- Chronology of Men's World Number Ones
- Chronology of Women's World Number Ones
- Elite events Men Women
- References
- External links
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 {{Age in years, months and days|1989|5|4|2007|2|6}} when he became the No. 1 amateur and {{Age in years, months and days|1989|5|4|2012|3|4}} when he first became the world No. 1 professional. Lydia Ko was the second to accomplish this feat, she was only {{Age in years, months and days|1997|4|24|2011|4|27}} and held the ranking for a record 130 consecutive weeks, and she was a mere {{Age in years, months and days|1997|4|24|2015|2|2}} when she first reached the pinnacle of the Rolex Rankings. Jordan Spieth was the most recent person to accomplish this feat, he was {{Age in years, months and days|1993|7|27|2012|6|20}} when he topped the amateur rankings and {{Age in years, months and days|1993|7|27|2015|8|16}} when he reached No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Chronology of Men's World Number Ones| # | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks | | {{sort|01|1}} | Richie|Ramsay}} | {{SCO}} | 23 Jan 2007}} | 30 Jan 2007}} | 2 | 2 | | {{sort|02|2}} | Rory|McIlroy}} | {{NIR}} | 6 Feb 2007}} | 6 Feb 2007}} | 1 | 1 | | {{sort|03|3}} | Jamie|Moul}} | {{ENG}} | 13 Feb 2007}} | 30 May 2007}} | 17 | – | | {{sort|04|4}} | Jamie|Lovemark}} | {{USA}} | 6 Jun 2007}} | 6 Jun 2007}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|03|}} | Jamie|Moul}} (2) | {{ENG}} | 13 Jun 2007}} | 13 Jun 2007}} | 1 | 18 | | {{sort|04|}} | Jamie|Lovemark}} (2) | {{USA}} | 20 Jun 2007}} | 3 Aug 2007}} | 7 | 8 | | {{sort|05|5}} | Rickie|Fowler}} | {{USA}} | 7 Aug 2007}} | 21 Aug 2007}} | 3 | – | | {{sort|06|6}} | Colt|Knost}} | {{USA}} | 29 Aug 2007}} | 24 Sep 2007}} | 5 | 5 | | {{sort|05|}} | Rickie|Fowler}} (2) | {{USA}} | 5 Oct 2007}} | 27 Feb 2008}} | 22 | – | | {{sort|07|7}} | Danny|Willett}} | {{ENG}} | 5 Mar 2008}} | 21 May 2008}} | 12 | 12 | | {{sort|05|}} | Rickie|Fowler}} (3) | {{USA}} | 28 May 2008}} | 25 Jun 2008}} | 5 | – | | {{sort|08|8}} | Michael|Thompson|dab=golfer}} | {{USA}} | 2 Jul 2008}} | 2 Jul 2008}} | 1 | 1 | | {{sort|05|}} | Rickie|Fowler}} (4) | {{USA}} | 9 Jul 2008}} | 13 Aug 2008}} | 6 | 36 | | {{sort|09|9}} | Danny|Lee|dab=golfer}} | {{NZL}} | 20 Aug 2008}} | 15 Apr 2009}} | 34 | 34 | | {{sort|10|10}} | Scott|Arnold|dab=golfer}} | {{AUS}} | 23 Apr 2009}} | 20 May 2009}} | 5 | 5 | | {{sort|11|11}} | Morgan|Hoffmann}} | {{USA}} | 27 May 2009}} | 10 Jun 2009}} | 2 | 2 | | {{sort|12|12}} | Nick|Taylor|dab=golfer}} | {{CAN}} | 17 Jun 2009}} | 28 Oct 2009}} | 20 | 20 | | {{sort|13|13}} | Victor|Dubuisson}} | {{FRA}} | 4 Nov 2009}} | 23 Dec 2009}} | 8 | 8 | | {{sort|14|14}} | Matteo|Manassero}} | {{ITA}} | 30 Dec 2009}} | 28 Apr 2010}} | 18 | 18 | | {{sort|15|15}} | Peter|Uihlein}} | {{USA}} | 5 May 2010}} | 16 Jun 2010}} | 7 | – | | {{sort|16|16}} | Jin|Jeong}} | {{KOR}} | 23 Jun 2010}} | 30 Jun 2010}} | 2 | – | | {{sort|15|}} | Peter|Uihlein}} (2) | {{USA}} | 7 Jul 2010}} | 21 Jul 2010}} | 3 | – | | {{sort|16|}} | Jin|Jeong}} (2) | {{KOR}} | 28 Jul 2010}} | 11 Aug 2010}} | 3 | 5 | | {{sort|15|}} | Peter|Uihlein}} (3) | {{USA}} | 18 Aug 2010}} | 22 Dec 2010}} | 19 | – | | {{sort|17|17}} | David|Chung|dab=golfer}} | {{USA}} | 29 Dec 2010}} | 5 Jan 2011}} | 2 | 2 | | {{sort|15|}} | Peter|Uihlein}} (4) | {{USA}} | 12 Jan 2011}} | 16 Mar 2011}} | 10 | – | | {{sort|18|18}} | Patrick|Cantlay}} | {{USA}} | 23 Mar 2011}} | 23 Mar 2011}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|15|}} | Peter|Uihlein}} (5) | {{USA}} | 30 Mar 2011}} | 1 Jun 2011}} | 10 | 49 | | {{sort|18|}} | Patrick|Cantlay}} (2) | {{USA}} | 8 Jun 2011}} | 13 Jun 2012}} | 54 | 55 | | {{sort|19|19}} | Jordan|Spieth}} | {{USA}} | 20 Jun 2012}} | 18 Jul 2012}} | 5 | 5 | | {{sort|20|20}} | Chris|Williams|dab=American golfer}} | {{USA}} | 25 Jul 2012}} | 25 Jul 2012}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|21|21}} | Hideki|Matsuyama}} | {{JPN}} | 1 Aug 2012}} | 1 Aug 2012}} | 1 | 1 | | {{sort|20|}} | Chris|Williams|dab=American golfer}} (2) | {{USA}} | 8 Aug 2012}} | 12 Jun 2013}} | 45 | 46 | | {{sort|22|22}} | Brady|Watt}} | {{AUS}} | 19 Jun 2013}} | 19 Jun 2013}} | 1 | 1 | | {{sort|23|23}} | Pan|Cheng-tsung | Pan, Cheng-tsung} | {{TWN}} | 26 Jun 2013}} | 14 Aug 2013}} | 8 | 8 | | {{sort|24|24}} | Matthew|Fitzpatrick}} | {{ENG}} | 21 Aug 2013}} | 16 Oct 2013}} | 9 | – | | {{sort|25|25}} | Cory|Whitsett}} | {{USA}} | 23 Oct 2013}} | 27 Nov 2013}} | 6 | 6 | | {{sort|24|}} | Matthew|Fitzpatrick}} (2) | {{ENG}} | 4 Dec 2013}} | 19 Feb 2014}} | 12 | 21 | | {{sort|26|26}} | Patrick|Rodgers}} | {{USA}} | 26 Feb 2014}} | 11 Jun 2014}} | 16 | 16 | | {{sort|27|27}} | Ollie|Schniederjans}} | {{USA}} | 18 Jun 2014}} | 25 Mar 2015}} | 41 | 41 | | {{sort|28|28}} | Jon|Rahm}} | {{ESP}} | 1 Apr 2015}} | 16 Sep 2015}} | 25 | – | | {{sort|29|29}} | Maverick|McNealy}} | {{USA}} | 23 Sep 2015}} | 21 Oct 2015}} | 5 | – | | {{sort|28|}} | Jon|Rahm}} (2) | {{ESP}} | 28 Oct 2015}} | 22 Jun 2016}} | 35 | 60^ | | {{sort|29|}} | Maverick|McNealy}} (2) | {{USA}} | 29 Jun 2016}} | 8 Mar 2017}} | 37 | – | | {{sort|30|30}} | Curtis|Luck}} | {{AUS}} | 15 Mar 2017}} | 15 Mar 2017}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|29|}} | Maverick|McNealy}} (3) | {{USA}} | 22 Mar 2017}} | 22 Mar 2017}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|30|}} | Curtis|Luck}} (2) | {{AUS}} | 29 Mar 2017}} | 12 Apr 2017}} | 3 | 4 | | {{sort|29|}} | Maverick|McNealy}} (4) | {{USA}} | 19 Apr 2017}} | 10 May 2017}} | 4 | 47 | | {{sort|31|31}} | Joaquín|Niemann}} | {{CHL}} | 17 May 2017}} | 11 Apr 2018}} | 48 | 48 | | {{sort|32|32}} | Braden|Thornberry}} | {{USA}} | 18 Apr 2018}} | 25 Apr 2018}} | 2 | – | | {{sort|33|33}} | Collin|Morikawa}} | {{USA}} | 2 May 2018}} | 16 May 2018}} | 3 | 3 | | {{sort|34|34}} | Doug|Ghim}} | {{USA}} | 23 May 2018}} | 20 Jun 2018}} | 5 | 5 | | {{sort|32|}} | Braden|Thornberry}} (2) | {{USA}} | 27 Jun 2018}} | 10 Oct 2018}} | 16 | 18 | | {{sort|35|35}} | Justin|Suh}} | {{USA}} | 17 Oct 2018}} | 27 Mar 2019}} | 24 | 24 |
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Chronology of Women's World Number Ones| # | Player | Country | First week | Last week | Weeks | Total weeks | | {{sort|01|1}} | Mitsuki|Katahira}} | {{JPN}} | 16 Feb 2011}} | 2 Mar 2011}} | 3 | – | | {{sort|02|2}} | Cecilia|Cho|Cho Jeong-min}} | {{NZL}} | 9 Mar 2011}} | 9 Mar 2011}} | 1 | 1 | | {{sort|01|}} | Mitsuki|Katahira}} (2) | {{JPN}} | 16 Mar 2011}} | 20 Apr 2011}} | 6 | 9 | | {{sort|03|3}} | Lydia|Ko}} | {{NZL}} | 27 Apr 2011}} | 16 Oct 2013}} | 130 | 130 | | {{sort|04|4}} | Su-Hyun|Oh}} | {{AUS}} | 23 Oct 2013}} | 23 Oct 2013}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|05|5}} | Alison|Lee}} | {{USA}} | 30 Oct 2013}} | 20 Nov 2013}} | 4 | – | | {{sort|04|}} | Su-Hyun|Oh}} (2) | {{AUS}} | 27 Nov 2013}} | 27 Nov 2013}} | 1 | 2 | | {{sort|05|}} | Alison|Lee}} (2) | {{USA}} | 4 Dec 2013}} | 19 Feb 2014}} | 12 | 16 | | {{sort|06|6}} | Minjee|Lee}} | {{AUS}} | 26 Feb 2014}} | 3 Sep 2014}} | 28 | 28 | | {{sort|07|7}} | Brooke|Henderson}} | {{CAN}} | 10 Sep 2014}} | 17 Dec 2014}} | {{sort|015|15}} | 15 | | {{sort|08|8}} | Céline|Boutier}} | {{FRA}} | 24 Dec 2014}} | 1 Apr 2015}} | 15 | 15 | | {{sort|09|9}} | Andrea|Lee|dab=golfer}} | {{USA}} | 8 Apr 2015}} | 6 May 2015}} | 5 | 5 | | {{sort|10|10}} | Leona|Maguire}} | {{IRL}} | 13 May 2015}} | 4 May 2016}} | 52 | – | | {{sort|11|11}} | Hannah|O'Sullivan}} | {{USA}} | 11 May 2016}} | 27 Jul 2016}} | 12 | 12 | | {{sort|10|}} | Leona|Maguire}} (2) | {{IRL}} | 3 Aug 2016}} | 28 Feb 2018}} | 83 | 135^ | | {{sort|12|12}} | Lilia Kha-Tu|Vu}} | {{USA}} | 7 Mar 2018}} | 4 Jul 2018}} | 18 | – | | {{sort|13|13}} | Jennifer|Kupcho}} | {{USA}} | 11 Jul 2018}} | 25 Jul 2018}} | 3 | – | | {{sort|12|}} | Lilia Kha-Tu|Vu}} (2) | {{USA}} | 1 Aug 2018}} | 1 Aug 2018}} | 1 | – | | {{sort|13|}} | Jennifer|Kupcho}} (2) | {{USA}} | 8 Aug 2018}} | 24 Oct 2018}} | 12 | 15 | | {{sort|12|}} | Lilia Kha-Tu|Vu}} (3) | {{USA}} | 31 Oct 2018}} | 16 Jan 2019}} | 12 | 31 | | {{sort|13|}} | Jennifer|Kupcho}} (3) | {{USA}} | 23 Jan 2019}} | 27 Mar 2019}} | 10 | 25 |
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Elite eventsEvents are ranked in eight categories: Elite, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The Elite events are listed below. Men- 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- NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
- British Ladies Amateur
- European Ladies Amateur Championship
- U.S. Women's Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy
References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.wagr.com/en/News/2016/February/Notice%20Regarding%202016%20Amendments.aspx |title=Notice Regarding 2016 Amendments |publisher=WAGR |accessdate=8 February 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2011/February/R-A,-USGA-Commence-WAGR-Partnership/ |title=R&A, USGA Commence World Amateur Golf Ranking Partnership |publisher=USGA |date=5 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304082710/http://www.usga.org/news/2011/February/R-A,-USGA-Commence-WAGR-Partnership/ |archivedate=4 March 2011}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.randa.org/en/WAGR/News/News-Archive/2011/January/The-RA-to-launch-Womens-World-Amateur-Golf-Ranking.aspx |title=The R&A to launch Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking |publisher=R&A |date=31 January 2011 |accessdate=6 July 2012}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.randa.org/en/WAGR/News/News-Archive/2011/February/Week-7-2011.aspx |title=Harvey breaks Law, while Boineau wins at home |publisher=R&A |date=16 February 2011 |accessdate=6 July 2012}}
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