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Amateur Tournament Rank

worldwide from September 1, 2021 thru the 2022 World Amateur Team

0Rank 0Tournament 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 19 24 30 37 45 54 64 75 87 100 199 299 399 499 599 699 799 1000 rounds 0size 0qual 0rds 0size 0total

1 United States Amateur 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 15 18 22 25 30 34 42 46 53 55 61 85 100 116 132 151 162 172 193 2+64M 312 1579 1.1 1.33 2310

2 British Amateur (UK) "The Amateur" 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 11 11 13 14 18 22 29 34 67 95 112 129 147 163 175 198 2+64M 288 1283 1.15 1.19 1756

3 Western Amateur (USA) 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 10 13 16 23 27 29 35 39 46 51 91 115 122 130 132 135 136 139 4+16M 156 1328 1.2 1.1 1753

4 NCAA D1 National (USA) 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 9 10 12 15 18 24 27 32 38 41 47 53 75 97 110 119 127 132 132 140 4+8M 156 1317 1.15 1.1 1666

5 South Beach International Am (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 7 10 14 17 44 66 104 129 154 173 186 192 4 204 1108 1 1.15 1274

6 Southern Amateur (southeast USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 7 8 10 12 15 19 22 25 29 56 78 91 100 108 114 117 119 4 156 948 1 1.1 1043

7 World Amateur Team (France) 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 8 10 13 16 18 21 23 25 31 34 57 65 72 81 84 90 92 100 4 201 893 1 1.14 1018

8 European Amateur 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 8 10 13 18 21 24 28 58 70 80 87 92 97 101 111 4 143 849 1 1.09 925

9 Sunnehanna Amateur (PA, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 8 12 16 22 24 30 57 78 83 85 87 90 92 93 4 104 803 1 1.04 835

10 Northeast Amateur (RI, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 7 11 13 15 17 21 24 29 32 50 64 70 73 77 81 81 82 4 89 765 1 1.01 773

11 North & South Amateur (NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 6 6 7 8 9 10 13 29 55 67 73 79 83 87 96 2+32M 118 637 1.05 1.06 709

12 St Andrews Links Trophy (Scotland) 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 11 14 15 32 44 53 63 69 75 84 94 4 144 623 1 1.09 679

13 European Amateur Team 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 9 15 17 20 25 49 61 69 72 74 75 80 83 2+6MR 114 684 0.9 1.05 646

14 Trans-Miss Amateur (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 8 9 9 22 35 47 59 70 75 83 94 4 144 519 1 1.09 566

15 Jones Cup (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 6 7 9 14 18 21 24 25 50 60 66 70 71 72 74 76 3 84 673 0.8 1 538

16 Olympia Fields Illini Invite (IL, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 11 11 12 15 16 20 22 23 25 28 40 44 52 54 56 60 60 61 3 81 643 0.8 1 514

17 Amer Ari Invitational (collegiate, HI, USA) 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 16 18 21 23 24 33 39 47 51 58 63 67 69 3 115 610 0.8 1.05 512

18 Pacific Coast Amateur (western USA/CAN) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 12 15 17 31 35 42 47 50 58 60 63 4 87 495 1 1.01 500

19 Colonial Collegiate Inv (TX, USA) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 9 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 22 24 35 39 45 45 49 52 53 58 3 75 568 0.8 0.99 450

20 United States Junior 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 7 7 12 18 23 31 38 42 51 64 2+64M 264 332 1.1 1.18 431

21 Prestige at PGA West (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 7 9 12 13 27 35 45 50 57 61 65 73 3 120 490 0.8 1.06 416

22 National Invitational (collegiate, AZ, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 20 33 40 43 45 48 50 54 56 3 88 504 0.8 1.01 407

23 Cabo Collegiate (Mexico) 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 6 7 8 10 10 13 14 17 19 32 40 44 47 50 51 51 56 3 78 498 0.8 0.99 394

23 Thunderbird Collegiate (AZ, USA) 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 19 29 35 40 45 49 55 57 61 3 88 488 0.8 1.01 394

25 Patriot All America (AZ, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 39 46 50 51 51 53 57 61 3 84 491 0.8 1 393

26 Scottish Open Amateur 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 9 11 12 19 22 24 30 38 41 44 52 4 144 354 1 1.09 386

27 Southern Highlands Collegiate (NV, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 10 12 12 13 14 16 17 30 36 43 46 48 51 52 52 3 84 467 0.8 1 374

28 NCAA D1 Ohio Regional (USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 7 8 11 12 12 23 33 40 46 53 55 58 61 3 75 456 0.8 0.99 361

29 Spanish International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 17 21 29 36 48 51 55 62 2+64M 120 339 1.05 1.1 360

30 Brabazon Trophy (English Open Am) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 17 22 25 31 37 40 43 50 4 144 328 1 1.09 358

31 Goodwin (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 16 27 35 47 53 59 63 69 3 147 407 0.8 1.09 355

32 South African Stroke Amateur 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 13 19 24 28 31 36 40 45 4 144 322 1 1.09 351

33 Atlantic Coast Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 13 14 23 32 36 37 41 42 43 45 3+4M 60 373 1 0.93 347

33 Southeastern Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 9 11 12 12 14 15 23 32 44 48 50 53 54 58 3+8M 70 447 0.8 0.97 347

35 Valspar Collegiate (FL, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 12 13 14 17 18 29 37 38 40 41 42 44 46 3 81 429 0.8 1 343

36 GC of Georgia Collegiate (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 6 8 11 15 15 15 18 30 34 39 41 42 43 46 50 3 75 432 0.8 0.99 342

37 Seminole Intercollegiate (FL, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 19 26 34 42 45 48 50 55 3 85 409 0.8 1.01 330

38 LSU Invitational (collegiate, LA, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 6 6 7 8 9 11 26 31 36 43 48 48 48 58 3 90 407 0.8 1.01 329

38 NCAA D1 Oklahoma Regional (USA) 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 21 29 39 43 46 48 51 56 3 75 416 0.8 0.99 329

40 African Amateur (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 15 23 26 28 33 39 41 47 4 84 327 1 1 327

41 Maridoe Intercollegiate (TX, USA) 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 12 15 18 29 32 33 36 37 37 41 45 3 73 416 0.8 0.98 326

42 Western Intercollegiate (CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 10 12 20 26 33 39 43 45 48 53 3 92 396 0.8 1.02 323

43 Hannon Collegiate (TX, USA) 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 8 9 11 14 17 18 24 25 31 32 36 37 39 45 3 75 403 0.8 0.99 319

43 NCAA D1 Connecticut Regional (USA) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 8 9 9 9 11 14 26 29 34 38 40 43 46 48 3 75 403 0.8 0.99 319

45 Watersound Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 7 8 9 11 14 15 25 33 38 41 43 46 47 49 3 72 402 0.8 0.98 315

46 Dogwood Invitational (GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 19 26 39 45 50 50 58 4 117 294 1 1.06 312

47 Augusta Haskins Inv (collegiate, GA, USA) 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 7 7 8 8 9 9 11 13 13 24 27 31 35 36 38 40 42 3 75 391 0.8 0.99 310

48 PAC 12 Conference (collegiate, western USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 7 9 13 21 28 36 40 43 45 48 4 72 311 1 0.98 305

49 NCAA D1 Texas Regional (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 11 12 20 26 33 39 43 44 48 53 3 75 384 0.8 0.99 304

50 NCAA D1 Florida Regional (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 7 11 15 24 32 36 40 43 45 46 48 3 75 382 0.8 0.99 303

51 NCAA D1 California Regional (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 7 8 11 12 13 20 30 38 41 44 46 49 52 3 75 381 0.8 0.99 302

52 South African Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 17 20 23 25 27 30 33 2+64M 143 244 1.1 1.09 293

53 General Hackler (collegiate, SC, USA) 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 22 29 30 34 39 41 41 46 3 87 362 0.8 1.01 291

53 Windon Memorial (collegiate, IL, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 10 17 23 29 38 40 45 47 51 3 85 360 0.8 1.01 291

55 Lytham Trophy (England) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 12 18 24 31 36 37 42 52 4 144 264 1 1.09 288

56 Linger Longer Inv (collegiate, GA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 20 27 35 36 38 41 45 50 3 90 348 0.8 1.01 281

56 Portuguese International Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 12 23 29 40 48 51 53 4 120 265 1 1.06 281

58 Hayt Collegiate (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 6 8 9 9 20 27 33 33 35 39 43 49 3 89 334 0.8 1.01 270

59 European Nations (Spain) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 14 21 25 29 35 37 41 43 4 79 270 1 0.99 267

59 Southwestern Inv (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 9 9 11 12 14 16 18 24 27 28 30 30 33 35 38 3 64 351 0.8 0.95 267

61 Big 12 Match Play (collegiate, USA) 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 11 13 13 21 24 27 27 29 30 32 36 6MR 64 345 0.8 0.95 262

62 Isleworth Collegiate (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 7 7 8 11 12 13 13 20 22 26 29 29 33 40 40 3 75 330 0.8 0.99 261

63 British Boys (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 11 15 19 24 30 37 50 2+64M 252 196 1.1 1.18 254

64 Maui Jim Intercollegiate (AZ, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 6 6 6 16 26 29 32 35 41 44 49 3 90 310 0.8 1.01 250

65 Gators Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 6 7 7 7 9 16 23 26 32 35 35 39 46 3 78 307 0.8 0.99 243

66 Blessings Collegiate (AR, USA) 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 8 10 12 12 12 23 28 31 32 32 33 34 35 3 52 340 0.8 0.89 242

66 Puerto Rico Classic (collegiate) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 19 23 25 27 33 34 38 43 3 77 306 0.8 0.99 242

68 San Diego Classic (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 18 26 34 39 41 46 50 3 88 298 0.8 1.01 241

69 Monroe Invitational (NY, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 13 20 30 33 38 40 47 4 98 233 1 1.03 240

70 Hootie at Bulls Bay (collegiate, SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 4 6 8 15 22 28 34 38 39 43 46 3 96 293 0.8 1.02 239

71 Big 12 Conference (collegiate, USA) 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 20 23 24 24 28 31 31 35 4 50 337 0.8 0.88 237

72 St Mary’s Invitational (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 19 23 28 34 40 43 52 3 104 277 0.8 1.04 230

73 Mason Rudolph (collegiate, TN, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 6 8 8 12 21 27 29 34 37 38 44 3 87 281 0.8 1.01 227

74 Northern Amateur Open (South Africa) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 8 10 11 13 14 18 22 26 3+32M 134 179 1.15 1.08 222

75 Gauteng North Open Am (South Africa) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 12 13 15 17 19 22 27 4 154 195 1 1.1 214

76 Marquette Intercollegiate (WI, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 8 8 15 19 23 26 31 33 35 42 3 90 260 0.8 1.01 210

77 Asia–Pacific Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 7 14 19 21 23 27 30 32 4 89 204 1 1.01 206

78 English Amateur (Englishmen only) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 16 19 23 24 31 36 2+64M 204 162 1.1 1.14 203

79 Aggie Invitational (collegiate, TX, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 15 21 23 25 27 29 31 37 3 75 254 0.8 0.99 201

80 Carmel Cup (collegiate, CA, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 11 11 11 20 24 24 25 29 29 31 33 3 48 289 0.8 0.86 199

81 Sea Best Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 6 18 19 24 26 30 31 32 35 3 84 248 0.8 1 198

82 John Burns Intercollegiate (HI, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 10 16 19 26 31 34 35 42 3 102 233 0.8 1.04 194

83 Calusa Cup (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 5 7 7 9 9 10 19 25 29 29 30 32 32 34 3 45 289 0.8 0.83 192

83 United States Mid-Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 11 17 20 25 28 33 2+64M 264 144 1.1 1.21 192

85 Big 10 Conference (collegiate, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 13 18 19 24 29 32 34 39 3 70 245 0.8 0.97 190

86 Myers Invitational (collegiate, NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 8 8 13 15 18 21 25 25 28 31 3 75 235 0.8 1 188

86 Terra Cotta Invitational (FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 14 20 29 32 34 38 47 3 75 237 0.8 0.99 188

88 Fighting Irish Classic (collegiate, IN, USA) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 6 7 12 16 21 24 25 29 30 37 3 80 232 0.8 1 186

89 Arizona Intercollegiate (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 14 19 22 24 28 31 31 41 3 80 230 0.8 1 184

90 Kepler Intercollegiate (OH, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 10 14 18 23 26 32 35 38 2 81 226 0.8 1 181

91 Coral Creek Invitational (collegiate, FL, USA) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 5 12 18 18 21 27 29 31 37 3 88 220 0.8 1.01 178

92 Stitch Intercollegiate (NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 9 11 15 19 22 23 25 27 31 3 84 208 0.8 1 166

93 Australian Amateur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 10 16 20 21 24 26 30 4 90 156 1 1.01 158

94 Spirit International (TX, USA) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 8 9 16 21 27 27 28 29 29 32 3 40 248 0.8 0.78 155

95 Junior Players (AJGA, FL, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 8 13 21 26 30 32 44 3 78 194 0.8 0.99 154

96 Colleton River Collegiate (SC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 13 15 20 21 24 28 36 3 75 190 0.8 0.99 150

97 Nexus Collegiate (Bahamas) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 8 14 17 20 21 22 24 25 3 57 202 0.8 0.92. 149

98 Gopher Invitational (collegiate, MN, USA) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 14 20 22 23 25 29 3 75 183 0.8 0.99 145

99 Louisiana Classics (collegiate) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 12 15 18 22 25 27 34 3 92 175 0.8 1.02 143

100 Wake Forest Invitational (college, NC, USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 8 15 17 20 25 26 26 29 3 66 185 0.8 0.96 142

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Among these 100 top amateur events for year ending with 2022 WATC:

– 78 are conducted in the USA annually

– 62 are USA D1 collegiate events

– 7 are conducted in GB&I annually

– 1 is conducted in Australia annually

– 5 are conducted on continental Europe annually

– 3 are conducted in South Africa annually

– 3 are conducted in Latin America annually

– 2 are conducted in Europe annually

– 2 are conducted in Australasia

– 1 is conducted worldwide biennual

– 1 is conducted in Asia every four years

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 with the most recent year given more weight.

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

Commencing with events in 2019 and thereafter, player values for those ranked 100 or better changed as follows:
– 30 value for world’s top ranked amateur
– 29 value for world’s #2 ranked amateur
– 28 value for world’s #3 ranked amateur
– 27 value for world’s #4 ranked amateur
– 26 value for world’s #5 ranked amateur
– 25 value for world’s #6 ranked amateur
– 24 value for world’s #7 ranked amateur
– 23 value for world’s #8 ranked amateur
– 22 value for world’s #9 ranked amateur
– 21 value for world’s #10 ranked am
– 20 value for ranking of 11-12
– 19 value for ranking of 13-15
– 18 value for ranking of 16-19
– 17 value for ranking of 20-24
– 16 value for ranking of 25-30
– 15 value for ranking of 31-37
– 14 value for ranking of 38-45
– 13 value for ranking of 46-54
– 12 value for ranking of 55-64
– 11 value for ranking of 65-75
– 10 value for ranking of 76-87
– 9 value for ranking of 88-100
– 8 value for ranking of 101-199
This is in line with the constant review of ranking methodology to refine ranking accuracy.

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 has been maintained every week since 2015, top 600 for 2011-2015 and since the inception through 2010 of the ranking for the top 500.