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Amateur Tournament Rank

worldwide from after 2016 US Amateur (or last conducted mid 16 or late 15) through 2017 US Amateur click HERE for hand held devise version

rank Tournament / Event 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 20 30 50 70 99 199 299 399 499 599 699 799 1000 rounds size qual rds size total

1 United States Amateur 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 19 27 39 51 61 93 123 135 150 159 170 177 195 2+64M 312 1481 1.1 1.33 2167

2 British Amateur (UK) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 19 25 38 73 100 124 147 170 194 209 232 2+79M 288 1351 1.11 1.18 1770

3 Western Amateur (USA) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 10 12 14 20 34 46 63 99 118 126 128 131 135 136 140 4+16M 156 1264 1.2 1.1 1668

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 European Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 17 22 33 55 71 89 99 109 118 120 129 4 144 875 1 1.09 954

6 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

7 St Andrews Links Trophy (Scotland) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 13 18 25 44 61 72 83 91 110 114 125 4 144 778 1 1.09 848

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 1.14 785

9 Sunnehanna Amateur (PA, USA) 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 13 20 26 61 71 79 86 86 87 87 87 4 98 757 1 1.03 780

10 Trans-Miss Amateur (western USA) 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 11 13 14 33 52 72 83 94 98 104 112 4 142 715 1 1.09 779

11 Northeast Amateur (RI, USA) 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 8 9 17 28 33 53 65 73 74 76 76 77 79 4 92 723 1 1.02 737

12 European Amateur Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 7 13 17 24 35 43 55 58 61 69 71 76 2+6MR 96 536 1.02 1.02 558

13 Southern Amateur (southeast USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 11 13 24 40 46 51 61 67 73 79 4 168 481 1 1.11 534

14 Pacific Coast Amateur (western USA/CAN) 0 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 10 13 19 19 34 39 45 49 53 56 60 62 4 84 508 1 1 508

15 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

16 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

17 GC of Georgia Collegiate (GA, 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

18 Players Amateur (SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6 11 18 33 44 47 49 52 53 57 59 4 78 442 1 0.99 438

19 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

19 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

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 Scottish Open Amateur 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 6 10 12 16 23 28 38 43 56 64 72 4 144 384 1 1.09 419

24 North & South Amateur (NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 13 21 34 38 46 47 49 53 2+32M 86 391 1.05 1.01 415

25 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

26 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

27 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

28 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

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 Canadian Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 9 15 20 29 38 41 45 50 57 4 258 312 1 1.18 368

31 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

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 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

35 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

35 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

37 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

38 African Amateur (South Africa) 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

38 Monroe Invitational (NY, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 5 14 26 33 40 45 48 50 55 4 81 324 1 1 324

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 Sahalee Players (WA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 7 8 12 19 30 42 45 51 52 54 4 66 330 1 0.96 317

43 NCAA D1 Regional (USA, average of 6) top 1000 players varies per Regional 3 75 385 0.8 0.99 305

49 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

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 1.15 275

53 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

54 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

55 Dogwood Invitational (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 5 9 19 25 33 34 37 42 45 4 93 258 1 1.02 263

56 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

57 Porter Cup (NY, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 9 15 19 28 31 36 37 37 39 4 70 262 1 0.97 254

58 English Amateur (Englishmen only) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 9 16 20 24 28 36 44 2+64M 287 192 1.11 1.18 251

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) 36 holes in 16 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

70 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

71 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

71 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

73 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

74 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

74 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

76 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

77 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

78 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

79 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

80 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

81 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

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 1.12 200

83 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

84 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

85 California State Amateur (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 10 14 19 22 26 29 35 2+32M 154 167 1.05 1.1 193

85 United States Junior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 6 10 13 16 20 24 28 32 2+64M 156 157 1.1 1.12 193

85 British Boys (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 9 17 22 29 45 2+70M 252 147 1.11 1.18 193

88 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

89 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

90 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

91 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

91 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

93 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

94 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

95 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

96 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

97 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

98 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

99 Home Internationals (GB&I) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 11 18 26 32 34 35 35 35 38 6MR 44 276 0.74 0.81 165

100 Southwestern Amateur (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 14 22 26 32 39 4 156 149 1 1.1 164

HM 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

HM 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

HM 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

HM All-American Intercollegiate (TX, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 7 11 14 15 18 24 26 26 29 3 96 189 0.8 1.02 154

HM Junior Invitational (SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 9 15 19 25 25 29 34 39 3 54 215 0.8 0.9 154

HM William Tucker (collegiate, NM, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 9 16 18 19 23 26 32 36 3 88 190 0.8 1.01 154

HM German International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 12 16 21 25 30 37 4 123 149 1 1.06 153

HM Boilermaker Invitational (collegiate, IN, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 15 19 19 22 22 24 28 29 3 84 190 0.8 1 152

HM Irish Creek Collegiate (NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 10 13 14 18 24 25 29 34 3 93 184 0.8 1.02 150

HM Italian International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 8 12 14 16 17 24 34 4 131 140 1 1.07 150

HM Tiger Invitational (collegiate, AL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 18 20 28 30 32 37 3 99 182 0.8 1.03 150

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Among these 100 top amateur events thru August of 2017:

– 62 are conducted in the USA annually

– 40 are USA D1 collegiate events

– 9 are conducted in South Africa annually

– 9 are conducted in GB&I annually

– 5 are conducted in Australia annually

– 5 are conducted in Latin America annually

– 4 are conducted on continental Europe 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 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.