Ranking as of August 29 of 2011

The Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking (SPWAR) is the most accurate ranking of amateurs in the history of golf and has been since its inception and will continue to be such at all times in the future.  The SPWAR is the only world or national ranking of amateurs recognized, officially or otherwise, by any major amateur tournament in the United States outside the USGA.  There are over 30 "national level" amateur tournaments in the USA that use the SPWAR officially and/or as the dominant factor for exemptions/invitations into their events. Additional SPWAR Facts:  - first world amateur ranking ever seriously contemplated (starting in early 2004)  - first world amateur ranking ever launched (January 12 of 2007)  - largest ranking of golfers, pro or amateur, ever created (more events covered ever)  - most timely updated ranking in golf history (ranking updated continuously)  - points are "aged" (eroded) in quarterly incriments  - ranking based on points awarded during last 730 days (pts reduced over 2 years) The SPWAR event weighting is "state of the art" and on the cutting edge verses any other ranking of golfers in the world, pro or amateur.  For any credible ranking of golfers at any level, event weighting is the absolute, irrefutable "bedrock" directly impacting individual player ranking more than any other variable.  Event weighting determines how many finish positions are assigned points and at what level.  For any golf tournament in the world, pro or amateur, event weighting in the SPWAR is "dynamic" in that it can ebb & flow annually based on any events field quality stats.  Event weighting in the SPWAR is based on:  - who is in the starting field of any event (yields field quality stats)  - how many scratch players started from the same tees  - how many rounds, stroke and/or match, for the event Field quality stats is the overwhelmingly dominant factor in determining event weighting.  It is based on how many top 500 world ranked amateurs are in any particular event as of the ranking just before the start of such event.  Furthermore, the value assigned to each player therein is "stratified" in that the higher a player is ranked, the more value such player is deemed to be for being in the field. The confidence level of the SPWAR's event weighting is such that a credible and accurate event ranking can be produced annually.  No other amateur event ranking ever attempted can even come close to the Scratch Players World Event Ranking.  Click below to view the most recent full year event ranking.

1 Patrick Cantlay CA USA 7396 2 Peter Uihlein FL USA 6286 3 Tom Lewis ENG 4980 4 Russell Henley GA USA 4557 5 Harris English GA USA 4387 6 Andy Sullivan ENG 4119 7 Patrick Rodgers IN USA 3869 8 Chris Williams ID USA 3505 9 John Peterson TX USA 3469 10 Jack Senior ENG 3388 11 Hideki Matsuyama JPN 3202 12 Kelly Kraft TX USA 3201 13 Blayne Barber FL USA 3151 14 Cheng-T Pan TPE 3016 15 Andrew  Yun AZ USA 2957 16 James White GA USA 2807 17 Jordan Spieth TX USA 2748 18 Ben Campbell NZL 2648 19 Scott Langley MO USA 2641 20 Matt Stieger NSW AUS 2633 21 Andrew Putnam WA USA 2617 22 Jordan Russell TX USA 2537 23 Yoshinori Fujimoto JPN 2533 24 Daan Huizing NED 2508 25 Michael Stewart SCO 2421 26 Ryan Fox NZL 2403 27 Bryden Macpherson VIC AUS 2340 28 Gregor Main CA USA 2308 29 Julien Brun FRA 2269 30 James Byrne SCO 2256 31 Zac Blair UT USA 2253 32 Gary Stal FRA 2248 33 Dylan Frittelli RSA 2225 34 Paul Cutler IRL 2192 35 Steven Brown ENG 2183 36 David Chung NC USA 2178 37 Luke Guthrie IL USA 2172 38 Bank Vongvanij FL USA 2140 39 Corbin Mills SC USA 2134 40 Bobby Wyatt AL USA 2103 41 Will Collins NC USA 2053 42 Edouard Espana FRA 2043 43 Albin Choi ON CAN 2028 44 Paul Haley TX USA 2011 45 Cameron Smith QLD AUS 1974 46 Jake Higginbottom NSW AUS 1952 47 Derek Ernst CA USA 1948 48 Stiggy Hodgson ENG 1902 49 Nathan Smith PA USA 1900 50 James White SCO 1880 51 Jonathan Randolph MS USA 1878 52 Jack Fields NC USA 1876 53 Ethan Tracy OH USA 1860 54 Cameron Peck WA USA 1839 55 Lee Bedford NC USA 1804 56 Brandon Stone RSA 1803 57 Cory Whitsett TX USA 1735 58 John Hahn OH USA 1714 59 Ben Kohles NC USA 1673 60 Max Homa CA USA 1656 61 Vince India IL USA 1655 62 Jeff Kang CA USA 1653 63 Robin Kind NED 1647 64 Antonio Hortal O ESP 1638 65 Tarquin MacManus QLD AUS 1626 66 Jace Long MO USA 1593 67 Thomas Pieters BEL 1592 68 Mackenzie Hughes ON CAN 1580 69 Ryan McCarthy TAS AUS 1567 70 Hunter Hamrick AL USA 1545 71 Richard Werenski MA USA 1542 72 Brett Drewitt NSW AUS 1527 73 Donald Constable MN USA 1488 74 David Law SCO 1459 75 Sébastien Gros FRA 1448 76 Eugene Wong BC CAN 1444 77 Daniel Miernicki CA USA 1438 78 Nate McCoy IA USA 1431 79 David Coupland ENG 1430 80 Haydn Porteous RSA 1422 81 Tim Hart QLD AUS 1416 82 Jeff Karlsson SWE 1411 83 Brooks Koepka FL USA 1410 84 Tim Madigan NM USA 1408 85 Chase Wright IN USA 1386 86 Manuel Trappel AUT 1381 87 Rhys Enoch WAL 1379 88 Evan Beck VA USA 1367 89 Kris Nicol SCO 1366 90 Jared Harvey RSA 1361 91 Beau Hossler CA USA 1360 92 Neil Raymond ENG 1351 93 Harold Varner NC USA 1345 94 Jason Millard TN USA 1344 95 Justin Thomas KY USA 1341 95 Darren Wright ENG 1341 97 Scott Harvey NC USA 1336 98 Alex Ching HI USA 1333 98 Greg Paterson SCO 1333 100 Stephan Jaeger GER 1317 101 Chien-Yao Hung TPE 1312 102 Kyle Scott RSA 1297 103 Kevin Phelan FL IRL 1287 104 Brad Benjamin IL USA 1285 105 Wesley Bryan SC USA 1272 106 Ben Loughrey ENG 1271 106 Mitch Sutton ON CAN 1271 108 Tim Jackson TN USA 1244 109 Alan Dunbar IRL 1242 109 Yosuke Asaji JPN 1242 111 Brinson Paolini VA USA 1238 112 Robert Karlsson SWE 1236 113 Garrett Rank ON CAN 1230 114 Daniel Bringolf NSW AUS 1220 115 John J Spaun CA USA 1217 116 Philip McLean SCO 1213 117 TJ Bordeaux WA USA 1211 118 Kevin Aylwin FL USA 1200 119 Franco J Romero ARG 1194 120 Ruan de Smidt RSA 1193 121 Garrick Porteous ENG 1185 122 Clément Sordet FRA 1169 123 Philipp Fendt AUT 1156 123 Ross Kellett SCO 1156 123 Rhys Pugh WAL 1156 126 Thomas Detry BEL 1146 127 Adrien Saddier FRA 1144 127 Graeme Robertson SCO 1144 129 Mitchell R Evanecz AB CAN 1134 130 Will McCurdy AL USA 1131 131 Benedict Staben GER 1129 132 Tapio Pulkkanen FIN 1124 133 Alastair Jones WAL 1123 134 Cyril Bouniol FRA 1122 135 Paul Shields SCO 1117 136 Alex Moore WA USA 1115 137 Ben Rusch SUI 1112 137 CJ du Plessis RSA 1112 139 Sebastian Cappelen DEN 1104 140 Randy Haag CA USA 1089 141 Matt Thompson MI USA 1084 142 Conrad Shindler TX USA 1083 143 Blake Biddle IL USA 1082 144 Anton Arboleda CA USA 1075 145 Oliver Farr WAL 1074 145 Graham van der Merwe RSA 1074 147 Craig Hinton ENG 1073 148 Riekus Nortje RSA 1070 149 Ben Stow ENG 1066 149 Chris Brant IL USA 1066 149 Bhavik Patel CA USA 1066 152 Pontus Widegren SWE 1063 153 Victor Perez FRA 1060 154 Alex Kang CA USA 1059 155 Anthony Paolucci CA USA 1057 155 Ignacio Elvira M ESP 1057 157 Philipp Westermann GER 1056 158 Jonathan Fly TN USA 1044 159 Thomas Elissalde FRA 1036 160 Skip Berkmeyer MO USA 1027 161 Michael Weaver CA USA 1025 162 Jason Shufflebotham WAL 1023 162 Jorge Fernandez V ARG 1023 164 Michael Hebert FL USA 1022 165 Cody Proveaux SC USA 1019 166 Chris Morris KY USA 985 167 Joakim Mikkelsen NOR 984 168 Carlos Pigem X ESP 982 169 Ken Looper LA USA 978 169 Cameron Wilson CT USA 978 171 Miro Veijalainen FIN 969 172 Mathew Perry NZL 963 173 Marcel Schneider GER 962 174 Johan de Beer RSA 959 175 Tao Huang TPE 957 176 Tain Lee CA USA 950 177 Andrew Vijarro OR USA 942 178 Cody Gribble TX USA 935 178 Jérome Lando C FRA 935 180 Si-woo Kim KOR 925 181 Nathan Holman VIC AUS 917 182 Lionel Weber FRA 915 182 Domenico Geminiani ITA 915 184 Marc Dobias SUI 910 185 Pedro Figueiredo POR 909 186 Steve Lim CA KOR 908 187 Oliver Schniederjans GA USA 907 188 Zhiqun Lam SIN 904 189 Richard (Sunil) Jung KOR 902 190 Seenappa Chikkarangappa IND 895 191 George Gandranata INA 894 192 Martin Trainer CA USA 893 193 Marty Jeppesen MI USA 892 194 Charlie Hughes BC CAN 884 195 Josh Loughrey ENG 880 196 Daniel Stapff BRA 878 196 Arnaud Abbas FRA 878 198 Nick Delio CA USA 877 199 Todd Baek KOR 876 200 Jordan Findlay SCO 870 201 David McDaniel AZ USA 867 202 Matt Hansen CA USA 865 203 Riley Pumphrey TX USA 862 203 Gregory Eason ENG 862 205 Abraham Ancer TX USA 861 205 Talor Gooch OK USA 861 207 Arthur Gabella W SUI 855 207 Ryan Peterson MN USA 855 209 Carlos Ortiz B MEX 854 210 Mike McCoy IA USA 852 211 Rafael Becker BRA 847 212 Olivier Rozner FRA 846 212 Toni Hakula FIN 846 214 Denny McCarthy MD USA 845 215 Steve Liebler SC USA 843 216 Michael Miller NY USA 838 216 Kristoffer Ventura NOR 838 218 Scott Travers CA USA 834 219 Michael Kim CA USA 833 219 Alex Carpenter AR USA 833 221 Olafur Bjorn Loftsson ISL 832 222 Anders Albertson GA USA 831 223 Hunter Sparks OK USA 828 223 Sam An NZL 828 225 Dermot McElroy IRL 818 226 Jon Rahm R ESP 813 226 Cory Renfrew BC CAN 813 228 Matthew Smith ACT AUS 806 229 Matt Nagy GA USA 804 230 JH (Eric) Chun KOR 803 231 Kevin Penner WA USA 802 232 Kevin Marsh NV USA 800 233 Rodolfo Cazaubon MEX 795 234 Chip Lutz PA USA 792 234 Juan Cerda P CHL 792 236 Barrett Kelpin MI USA 778 236 Scott Shingler VA USA 778 236 Rowin Caron NED 778 236 Brett Patterson TN USA 778 240 Nick MacDonald NH USA 773 241 Nathan Sutherland PA USA 771 241 John Catlin CA USA 771 241 David Erdy IN USA 771 244 Scott W Fernandez S ESP 770 244 Bill Zylstra MI USA 770 246 Tim Gornik SVN 769 247 Todd Sinnott VIC AUS 767 247 David Lipsky CA USA 767 247 Jake Katz NY USA 767 250 Jerome Ng SIN 760 250 Taylor Travis CA USA 760 252 Khalin Joshi IND 757 253 Alex SY Kim CA USA 755 254 Ashley Chesters ENG 752 255 Sean Knapp PA USA 751 256 Justin Lower OH USA 749 256 Paul Lockwood ENG 749 256 Max Rottluff GER 749 259 Tyler McCumber FL USA 742 259 Jack Dukeminier OR USA 742 261 Paul Simson NC USA 738 262 Adam Hofmann PA USA 736 262 Curtis Thompson FL USA 736 264 Abhijit S Chadha IND 734 265 Kasper K Estrup DEN 733 266 Daniel Nisbet QLD AUS 726 266 Bobby Leopold RI USA 726 268 Jacob Burger SC USA 725 269 Julian Suri FL USA 724 270 Chi-Hsien Hsieh TPE 722 271 Julio Vegas VEN 720 271 Chang-woo Lee KOR 720 273 Sebastian MacLean BOL 719 274 Xavi Puig G ESP 715 275 Jason Timmis ENG 714 276 Shun Yat Hak HK CHN 713 276 Brandon Hagy CA USA 713 278 Kyle Souza CA USA 706 279 Andrew Hogan IRL 705 280 Mattia Miloro ITA 704 280 Todd White SC USA 704 282 Peter Latimer SCO 703 283 Marcos Pastor R ESP 701 284 Martin Kim ARG 696 285 Josh Anderson CA USA 692 286 Ryan Heisey NC USA 689 287 Zahkai Brown CO USA 688 288 Lukas Nemecz AUT 687 289 Brad Smith IN USA 682 289 Jacobo Pastor L ESP 682 291 Juan F Sarasti B ESP 676 292 Fraser McKenna SCO 675 293 Andrea Bolognesi ITA 674 293 Cory McElyea CA USA 674 295 Sean Einhaus GER 673 296 Tom Werkmeister MI USA 672 296 Antoine Schwartz FRA 672 298 Daniel Hammond RSA 668 298 Rory Bourke VIC AUS 668 300 James Frazer WAL 666 301 Gavin K Green MAS 665 302 Katsuyuki Sakurai JPN 663 303 Joshua Munn NZL 662 304 Henry Smart ENG 658 305 Niccolo Quintarelli ITA 655 306 Dominic Bozzelli NY USA 652 307 Lorens Chan HI USA 651 308 Clement Berardo FRA 649 309 Matt Wallace ENG 648 309 Thomas Sorensen DEN 648 311 Scott Crichton SCO 647 312 Paul McConnell TX USA 646 313 Alex Moon TX USA 644 314 Thomas Le Flohic FRA 642 315 Tim Hogarth CA USA 639 315 TJ Vogel FL USA 639 317 Dylan Boshart NED 637 317 Brad Moules SA AUS 637 317 Billy Kennerly GA USA 637 320 Joey Garber MI USA 636 321 Andrew Noto LA USA 632 321 Todd Burgan TN USA 632 321 Stephen Carney OK USA 632 321 Gavin Hall NY USA 632 325 David Watkins NC USA 627 326 Kevin Turlan FRA 625 326 Andrew Perez CA USA 625 326 Anthony Murdaca SA AUS 625 329 Nicholas Reach PA USA 623 329 Tuomas Salminen FIN 623 331 Tyler Weworski CA USA 622 331 Kevin Wentworth CA USA 622 333 Jack Hiluta ENG 621 333 Zack Fischer TX USA 621 333 Soo-min Lee KOR 621 336 John Kemp ENG 620 337 Mathieu Decottignies-L FRA 618 338 Masamichi Ito JPN 614 339 Bruce Woodall NC USA 613 339 Niclas Carlsson SWE 613 341 Vaughan McCall NZL 610 342 Austin Cook AR USA 609 342 Sean Dale FL USA 609 344 Moritz Lampert GER 607 344 Hunter Hawkins AL USA 607 346 Mads Sogaard DEN 605 346 Lincoln Tighe NSW AUS 605 348 Brian Soutar SCO 604 349 Seth Reeves GA USA 603 350 Gonzalo M Pinto POR 601 351 Max Buckley NY USA 600 352 Richard O'Donovan IRL 598 353 Todd Adcock ENG 594 354 Garland Green VA USA 593 354 Nicolas D'Incau SUI 593 356 Yaroslav Merkulov NY USA 592 357 Albert Eckhardt FIN 591 358 Chieh-Po Lee TPE 590 359 Peter Baunsoe DEN 589 360 Crawford Reeves SC USA 588 361 Filippo Bergamaschi ITA 585 361 Luke Jerling RSA 585 363 Franck Daux FRA 584 364 TJ Howe PA USA 582 365 Steven Fox TN USA 580 366 Dan Whitaker WA USA 576 367 Paul Peterson OR USA 573 368 Pat Murray IRL 572 368 Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen NOR 572 370 Paul Kinnear ENG 571 371 Joe David TN USA 568 372 Will Griffin TX USA 567 372 Payne McLeod NC USA 567 374 Kyle Kopsick IL USA 565 375 Bryson Dechambeau CA USA 564 375 Nicolás Echavarria B COL 564 377 Scott Gibson SCO 563 377 Matias Dominguez CHL 563 377 Scott Hardy CA USA 563 380 Mark Hubbard CO USA 562 381 Hao-sheng Hsu TPE 561 382 Alex Edfort NJ USA 560 383 Austin Reeves SC USA 558 383 Joseph Saladino NY USA 558 385 Mark Hoffman ON CAN 555 386 Corey Conners ON CAN 554 386 Taylor Floyd GA USA 554 388 Andrew Cooley ENG 553 388 Brady Watt WA AUS 553 390 Michael Johnson AL USA 552 391 Keelan Kilpatrick NZL 551 392 Brant Peaper FL USA 550 393 Sabastian Kannler GER 549 394 Niklas N Moller DEN 547 395 Geoff Drakeford VIC AUS 546 395 Stuart Ballingall ENG 546 397 Sang Yi TX USA 545 397 Jean-Pierre Verselin FRA 545 399 Bradley Kendall NZL 544 400 Jobim Carlos PHI 543 401 Andrew Mason PA USA 542 402 Wilson Bateman AB CAN 541 403 Allyn Dick SCO 539 404 Josh White ENG 538 404 Andrea Gurini SUI 538 406 Morten Schou DEN 537 407 Coenie Bester RSA 535 407 Sam Smith CA USA 535 409 Darren Renwick ENG 534 410 Danny Young SCO 532 411 Felipe Navarro BRA 531 411 Max Orrin ENG 531 413 John Garrick CA USA 530 414 Jeffrey Hopkins IRL 529 415 Marika Batibasaga QLD AUS 527 416 Jose M Joia G POR 526 417 Victor Flatau SWE 524 417 Oliver Mena R ESP 524 419 Hendre Celliers RSA 523 420 Ryan Peake WA AUS 520 421 Ben Taylor ENG 519 421 Adam Ball VA USA 519 423 Grant Rappleye CA USA 518 424 Michael Bernard OH USA 517 425 Gregory R Foo SIN 516 426 Ben Westgate WAL 514 427 Justin (Yung-gu) Shin BC CAN 511 427 Tyler Raber CA USA 511 429 Danny Keddie ENG 510 429 Preston Dembowiak NC USA 510 429 Seb Crookall-Nixon ENG 510 432 David Noll GA USA 509 433 Adria Arnaus A ESP 506 434 Ryan Dreyer RSA 504 435 Todd Mitchell IL USA 498 436 McCuen Elmore SC USA 497 436 Peter Williamson NH USA 497 436 George Thacker ENG 497 439 Callum Shinkwin ENG 496 439 Zachary Primavera FL USA 496 439 Patrick Christovich LA USA 496 442 Emilio Cuartero B ESP 494 443 Ryan Sirman TX USA 492 444 Jack Bartlett ENG 490 445 Daniel Pearce NZL 489 446 Kevin Miller OH USA 488 446 Brice Chanfreau FRA 488 448 Joel Stalter FRA 487 449 Sam Robertshawe ENG 486 450 Koki Furuta JPN 485 450 Marcelo Rozo R COL 485 452 Fernand Osther NED 484 453 Fraser Wilkin NZL 483 454 Nicky Grant IRL 482 454 Tommy McDonagh CT USA 482 456 Kyle Grant NSW AUS 481 456 David Fink HI USA 481 458 Korey Ward OH USA 480 459 Léo Lespinasse FRA 478 459 Scott Vincent ZIM 478 461 Michael Barbosa FL USA 477 462 Jordan Niebrugge WI USA 476 462 Colin Featherstone CA USA 476 464 Phillip Ridden ENG 475 464 Steve Irwin CO USA 475 464 Paul Dunne IRL 475 467 Amory Davis PA USA 473 468 Bo Andrews NC USA 472 469 Adam Svensson BC CAN 471 469 Jae-hyeok Lee KOR 471 471 Connor Black TX USA 470 471 Michael (Mikey) Moyers VA USA 470 471 Jonathan Hurst ENG 470 474 Michael Dennis WA AUS 467 474 Scott Scheffler TX USA 467 476 Marshall Bailey VA USA 465 477 Daniel McGraw QLD AUS 462 477 Jarred Bossio WA USA 462 477 Drew Page NC USA 462 480 Oscar Stark OK USA 461 480 Patrick Spraggs ENG 461 480 David Booth ENG 461 483 Roger Newsom VA USA 460 483 Michael Cress OH USA 460 483 Jon Olson IA USA 460 486 Ricardo Gouveia POR 459 487 Landyn Edwards NZL 456 488 Ben Geyer CA USA 455 489 Nick Sherwood OR USA 454 489 Zander Lombard RSA 454 489 Danny Lewis OH USA 454 492 Manav Shah CA USA 451 493 Sam Claridge ENG 450 493 Dimi Papadatos NSW AUS 450 493 Sang-yeop Lee KOR 450 493 Victor Doka SUI 450 497 Pieter Moolman RSA 448 497 Smylie Kaufman AL USA 448 497 Nicolas Thommen SUI 448 500 Brad Valois RI USA 447 500 Francesco Laporta ITA 447