Ross Kellett's near Euro miss

sees him rise 52 places

in R&A world rankings

Ross Kellett's splendid effort in finishing second in the European men's individual amateur golf championship in France at the weekend - after leading with two holes to play - has seen him shoot up 39 places in this week's uprated R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings. The Colville Park club man, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, is now 52nd in the world - a personal best for the 21-year-old from Motherwell. Top Scot and Walker Cup team selection Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) has dropped down two places to 14th after playing below his best form at Chantilly Golf Club. Banchory's James Byrne who shared the lead at one stage with Ross Kellett in the European championship had been promoted nine places to 84th. Dear, Kellett and Byrne are the only Scots in the top 100 of the R&A WAGR. Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) has dropped 21 places to No 106. Walker Cup selection Wallace Booth (Comrie) has gone up 16 places to 141. Former Scottish match-play champion Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie), who made the last day of the European championship, soared 75 places to No 199. Alyth's former Scottish match-play and stroke-play title-holder Kevin McAlpine, winner of the North of Scotland open amateur stroke-play for the David Blair Trophy over 72 holes at Lossiemouth at the weekend, has broken back into the top 1000. He is now ranked 942 - a leap of 296 places from last week. Italian teenager Matteo Manassero, the British Amateur champion, has gone up from fourth to second behind No 1 Nick Taylor (Canada). Victor Dubuisson, the Frenchman who pipped Kellett for the European title, has jumped up 10 places and is now No 4, immediately behind the second Canaidan in the top 3, Matt Hill. Americans Morgan Hoffman and Rickie Fowler fill places five and six ahead of the leading Englishman, Sam Hutsby (Liphook) in seventh pace. Scots in the top 1,000 of the updated R&A WAGR: 14 Gavin Dear -2. 52 Ross Kellett +39. 84 James Byrne +9. 106 Paul O'Hara -21. 141 Wallace Booth +16 185 Mark Hillson -6. 199 Glenn Campbell +75. 223 Michael Stewart -43 272 James White -7. 334 Philip McLean (+18). 357 Keir McNicoll +22. 360 David Law -6. 389 Scott Borrowman -12. 414 Steven McEwan -47. 512 Fraser McKenna -10 519 Greg Paterson -11 588 Peter Latimer - 9 599 Bobby Rushford +97 630 James Ross -5. 665 Paul Ferrier -9. 680 Craig Watson +112. 735 Scott Crichton -8. 761 Mark Bookless +50. 798 Keir McNicoll -13. 813 Lewis Kirton -5

820 Fraser Fotheringham -2.
823 Paul Betty -105
942 Kevin McAlpine +296.