World Amateur Golf Ranking
The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by the R&A, the governing body of the sport of golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year (and amateurs participating in certain professional events) and is updated each Wednesday. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in counting events over a rolling period. This period was 52 weeks initially but will gradually expand during 2016 to 104 weeks,[1] similar to those of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Like the Official World Golf Ranking for male professional golfers, the amateur ranking was initiated by the R&A to provide a more reliable means of selecting an appropriate field for one of its tournaments. The professional ranking was initially used to help set the field for The Open Championship and the amateur ranking plays a role in selecting the field for The Amateur Championship, which was previously selected mainly on the basis of national handicap systems. Other tournament organisers will be able to use the rankings to select players if they so wish.
The first set of rankings featured over 1,000 players from 46 different countries and was headed by the 2006 U.S. Amateur champion, Richie Ramsay of Scotland.
In February 2011, the United States Golf Association (USGA) endorsed the rankings and announced it would use them for an exemption category in all their men's amateur championships, including the U.S. Amateur, beginning in 2011.[2]
The women's rankings were started in February 2011.[3] Mitsuki Katahira was the first number one.[4]
Chronology of Men's World Number Ones
# | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ramsay, RichieRichie Ramsay | Scotland | 23 Jan 2007 | 30 Jan 2007 | 2 | 2 |
2 | McIlroy, RoryRory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 6 Feb 2007 | 6 Feb 2007 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Moul, JamieJamie Moul | England | 13 Feb 2007 | 30 May 2007 | 17 | - |
4 | Lovemark, JamieJamie Lovemark | United States | 6 Jun 2007 | 6 Jun 2007 | 1 | - |
Moul, JamieJamie Moul | England | 13 Jun 2007 | 13 Jun 2007 | 1 | 18 | |
Lovemark, JamieJamie Lovemark | United States | 20 Jun 2007 | 3 Aug 2007 | 7 | 8 | |
5 | Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler | United States | 7 Aug 2007 | 21 Aug 2007 | 3 | - |
6 | Knost, ColtColt Knost | United States | 29 Aug 2007 | 24 Sep 2007 | 5 | 5 |
Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler | United States | 5 Oct 2007 | 27 Feb 2008 | 22 | - | |
7 | Willett, DanielDaniel Willett | England | 5 Mar 2008 | 21 May 2008 | 12 | 12 |
Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler | United States | 28 May 2008 | 25 Jun 2008 | 5 | - | |
8 | Thompson, MichaelMichael Thompson | United States | 2 Jul 2008 | 2 Jul 2008 | 1 | 1 |
Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler | United States | 9 Jul 2008 | 13 Aug 2008 | 6 | 36 | |
9 | Lee, DannyDanny Lee | New Zealand | 20 Aug 2008 | 15 Apr 2009 | 34 | 34 |
10 | Arnold, ScottScott Arnold | Australia | 23 Apr 2009 | 20 May 2009 | 5 | 5 |
11 | Hoffmann, MorganMorgan Hoffmann | United States | 27 May 2009 | 10 Jun 2009 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Taylor, NickNick Taylor | Canada | 17 Jun 2009 | 28 Oct 2009 | 20 | 20 |
13 | Dubuisson, VictorVictor Dubuisson | France | 4 Nov 2009 | 23 Dec 2009 | 8 | 8 |
14 | Manassero, MatteoMatteo Manassero | Italy | 30 Dec 2009 | 28 Apr 2010 | 18 | 18 |
15 | Uihlein, PeterPeter Uihlein | United States | 5 May 2010 | 16 Jun 2010 | 7 | - |
16 | Jeong, JinJin Jeong | South Korea | 23 Jun 2010 | 30 Jun 2010 | 2 | - |
Uihlein, PeterPeter Uihlein | United States | 7 Jul 2010 | 21 Jul 2010 | 3 | - | |
Jeong, JinJin Jeong | South Korea | 28 Jul 2010 | 11 Aug 2010 | 3 | 5 | |
Uihlein, PeterPeter Uihlein | United States | 18 Aug 2010 | 22 Dec 2010 | 19 | - | |
17 | Chung, DavidDavid Chung | United States | 29 Dec 2010 | 5 Jan 2011 | 2 | 2 |
Uihlein, PeterPeter Uihlein | United States | 12 Jan 2011 | 16 Mar 2011 | 10 | - | |
18 | Cantlay, PatrickPatrick Cantlay | United States | 23 Mar 2011 | 23 Mar 2011 | 1 | - |
Uihlein, PeterPeter Uihlein | United States | 30 Mar 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 10 | 49 | |
Cantlay, PatrickPatrick Cantlay | United States | 8 Jun 2011 | 13 Jun 2012 | 54 | 55 | |
19 | Spieth, JordanJordan Spieth | United States | 20 Jun 2012 | 18 Jul 2012 | 5 | 5 |
20 | Williams, ChrisChris Williams | United States | 25 Jul 2012 | 25 Jul 2012 | 1 | - |
21 | Matsuyama, HidekiHideki Matsuyama | Japan | 1 Aug 2012 | 1 Aug 2012 | 1 | 1 |
Williams, ChrisChris Williams | United States | 8 Aug 2012 | 12 Jun 2013 | 45 | 46 | |
22 | Watt, BradyBrady Watt | Australia | 19 Jun 2013 | 19 Jun 2013 | 1 | 1 |
23 | Pan, Cheng-tsungCheng-tsung Pan | Taiwan | 26 Jun 2013 | 14 Aug 2013 | 8 | 8 |
24 | Fitzpatrick, MatthewMatthew Fitzpatrick | England | 21 Aug 2013 | 16 Oct 2013 | 9 | - |
25 | Whitsett, CoryCory Whitsett | United States | 23 Oct 2013 | 27 Nov 2013 | 6 | 6 |
Fitzpatrick, MatthewMatthew Fitzpatrick | England | 4 Dec 2013 | 19 Feb 2014 | 12 | 21 | |
26 | Rodgers, PatrickPatrick Rodgers | United States | 26 Feb 2014 | 11 Jun 2014 | 16 | 16 |
27 | Schniederjans, OliverOliver Schniederjans | United States | 18 Jun 2014 | 25 Mar 2015 | 41 | 41 |
28 | Rahm, JonJon Rahm | Spain | 1 Apr 2015 | 16 Sep 2015 | 25 | - |
29 | McNealy, MaverickMaverick McNealy | United States | 23 Sep 2015 | 21 Oct 2015 | 5 | - |
Rahm, JonJon Rahm | Spain | 28 Oct 2015 | 22 Jun 2016 | 35 | 60 | |
McNealy, MaverickMaverick McNealy | United States | 29 Jun 2016 | 30 Nov 2016 | 23 | 28 |
Chronology of Women's World Number Ones
# | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Katahira, MitsukiMitsuki Katahira | Japan | 16 Feb 2011 | 2 Mar 2011 | 3 | - |
2 | Cho, CeciliaCecilia Cho | New Zealand | 9 Mar 2011 | 9 Mar 2011 | 1 | 1 |
Katahira, MitsukiMitsuki Katahira | Japan | 16 Mar 2011 | 20 Apr 2011 | 6 | 9 | |
3 | Ko, LydiaLydia Ko | New Zealand | 27 Apr 2011 | 16 Oct 2013 | 130 | 130 |
4 | Oh, Su-HyunSu-Hyun Oh | Australia | 23 Oct 2013 | 23 Oct 2013 | 1 | - |
5 | Lee, AlisonAlison Lee | United States | 30 Oct 2013 | 20 Nov 2013 | 4 | - |
Oh, Su-HyunSu-Hyun Oh | Australia | 27 Nov 2013 | 27 Nov 2013 | 1 | 2 | |
Lee, AlisonAlison Lee | United States | 4 Dec 2013 | 19 Feb 2014 | 12 | 16 | |
6 | Lee, MinjeeMinjee Lee | Australia | 26 Feb 2014 | 3 Sep 2014 | 28 | 28 |
7 | Henderson, BrookeBrooke Henderson | Canada | 10 Sep 2014 | 17 Dec 2014 | 15 | 15 |
8 | Boutier, CélineCéline Boutier | France | 24 Dec 2014 | 1 Apr 2015 | 15 | 15 |
9 | Lee, AndreaAndrea Lee | United States | 8 Apr 2015 | 6 May 2015 | 5 | 5 |
10 | Maguire, LeonaLeona Maguire | Ireland | 13 May 2015 | 4 May 2016 | 52 | - |
11 | O'Sullivan, HannahHannah O'Sullivan | United States | 11 May 2016 | 27 Jul 2016 | 12 | 12 |
Maguire, LeonaLeona Maguire | Ireland | 3 Aug 2016 | 30 Nov 2016 | 18 | 70 |
Elite events
Events are ranked in eight categories: Elite, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The Elite events are listed below.
Men
- The Amateur Championship
- European Amateur
- U.S. Amateur
- Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Eisenhower Trophy
- NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships (beginning in 2016)[1]
Women
- NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
- British Ladies Amateur
- International European Ladies Amateur Championship
- U.S. Women's Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy
References
- 1 2 "Notice Regarding 2016 Amendments". WAGR. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "R&A, USGA Commence World Amateur Golf Ranking Partnership". USGA. 5 February 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
- ↑ "The R&A to launch Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking". R&A. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ "Harvey breaks Law, while Boineau wins at home". R&A. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.