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 amateur golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of 450 amateur tournaments and is updated weekly. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in counting events over a rolling 52 week period.
Like the Official World Golf Rankings 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 rankings were initially used to help set the field for The Open Championship and the amateur rankings will play a major 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 reigning U.S. Amateur Champion, Richie Ramsay of Scotland.
[edit] World Number 1s
- Richie Ramsay
Scotland; 23 and 30 January 2007; 24 weeks (including weeks before the rankings were made public). - Rory McIlroy
Northern Ireland 6 February 2007; 1 week - Jamie Moul
England 13, 20 and 27 February and 6, 13, and 20 March 2007; 6 weeks
