Kellett overtakes Booth as Scotland's

No 2 in R&A World Amateur Rankings

There are 16 Scots in the world's top 500 men's amateur golfers, according to the latest R&A WAGR list.
Only three are in the leading 100 - Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) who dropped two places this week to No 18; Ross Kellett (Colville Park) who went up 21 spots to No 71 and Wallace Booth (Comrie) who dropped 13 places to No 81.
Kellett, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, led for a spell in the St Andrews Links Trophy at the weekend.

Other Scots rankings:
173 Steven McEwan (Caprington) (-1).
229 Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) (+99).
234 Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) (-54).
245 Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) (+6).
336 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) (-28).
349 Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) (-26).
374 James Byrne (Banchory) (-82).
388 Philip McLean (Peterhead) (+1).
494 James White (Lundin) (-8).
413 Lewis Kirton (Newmachar) (-3).
423 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) (-123).
432 Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) (+16).
497 Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) (+34).

Alan Dunbar, the teenager from Rathmore, Northern Ireland, who won the St Andrews Links Trophy on Sunday, shot up 414 places to No. 148 on the strength of his unexpected victory.

The top five players in the R&A WAGR are:
1 Morgan Hoffman (US).
2 Matt Hill (Can).
3 Rickie Fowler (US).
4 Mike Van Sickle (US).
5 Jorge Campillo (Spa).
6 Nick Taylor (Can)

7 Nicol Van Wyk (SAf).

8 Stephan Gros (Ger).

9 Billy Horschel (US).

10 Cameron Tringale (US)

Leading English players in rankings:

14 Sam Hutsby.

16 Chris Paisley.

25 Tommy Fleetwood.

32 Luke Goddard.