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 650 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.
Some notable tournaments on this list include: The Amateur Championship, U.S. Amateur Championship, and the European Amateur.
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] Chronology of World Number Ones
| Player | Country | First Week | Last Week | Weeks | Total Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Ramsay |  Scotland |
23 Jan 2007 | 30 Jan 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| Rory McIlroy |  Northern Ireland |
6 Feb 2007 | 6 Feb 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Moul |  England |
13 Feb 2007 | 30 May 2007 | 17 | 17 |
| Jamie Lovemark |  United States |
6 Jun 2007 | 6 Jun 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Moul | England |
13 Jun 2007 | 13 Jun 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| Jamie Lovemark | United States |
20 Jun 2007 | 3 Aug 2007 | 7 | 8 |
| Rickie Fowler | United States |
7 Aug 2007 | 21 Aug 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| Colt Knost | United States |
29 Aug 2007 | 24 Sep 2007 | 5 | 5 |
| Rickie Fowler | United States |
5 Oct 2007 | 27 Feb 2008 | 22 | 25 |
| Daniel Willett | England |
5 Mar 2008 | 21 May 2008 | 12 | 12 |
| Rickie Fowler | United States |
28 May 2008 | 11 Jun 2008 | 3 | 28 |
