THREE SCOTS IN TOP 50 OF
R&A WORLD RANKINGS
This week's top 50 R&A world men's amateur golf rankings include three Scots - Richie Ramsay (Royal Aberdeen), the former No 1 and now No 3, Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) in No 31 position and Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) in the 42nd position.

One of the most significant changes in the make-up of the upper echelon of the rankings is that more and more American college players are making their presence felt. There are now four in the top 10, whereas a few months ago there were none.

The list then was top-weighted with British and Irish players but the balance of power is swinging the Americans' way, which is possibly a more accurate reflection of where the world's leading male amateur players are based.

Top 50 are:

1 Jamie Moul ENG 1171.05.
2 Rory McIlroy IRE 1154.00.
3 Richie Ramsay SCO 1119.44.
4 Jamie Lovemark US 1050.00.
5 Rhys Davies WAL 1049.18.
6 Billy Horschel US 1047.17.
7 Pablo Martin SPA 1041.07.
8 Gary Wolstenholme ENG 1021.82.
9 Jonathan Moore US 1009.68.
10 Kyle Stanley US 1000.00.
11 Webb Simpson US 991.53.
12 Bronson LaCassie AUS 990.32.
13 Chris Kirk US 970.37.
14 John Parry ENG 965.71.
15 Niklas Lemke SWE 957.58.
16 Seve Benson ENG 946.34.
17 Julien Guerrier FRA 944.19.
18 Dustin Johnson US 940.62.
19 Tim Stewart AUS 932.10.
20 Johan Carlsson SWE 930.30.
21 Gary Woodland US 926.67.
22 Stephen Lewton ENG 908.00.
23 Rob Grube US 907.14.
24 Louis de Jager SAf 904.26.
25 David Horsey ENG 901.96.
26 Nigel Edwards WAL 897.56.
27 Bjorn Akesson SWE 893.94.
28 Ryan Yip CAN 891.89.
29 Cameron Tringale US 888.00.
30 Kevin Chappell US 881.82.
Other GB&I players in top 50:
31 Lloyd Saltman SCO 879.59.
42 Paul O'Hara SCO 854.55.
48 Gary Boyd ENG 837.50