Weekly Top-10 Rankings Powered By RBC
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- Published: 2017-08-18
MEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10
The Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at The Toronto Golf Club dominates this week’s Top-10 rankings.
No. 3 Josh Whalen picks up 33 places in the world ranking after finishing third at the Canadian Amateur, taking low-Canadian honours at the tournament.
Despite missing the cut at the Canadian Amateur, Chris Crisologo picks up 21 places in the world rankings and moves up to No. 5 in Canada, surpassing fellow B.C. golfer and collegiate rival Lawren Rowe, who finished tied for 37th at the event.
Matt Williams gained 81 spots in the world rankings following his tie for eighth at the Canadian Amateur to move past Austin James into the No. 7 spot in the Canadian rankings.
James gained 32 places in the world rankings after finishing tied for 37th at the Canadian Amateur.
Making his Top-10 debut is Calgary’s Emmett Oh. The University of Houston graduate jumped 62 places in the world rankings to take over the No. 10 spot in the Canadian rankings after finishing tied for 22nd at the Canadian Amateur.
Outside the Top-10, Henry Lee gained 130 spots in the world rankings and climbed up from No. 17 to No. 12 in Canada as a result of finishing tied for 22nd at the Canadian Amateur.
Also making their top-20 debut is Johnny Travale, who climbed 133 spots to take over the No. 19 spot in the Canadian rankings after he finished 34th at the Canadian Amateur.
Biggest move: Kyle Chung gained 826 spots in the world ranking after finishing runner-up at the AJGA Under Armour Canadian Championship. Chung tied for second following a four-hole playoff, recording his second straight top-5 finish at the event after finishing tied for fifth last year.
| HOMETOWN | SCHOOL | WR | + / – | ||
| 1. | Garrett Rank | Elmira, ON | – | 78 | -12 |
| 2. | Hugo Bernard | Mont St-Hilaire, QC | Univ. of Montreal | 105 | -5 |
| 3. | Josh Whalen | Napanee, ON | Kent State | 225 | +33 |
| 4. | Joey Savoie | St-Jean, QC | Middle Tennessee | 280 | -18 |
| 5. | Chris Crisologo | Richmond, B.C. | Simon Fraser Univ. | 346 | +21 |
| 6. | Lawren Rowe | Victoria, BC | Univ. of Victoria | 375 | -13 |
| 7. | Matt Williams | Calgary, AB | Houston | 413 | +81 |
| 8. | Austin James | Bath, ON | Charleston Southern | 446 | +32 |
| 9. | Charles Corner | Cayuga, ON | UTEP | 488 | +18 |
| 10. | Emmett Oh | Calgary, AB | Houston | 518 | +62 |
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
WOMEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10
Significant movement at the bottom end of the Top-10 standings. Selena Costabile made the biggest move of the week, climbing 61 places in the world rankings to move up from No. 12 to No. 9 in Canada.
Monet Chun rejoins the Top-10, picking up 12 places to move from No. 13 to No. 10. The Team Canada Development Squad member was part of the bronze medal winning women’s team at the Canada Summer Games. Chun herself finished fourth in the individual standings.
Biggest Move: Emily Zhu gained 251 spots in the world rankings after the Richmond Hill golfer finished tied for third at the AJGA Under Armour Canadian Championship. That result comes on the heels of her tie for fourth the previous week at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship.
| HOMETOWN | SCHOOL | WR | + / – | ||
| 1. | Maddie Szeryk | Allen, TX | Texas A&M | 27 | – |
| 2. | Naomi Ko | Victoria, BC | NC State | 135 | -40 |
| 3. | Jaclyn Lee | Calgary, AB | Ohio State | 149 | -6 |
| 4. | Vanessa Ha | Montreal, QC | San Francisco | 178 | -10 |
| 5. | Jisoo Keel | Coquitlam, BC | Stanford | 268 | – |
| 6. | Jessica Ip | Richmond Hill, ON | Iowa | 309 | – |
| 7. | Grace St-Germain | Ottawa | Daytona St. | 379 | -47 |
| 8. | Michelle Kim | Surrey, BC | Idaho | 394 | +6 |
| 9. | Selena Costabile | Thornhill, ON | – | 402 | +61 |
| 10. | Monet Chun | Richmond Hill, ON | (Team Canada) | 429 | +12 |
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
MEN’S TOP 10
Benjamin Silverman vaults into the Top-10 following his first career win on the Web.com Tour at the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Silverman had five birdies and no bogeys in his final round but none was more important than the final one on the 18th hole to avoid a playoff and secure the win. The victory was worth 14 world ranking points and enabled the Thornhill, Ont. golfer to climb 453 spots up to No. 7 in the Canadian rankings. More importantly, he now sits 16th on the Tour’s money list, putting him in solid position to earn his PGA Tour card for next season.
Graham DeLaet reclaimed the No. 2 ranking in Canada following his solid performance at the final major of the golf season. DeLaet mustered a tie for seventh at the PGA Championship after entering the final round just five shots off the lead. The result was good for 17 world ranking points, his best points-paying finish since a tie for fifth at the Valspar Championship in 2016. DeLaet’s fifth top-10 result of the season helped him climb 26 places to move back into the top 100 in the world ranking for the first time since July 2015.
Honourable mention this week goes to Wes Heffernan, who rejoins the Canadian world rankings following his runner-up result at the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada ATB Financial Classic. Playing on a sponsors exemption, it was his first result of 2017 and comes almost a year to the day he missed the cut at this same event in 2016.
Other notable results: No. 1 Adam Hadwin and No. 3 Mackenzie Hughes both missed the cut at PGA Championship; No. 10 Corey Conners finished tied for 54th at Web.com Tour Price Cutter Charity Championship;
| HOMETOWN | TOUR | WR | + / – | ||
| 1. | Adam Hadwin | Abbotsford, BC | PGA | 49 | -1 |
| 2. | Graham DeLaet | Weyburn, SK | PGA | 91 | +26 |
| 3. | Mackenzie Hughes | Dundas, ON | PGA | 113 | -1 |
| 4. | Nick Taylor | Abbotsford, BC | PGA | 195 | +1 |
| 5. | David Hearn | Brantford, ON | PGA | 205 | -1 |
| 6. | Austin Connelly | Irving, TX | EUR | 356 | -1 |
| 7. | Benjamin Silverman | Thornhill, ON | WEB | 361 | +453 |
| 8. | Roger Sloan | Merritt, BC | WEB | 466 | +2 |
| 9. | Brad Fritsch | Manotick, ON | PGA | 574 | -5 |
| 10. | Corey Conners | Listowel, ON | WEB | 613 | -11 |
Click here for Men’s Official World Golf Rankings.
WOMEN’S TOP 10
Brooke Henderson gained two places in the world rankings and moves back into the top-10 in the world. Henderson, who is preparing for the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open later this month, has been ranked in the top-10 in the world in six of the last seven weeks.
Augusta James made the biggest move of the week, picking up five places in the world ranking.
| HOMETOWN | TOUR | WR | + / – | ||
| 1. | Brooke Henderson | Smiths Falls, ON | LPGA | 10 | +2 |
| 2. | Alena Sharp | Hamilton, ON | LPGA | 82 | – |
| 3. | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | Sherbrooke, QC | LPGA | 222 | +2 |
| 4. | Anne-Catherine Tanguay | Quebec City, QC | SYMT | 346 | -1 |
| 5. | Brittany Marchand | Orangeville, ON | SYMT | 407 | – |
| 6. | Augusta James | Bath, ON | SYMT | 453 | +5 |
| 7. | Samantha Richdale | Kelowna, BC | SYMT | 536 | – |
| 8. | Jessica Wallace | Langley, BC | – | 636 | -9 |
| 9. | Jennifer Ha | Calgary, AB | LPGA | 676 | +2 |
| 10. | Elizabeth Tong | Thornhill, ON | SYMT | 760 | -2 |
Click here for full Women’s Rolex World Rankings.