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Amateur Tournament Rank

worldwide from after 2016 NCAA D1 National (or last conducted early 16 or late 15) through 2017 NCAA D1 National click HERE for hand held devise version

0Rank 0Tournament 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 20 30 50 70 99 199 299 399 499 599 699 799 ### rounds 0size 0qual 0rds 0size 0total

1 United States Amateur 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 18 25 40 45 56 85 107 124 138 148 155 160 175 2+64M 312 1336 1.1 1.33 1955

2 British Amateur (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 9 15 26 41 68 93 112 134 155 178 196 229 2+79M 288 1270 1.11 1.19 1678

3 Western Amateur (USA) 0 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 17 30 35 49 95 109 119 126 129 131 135 135 4+16M 156 1161 1.2 1.1 1533

4 NCAA D1 National (USA) 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 12 16 20 33 44 49 80 102 114 120 133 138 142 142 4+8M 156 1199 1.15 1.1 1517

5 World Amateur Team 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 10 14 19 27 37 58 69 78 84 95 103 109 119 4 192 842 1 1.13 951

6 St Andrews Links Trophy (Scotland) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 11 27 46 64 77 91 100 107 110 123 4 144 780 1 1.09 850

7 European Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 5 7 14 18 40 62 76 87 94 104 113 122 4 144 750 1 1.09 818

8 South Beach International Am (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 15 32 49 66 77 90 107 109 128 4 210 689 1 1.15 792

9 Trans-Miss Amateur (western USA) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 8 10 10 14 35 50 67 82 92 100 106 112 4 144 718 1 1.09 783

10 Sunnehanna Amateur (PA, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 11 14 19 49 67 73 81 85 86 86 86 4 98 683 1 1.03 703

11 Southern Amateur (southeast USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 10 14 22 37 48 55 63 68 72 74 77 4 167 567 1 1.11 629

12 Northeast Amateur (RI, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 8 12 17 44 54 62 67 70 71 74 75 4 92 566 1 1.02 577

13 European Amateur Team 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 7 9 13 17 26 38 44 51 57 58 58 61 67 2+6MR 96 522 1.02 1.02 543

14 Australian Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 11 12 21 24 34 40 44 48 52 62 2+64M 233 361 1.1 1.16 461

15 Brabazon Trophy (English Open Am) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 10 12 21 34 37 46 53 58 62 73 4 149 418 1 1.09 456

16 GC of Georgia Collegiate (USA) 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 14 19 24 38 45 51 56 58 62 66 67 3 88 546 0.8 1.01 441

17 Pacific Coast Amateur (western USA/CAN) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 7 8 11 13 22 31 41 46 54 55 56 61 4 85 433 1 1.01 437

18 Jones Cup (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 5 8 11 17 25 41 49 53 58 62 63 65 70 3 84 541 0.8 1 433

18 Lytham Trophy (England) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 11 17 25 35 43 50 55 64 77 4 144 397 1 1.09 433

18 Scottish Open Amateur (2016 numbers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 14 21 31 35 41 48 55 60 76 4 144 397 1 1.09 433

21 Southeastern Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 11 14 18 30 39 42 44 46 48 50 54 3+8M 70 424 1.05 0.97 432

22 Spanish International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 9 16 22 32 45 56 60 64 75 2+32M 120 381 1.05 1.06 424

23 Players Amateur (SC, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 9 14 20 35 40 44 47 49 51 51 55 4 71 431 1 0.98 422

24 Southern Highlands Collegiate (NV, USA) 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 16 19 20 35 43 46 52 53 56 58 61 3 80 515 0.8 1 412

25 South African Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 10 17 25 31 38 43 49 54 61 2+64M 138 338 1.1 1.08 402

26 Cape Province Open Am (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 9 23 28 34 36 44 50 55 60 4 178 349 1 1.12 391

27 South Africa Stroke Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 24 30 38 38 46 52 59 68 4 144 358 1 1.09 390

28 Porter Cup (NY, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 8 10 14 24 29 37 42 47 49 50 51 4 82 375 1 1 375

29 Asia–Pacific Amateur 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 7 9 13 15 22 26 31 34 40 43 44 51 4 104 361 1 1.04 372

30 Nike Collegiate (TX, USA) 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 9 11 14 17 23 33 37 40 42 44 46 48 51 3 75 454 0.8 0.99 360

31 North & South Amateur (NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 12 24 36 45 49 51 53 57 2+32M 89 338 1.05 1.01 358

32 Master of the Amateurs (VIC, AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 8 12 14 25 28 37 38 40 41 44 53 4 78 353 1 0.99 349

33 Irish Amateur Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 8 10 15 24 29 31 36 41 47 63 4 143 312 1 1.09 340

34 Monroe Invitational (NY, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 5 7 14 21 36 43 46 47 49 54 4 81 338 1 1 338

35 European Nations (Spain) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 10 23 28 36 39 44 46 48 53 4 71 343 1 0.98 336

36 Amer Ari Invitational (collegiate, HI, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 12 19 30 41 47 51 53 58 60 65 3 120 483 0.8 1.06 335

36 Cabo Collegiate (Mexico) 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 13 17 19 27 33 39 42 43 45 47 52 3 80 419 0.8 1 335

38 Olympia Fields Intercollegiate (IL, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 9 12 13 16 26 31 36 42 44 45 48 51 3 78 411 0.8 0.99 326

39 African Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 7 9 19 27 34 38 40 42 45 51 4 89 321 1 1.01 324

40 Portuguese International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 14 21 36 43 49 56 70 4 120 302 1 1.06 320

41 Goodwin (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 8 11 13 19 23 29 39 45 50 53 58 3 126 372 0.8 1.07 318

42 NCAA D1 Regional (USA, average of 6) varied within a narrow margin among the six Regionals 3 75 385 0.8 0.99 305

48 Aggie Invitational (collegiate, TX, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 8 16 29 38 39 44 44 46 48 48 3 75 382 0.8 1 303

49 Canadian Amateur 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 11 15 24 28 31 36 39 48 4 255 254 1 1.18 300

50 PAC 12 Conference (collegiate, western USA) 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 6 8 10 12 15 22 25 30 32 33 34 36 4 72 296 1 0.98 290

51 Tavistock Collegiate (GA, USA) 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 9 12 12 20 27 35 38 39 40 43 45 3 75 356 0.8 0.99 282

52 New South Wales Amateur (Australia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 5 6 13 16 19 22 25 28 30 35 4+32M 226 208 1.15 1.16 277

53 Sahalee Players (WA, USA) 15 numbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 17 23 30 33 41 43 44 46 4 66 282 1 0.96 270

54 Big 12 Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 8 13 22 28 33 35 35 36 37 38 4 50 306 1 0.88 269

55 English Amateur (Englishmen only) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 15 20 25 27 2+64M 287 205 1.1 1.19 268

55 Western Intercollegiate (CA, USA) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 12 14 15 22 26 31 34 39 40 42 46 3 92 328 0.8 1.02 268

57 Dogwood Invitational (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 9 16 24 30 34 40 43 46 4 114 249 1 1.05 261

58 Patriot All America (AZ, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 7 7 12 24 27 32 34 37 43 46 51 3 84 326 0.8 1 260

59 Avondale Amateur Medal (NSW, AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 6 8 13 18 22 27 27 32 35 40 4 120 236 1 1.06 250

60 Valspar Collegiate (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 6 8 9 13 26 28 31 35 38 41 44 48 3 78 340 0.8 0.99 245

61 Prestige at PGA West (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 7 9 19 28 31 33 36 36 41 44 3 78 300 0.8 0.99 238

62 Riversdale Cup (VIC, AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 5 8 14 18 22 25 25 28 34 37 4 120 223 1 1.06 236

63 Gator Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 7 8 13 20 24 31 35 39 45 47 3 81 292 0.8 1 234

64 Hootie at Bulls Bay (collegiate, SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 15 24 31 36 38 43 43 47 3 81 289 0.8 1 231

65 Carpet Capital Collegiate (GA, USA) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 8 9 17 23 29 33 33 35 37 43 3 78 289 0.8 0.99 229

66 General Hackler (collegiate, SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 20 28 33 35 35 38 38 40 3 84 285 0.8 1 228

67 Maxwell (collegiate) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 7 15 23 28 36 39 39 42 45 3 80 284 0.8 1 227

68 French International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 15 18 25 28 32 35 48 4 98 217 1 1.03 224

69 Latin America Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 6 9 13 17 24 28 30 33 39 4 108 213 1 1.04 222

69 Southern Cape Stroke (RSA, early 16 numbers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 13 19 21 23 23 27 29 32 4 176 198 1 1.12 222

71 Puerto Rico Classic (collegiate) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 18 25 30 34 35 37 39 44 3 75 279 0.8 0.99 221

72 Mason Rudolph (collegiate, TN, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 7 9 13 20 26 30 33 35 38 41 3 78 276 0.8 0.99 219

72 Northern Open Amateur (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 8 14 17 18 19 22 22 27 4+32M 141 162 1.25 1.08 219

74 South American Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 7 16 22 27 31 33 38 39 4 70 225 1 0.97 218

75 Atlantic Coast Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 7 10 17 25 30 32 36 36 38 42 3 60 289 0.8 0.93 215

75 Ka’anapali Collegiate (HI, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 15 18 23 29 33 38 40 43 3 132 251 0.8 1.07 215

77 Sea Best Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 6 14 20 25 29 34 35 39 43 3 82 267 0.8 1 214

78 Augusta Invitational (collegiate, GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 10 16 23 29 32 36 40 44 3 78 269 0.8 0.99 213

79 San Diego Classic (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 9 18 20 26 32 37 43 48 3 88 260 0.8 1.01 210

80 Western Province Open Am (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 9 11 14 17 19 21 25 30 4+32M 121 157 1.25 1.06 208

81 Myers Invitational (collegiate, NC, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 13 19 28 30 34 34 38 38 3 82 257 0.8 1 206

82 Gauteng North Open Am (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 6 11 14 16 19 22 25 26 32 4 183 179 1 1.13 202

82 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (AZ, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 9 16 21 29 32 36 39 44 3 93 247 0.8 1.02 202

84 Linger Longer Inv (collegiate, GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 7 13 17 23 28 32 37 38 41 3 84 246 0.8 1 197

85 Big 10 Conference (collegiate) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 12 16 20 21 22 25 27 31 4 70 200 1 0.97 194

86 Schenkel Invitational (collegiate, GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 19 24 28 31 32 34 38 3 81 239 0.8 1 191

87 South Africa Interprovincial (team match) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 11 13 18 22 26 30 34 10MR 105 170 0.97 1.04 188

88 Gopher Invitational (collegiate, MN, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 6 9 17 21 23 29 30 35 38 3 77 235 0.8 0.99 186

89 Arizona Intercollegiate (USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 6 11 16 22 22 27 30 31 39 3 89 224 0.8 1.01 181

89 Nomura Cup (Asia-Pacific Team) 15 numbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 12 17 18 20 22 23 26 29 4 87 179 1 1.01 181

91 Scottish Amateur (Scotsmen only) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 21 23 25 256M 256 151 1 1.18 178

92 Gifford Collegiate (CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 9 14 16 20 22 23 27 28 30 2+8M 51 217 0.9 0.89 174

93 Southwestern Inv (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 7 13 15 18 21 23 29 33 36 3 84 216 0.8 1 173

94 Carmel Cup (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 12 19 22 25 28 30 32 32 32 3 48 248 0.8 0.86 171

95 Free State Open Amateur (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 9 14 16 17 18 19 24 26 4 153 154 1 1.1 169

96 Tailhade Cup (Argentina) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 9 13 15 17 21 21 23 24 4 138 155 1 1.08 167

97 John Burns Intercollegiate (HI, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 6 6 10 16 20 23 27 29 30 34 3 88 205 0.8 1.01 166

98 Bandon Dunes Collegiate (OR, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 13 15 20 22 26 28 31 33 3 90 199 0.8 1.01 161

98 Pate National Intercollegiate (AL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 8 12 17 21 25 29 29 31 33 3 60 216 0.8 0.93 161

100 Central Gauteng Open Am (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 6 9 13 17 19 20 23 27 4 160 143 1 1.1 157

100 German International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 13 15 20 25 30 37 4 118 148 1 1.06 157

HM All-American Intercollegiate (TX, USA)

HM Junior Invitational (SC, USA)

HM William Tucker (collegiate, NM, USA)

HM Boilermaker Invitational (collegiate, IN, USA)

HM Irish Creek Collegiate (NC, USA)

HM Italian International Amateur

HM Tiger Invitational (collegiate, AL, USA)

HM United States Four Ball

HM Southeastern Amateur (GA, USA)

HM Mackenzie Invitational (collegiate, CA, USA)

HM Australian Interstate (team match)

HM ASU Thunderbird (collegiate, AZ, USA)

HM Bank of Tennessee Collegiate (USA)

HM Inverness Intercollegiate (OH, USA)

HM Japan Amateur

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Among these 100 top amateur events thru May of 2017:

– 61 are conducted in the USA annually

– 42 are USA D1 collegiate events

– 11 are conducted in South Africa annually

– 8 are conducted in GB&I annually

– 5 are conducted on continental Europe annually

– 5 are conducted in Australia annually

– 5 are conducted in Latin America annually

– 2 are conducted in Europe annually

– 2 are conducted in Australasia

– 1 are conducted worldwide biennual

– 1 is conducted in Canada

The tournament ranking was compiled by analyzing in detail over 300 amateur events, be they with team component or not, that had a remote chance of making the top 100. In each case, start field size and over how many holes/rounds was carefully documented. A few event start sizes were "adjusted" eliminating those clearly not scratch players. The dominant factor in ranking events is how many top 1000 in world amateurs started the tournament based on the SPWAR as of just before the event begins. The higher a player is ranked, the greater their inclusion value. The colored box at the bottom of this webpage details those changes.

The Scratch Players World Amateur Event Ranking is the most accurate ranking of amateur competitions ever created. Event weighting is, by far, the most important component in any ranking of golfers and the SPWAR has the most accurate and current event weighting in the amateur world. Nothing else is close which is one reason why the SPWAR is the most accurate ranking of amateurs in golf history.

"The Gold Standard in Amateur Golf Rankings Worldwide"

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of the amateur player ranking.

Event ranking is based on three factors. The number of top world ranked amateurs factor (field quality) is multiplied times a rounds factor, and again by a size factor.

The "qual" column is compiled where each top 1000 in world amateur is deemed worth a value depending on a player’s ranking level as of just before the start of each event. The value levels are provided in the table below. The sum of those values equals the field quality factor.

The “rds" factor takes into consideration all stroke and match rounds. As a general rule, the more rounds scheduled means the stronger the event all other factors equal. A "normal" number of rounds includes 72 holes of stroke play and would get a rounds factor of 1. Rounds for the event ranking means scheduled rounds irrespective of weather shortening unless shortened by more than one round. Weather shortened events in the ranking have their "rds" factor shaded yellow. Weather shortening does reduce points awarded individually in the SPWAR.

The “size” factor is primarily those starting at the championship with significant consideration for total entries received for the USGA events which has extensive total entries and qualifying at many locations national. As a general rule, the larger the start field, the stronger the event all other factors equal. Start size is "net" meaning adjusted by eliminating non-scratch players. A "normal" size field is 80 to 84 players and would get a size factor of 1. This factor was adjusted slightly from 2009 to 2010 diluting advantage of larger fields while enhancing smaller size fields.

SPWAR finish position points assigned do not directly correspond to this event ranking as this ranking is just for the preceding year’s events. SPWAR finish position points are generally based on an event’s average field stats over the preceding three years.

SPWAR finish position points have been adjusted based on this current event ranking for 2016 points awarded.

The event ranking was upgraded again for year end 2016 in that the field quality measure was expanded as follows:
– 25 value for world’s top ranked amateur
– 24 value for world’s #2 ranked amateur
– 23 value for world’s #3 ranked amateur
– 22 value for world’s #4 ranked amateur
– 21 value for world’s #5 ranked amateur
– 20 value for world’s #6 ranked amateur
– 19 value for world’s #7 ranked amateur
– 18 value for world’s #8 ranked amateur
– 17 value for world’s #9 ranked amateur
– 16 value for world’s #10 ranked am
– 15 value for ranking of 11-12
– 14 value for ranking of 13-15
– 13 value for ranking of 16-20
– 12 value for ranking of 21-30
– 11 value for ranking of 31-50
– 10 value for ranking of 51-70
– 9 value for ranking of 71-99
– 8 value for ranking of 100-199
– 7 value for ranking of 200-299
– 6 value for ranking of 300-399
– 5 value for ranking of 400-499
– 4 value for ranking of 500-599
– 3 value for ranking of 600-699
– 2 value for ranking of 700-799
– 1 value for ranking of 800-1000

Again, the applicable ranking position for purposes of measuring field quality is always as of just prior to the start of any event. A record of the top 1000 worldwide is maintained every week since 2015, top 600 for 2011-2015 and since the inception of the ranking for the top 500.