World Amateur Golf Ranking
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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]Leona Maguire holds the record for most weeks at the top of the rankings with 135 weeks.
Only three players have ever held the No. 1-ranking as both an amateur and a professional. The first to do so was Rory McIlroy, who was 17 years, 9 months and 2 days when he became the No. 1 amateur and 22 years and 10 months when he first became the world No. 1 professional. Lydia Ko was the second to accomplish this feat, she was only 14 years and 3 days and held the ranking for a record 130 consecutive weeks, and she was a mere 17 years, 9 months and 9 days when she first reached the pinnacle of the Rolex Rankings. Jordan Spieth was the most recent person to accomplish this feat, he was 18 years, 10 months and 24 days when he topped the amateur rankings and 22 years and 20 days when he reached No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Contents
1 Chronology of Men's World Number Ones
2 Chronology of Women's World Number Ones
3 Elite events
3.1 Men
3.2 Women
4 References
5 External links
Chronology of Men's World Number Ones[edit]
| # | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Ramsay |  Scotland | 23 Jan 2007 | 30 Jan 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy |  Northern Ireland | 6 Feb 2007 | 6 Feb 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Jamie Moul |  England | 13 Feb 2007 | 30 May 2007 | 17 | – |
| 4 | Jamie Lovemark |  United States | 6 Jun 2007 | 6 Jun 2007 | 1 | – |
Jamie Moul (2) | England | 13 Jun 2007 | 13 Jun 2007 | 1 | 18 | |
Jamie Lovemark (2) | United States | 20 Jun 2007 | 3 Aug 2007 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | Rickie Fowler | United States | 7 Aug 2007 | 21 Aug 2007 | 3 | – |
| 6 | Colt Knost | United States | 29 Aug 2007 | 24 Sep 2007 | 5 | 5 |
Rickie Fowler (2) | United States | 5 Oct 2007 | 27 Feb 2008 | 22 | – | |
| 7 | Danny Willett | England | 5 Mar 2008 | 21 May 2008 | 12 | 12 |
Rickie Fowler (3) | United States | 28 May 2008 | 25 Jun 2008 | 5 | – | |
| 8 | Michael Thompson | United States | 2 Jul 2008 | 2 Jul 2008 | 1 | 1 |
Rickie Fowler (4) | United States | 9 Jul 2008 | 13 Aug 2008 | 6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Danny Lee |  New Zealand | 20 Aug 2008 | 15 Apr 2009 | 34 | 34 |
| 10 | Scott Arnold |  Australia | 23 Apr 2009 | 20 May 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | Morgan Hoffmann | United States | 27 May 2009 | 10 Jun 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Nick Taylor |  Canada | 17 Jun 2009 | 28 Oct 2009 | 20 | 20 |
| 13 | Victor Dubuisson |  France | 4 Nov 2009 | 23 Dec 2009 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Matteo Manassero |  Italy | 30 Dec 2009 | 28 Apr 2010 | 18 | 18 |
| 15 | Peter Uihlein | United States | 5 May 2010 | 16 Jun 2010 | 7 | – |
| 16 | Jin Jeong |  South Korea | 23 Jun 2010 | 30 Jun 2010 | 2 | – |
Peter Uihlein (2) | United States | 7 Jul 2010 | 21 Jul 2010 | 3 | – | |
Jin Jeong (2) | South Korea | 28 Jul 2010 | 11 Aug 2010 | 3 | 5 | |
Peter Uihlein (3) | United States | 18 Aug 2010 | 22 Dec 2010 | 19 | – | |
| 17 | David Chung | United States | 29 Dec 2010 | 5 Jan 2011 | 2 | 2 |
Peter Uihlein (4) | United States | 12 Jan 2011 | 16 Mar 2011 | 10 | – | |
| 18 | Patrick Cantlay | United States | 23 Mar 2011 | 23 Mar 2011 | 1 | – |
Peter Uihlein (5) | United States | 30 Mar 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 10 | 49 | |
Patrick Cantlay (2) | United States | 8 Jun 2011 | 13 Jun 2012 | 54 | 55 | |
| 19 | Jordan Spieth | United States | 20 Jun 2012 | 18 Jul 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | Chris Williams | United States | 25 Jul 2012 | 25 Jul 2012 | 1 | – |
| 21 | Hideki Matsuyama |  Japan | 1 Aug 2012 | 1 Aug 2012 | 1 | 1 |
Chris Williams (2) | United States | 8 Aug 2012 | 12 Jun 2013 | 45 | 46 | |
| 22 | Brady Watt | Australia | 19 Jun 2013 | 19 Jun 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Pan Cheng-tsung |  Taiwan | 26 Jun 2013 | 14 Aug 2013 | 8 | 8 |
| 24 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | England | 21 Aug 2013 | 16 Oct 2013 | 9 | – |
| 25 | Cory Whitsett | United States | 23 Oct 2013 | 27 Nov 2013 | 6 | 6 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick (2) | England | 4 Dec 2013 | 19 Feb 2014 | 12 | 21 | |
| 26 | Patrick Rodgers | United States | 26 Feb 2014 | 11 Jun 2014 | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | Ollie Schniederjans | United States | 18 Jun 2014 | 25 Mar 2015 | 41 | 41 |
| 28 | Jon Rahm |  Spain | 1 Apr 2015 | 16 Sep 2015 | 25 | – |
| 29 | Maverick McNealy | United States | 23 Sep 2015 | 21 Oct 2015 | 5 | – |
Jon Rahm (2) | Spain | 28 Oct 2015 | 22 Jun 2016 | 35 | 60^ | |
Maverick McNealy (2) | United States | 29 Jun 2016 | 8 Mar 2017 | 37 | – | |
| 30 | Curtis Luck | Australia | 15 Mar 2017 | 15 Mar 2017 | 1 | – |
Maverick McNealy (3) | United States | 22 Mar 2017 | 22 Mar 2017 | 1 | – | |
Curtis Luck (2) | Australia | 29 Mar 2017 | 12 Apr 2017 | 3 | 4 | |
Maverick McNealy (4) | United States | 19 Apr 2017 | 10 May 2017 | 4 | 47 | |
| 31 | Joaquín Niemann |  Chile | 17 May 2017 | 11 Apr 2018 | 48 | 48 |
| 32 | Braden Thornberry | United States | 18 Apr 2018 | 25 Apr 2018 | 2 | – |
| 33 | Collin Morikawa | United States | 2 May 2018 | 16 May 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Doug Ghim | United States | 23 May 2018 | 20 Jun 2018 | 5 | 5 |
Braden Thornberry (2) | United States | 27 Jun 2018 | 26 Sep 2018 | 14 | 16 |
- Key
| ^ | Record |
Chronology of Women's World Number Ones[edit]
| # | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsuki Katahira | Japan | 16 Feb 2011 | 2 Mar 2011 | 3 | – |
| 2 | Cecilia Cho | New Zealand | 9 Mar 2011 | 9 Mar 2011 | 1 | 1 |
Mitsuki Katahira (2) | Japan | 16 Mar 2011 | 20 Apr 2011 | 6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand | 27 Apr 2011 | 16 Oct 2013 | 130 | 130 |
| 4 | Su-Hyun Oh | Australia | 23 Oct 2013 | 23 Oct 2013 | 1 | – |
| 5 | Alison Lee | United States | 30 Oct 2013 | 20 Nov 2013 | 4 | – |
Su-Hyun Oh (2) | Australia | 27 Nov 2013 | 27 Nov 2013 | 1 | 2 | |
Alison Lee (2) | United States | 4 Dec 2013 | 19 Feb 2014 | 12 | 16 | |
| 6 | Minjee Lee | Australia | 26 Feb 2014 | 3 Sep 2014 | 28 | 28 |
| 7 | Brooke Henderson | Canada | 10 Sep 2014 | 17 Dec 2014 | 15 | 15 |
| 8 | Céline Boutier | France | 24 Dec 2014 | 1 Apr 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 9 | Andrea Lee | United States | 8 Apr 2015 | 6 May 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Leona Maguire |  Ireland | 13 May 2015 | 4 May 2016 | 52 | – |
| 11 | Hannah O'Sullivan | United States | 11 May 2016 | 27 Jul 2016 | 12 | 12 |
Leona Maguire (2) | Ireland | 3 Aug 2016 | 28 Feb 2018 | 83 | 135^ | |
| 12 | Lilia Kha-Tu Vu | United States | 7 Mar 2018 | 4 Jul 2018 | 18 | – |
| 13 | Jennifer Kupcho | United States | 11 Jul 2018 | 25 Jul 2018 | 3 | – |
Lilia Kha-Tu Vu (2) | United States | 1 Aug 2018 | 1 Aug 2018 | 1 | 19 | |
Jennifer Kupcho (2) | United States | 8 Aug 2018 | 26 Sep 2018 | 8 | 11 |
- Key
| ^ | Record |
Elite events[edit]
Events are ranked in eight categories: Elite, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The Elite events are listed below.
Men[edit]
- 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[edit]
- NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
- British Ladies Amateur
- European Ladies Amateur Championship
- U.S. Women's Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy
References[edit]
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^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Official site
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