Hazlehead's David Law in action during the 38-hole final of the Allied Surveyor Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon on Saturday (Cal Carson Golf Agency image; click on it to enlarge).

New champion Law leaps 252 places

to No 371 in R&A World Rankings

New Scottish amateur champion David Law is the biggest mover in the new R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings.
The 18 year old Aberdonian, the first teenager to win both the Scottish boys’ and men’s championships in the same season, has jumped from No 623 to 371 – a leap of 252 places in the new R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Paul O’Hara (Colville Park), beaten at the 38th by Law in the final at Royal Troon, has broken into the top 100 for the first time. He rose 42 places to No 85 and is the second-ranked Scot behind Gavin Dear, who drops one place to No 13
Carnoustie’s Keir McNicoll, beaten semi-finalist in the “Scottish,” has risen 66 places to No 337.
Scots in the R&A WAGR top 500 are (up or down since last week shown in brackets):
13 Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) -1.
85 Paul O’Hara (Colville Park) +42.
91 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) +10.
94 James Byrne (Banchory) -5.
115 Wallace Booth (Comrie) -3.
187 Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) -3.
240 Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) -11.
302 JamesWhite (Lundin) -4.
337 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) +66.
340 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) -6.
349 Steven McEwan (Caprington) -68.
371 David Law (Hazlehead) +252
421 Philip McLean (Peterhead) -1