ROSS RISES 24 PLACES BUT

BYRNE IS STILL TOP SCOT

Ross Kellett's very good performance in qualifying for the match-play as the No 4 seed and then going all the way to the final before losing in the Argentina men's open amateur golf championship has seen him rise 24 places in the R&A's latest World Amateur Golf Rankings.
The Colville Park player is now No 41 but Banchory's James Byrne, who lost earlier in the Argentina event, is still the leading Scot in the rankings in 39th place. The Arizona State University student has gone down three places.
Incidentally, Romain Wattell, the French amateur champion who was 12 under par in beating Kellett by 7 and 5 in Sunday's 36-hole final, has shot up 66 places to No 38 in the revised ratings. Another Frenchman, Victor Dubuisson, is still No 1 although he failed to survive Stage 2 of the European Tour Qualifying School at the weekend. Amateur scores in professional events do not count.
Scots in the top 500 of the WAGR are:
39 James Byrne (-3).
41 Ross Kellett (+24).
172 Mark Hillson (no change).
174 Glenn Campbell (no change).
210 Michael Stewart (+6).
236 James White (-1).
263 David Law (-13).
342 Philip McLean (no change).
389 Steven McEwan (-1).