettersson with Donald never in contention after an opening-round 75.
Donald, who lost a play-off to Brandt Snedeker at the same venue last year, made a poor start to Sunday's final round with a double-bogey six on the first, before birdies on the fifth and sixth helped him salvage some respectability.
Pettersson shot a final round of 69 to finish a comfortable winner on 14 under, five shots ahead of American Zach Johnson.
Colt Knost was one shot further back in third after a disappointing final round of 74.
US Open champion McIlroy briefly overtook Donald at the top of the rankings last month, and will now do so again despite sitting out this tournament.
The 22-year-old is not expected to play again until next month's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.
16 April 2012
Last updated at 00:07
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