Kellett climbs 104 places to No 158 in

World Amateur Golf Rankings

Ross Kellett's fine performance in finishing sixth in the New South Wales Medal and then reaching the final of the New South Wales match-play championship have seen the Colville Park golfer climb 104 places in the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings to No 158.

LATEST RANKINGS
WAGR TOP 5
1 Danny Lee (New Zealand)
2 Jorge Campillo (Spain)
3 Rickie Fowler (USA)
4 Kyle Stanley (USA) – up 3 places
5 Stephan Gross (Germany) – up 1 place

TOP 10
Morgan Hoffmann (USA) – up 8 places to No 8

TOP 20
Chris Paisley (England) – up 18 places to No 20

TOP 50
Matt Hoffenberg (USA) – up 25 places to No 36
Brendan Smith (Australia) – up 5 places to No 47
David Lingmerth (Sweden) – up 5 places to No 48
Bobby Hudson (USA) – up 5 places to No 49

TOP 100
Vaughn Snyder (USA) – up 50 places to No 59
Pat Grady (USA) – up 28 places to No 76
Nathan Smith (USA) - up 38 places to No 98
Jonathan Randolph (USA) – up 27 places to No 100=

TOP 150
Michael Smyth (Australia) – up 152 places to No 130
Johan De Beer (South Africa) – up 70 places to No 132
Justin Harding (South Africa) – up 6 places to No 150

TOP 200
Ross Kellett (Scotland) – up 104 places to No 158
Jason Scrivener (Australia) – up 34 places to No 179
Eugene Wong (Canada) - up 115 places to No 187
Tom Glissmeyer (USA) – up 34 places to No 191
Grant Doverspike (USA) – up 75 places to No 193
Dustin Groves (USA) – up 23 places to No 195

TOP 300
Brinson Paolini (USA) – up 125 places to No 253
Juan Sarasti (Spain) – up 67 places to N0 254
Zack Byrd (USA) – up 270 places to No 268
Mike McCoy (USA) – up 183 places to No 276
Derek Ernst (USA) – up 196 places to No 293
James Sacheck (USA) – up 25 places to No 294
John Murphy (USA) – up 26 places to No 299
Markus Larsson (Sweden) – up 1 place to No 300


TOP 400
Josh Anderson (USA) – up 257 places to No 309
Esteban Calisto (Ecuador) – up 83 places to No 379
Kent Bulle (USA) – up 29 places to No 387
Cody Gribble (USA) – up 287 places to No 397
Ben Campbell (New Zealand) – up 3 places to No 398=
Jesse Massie (USA) – up 3 places to No 398=

TOP 500
Gene Elliott (USA) – up 141 places to No 405
David McAndrew (USA) – up 89 places to No 428
Julian Suri (USA) – up 132 places to No 452
Cameron Peck (USA) – up 138 places to No 462
Clark Klaasen (USA) – up 62 places to No 467
Cameron Knight (USA) – up 129 places to No 472
David Dannelly (USA) – up 28 places to No 476

THIS WEEK’S ROLL OF HONOUR

Juan David Bastidas (Copa de Golf Aficionado)
Juan Carlos Cortez (Abierto Las Brisas de Santo Domingo)
Tom Gamble* (Titan Winter Invitational)
Kyle Grant/Jason Scrivener/Lincoln Tighe (New South Wales Medal)
Juan Fernando Mejia* (Colombian Mid-Amateur No 1)
Chris Paisley (Arizona Intercollegiate)
Juan Sarasti (Campeonato de Barcelona)
Michael Smyth (New South Wales Amateur)
Kyle Stanley (Jones Cup Invitational)
Nick Taylor (UH Hilo Invitational)
Ryan Word* (WNMU Cactus Thaw)



*New WAGRanked Player

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Rory McIlroy now No 15 in the world

- without hitting a shot since Dubai!

Things are going so well for Rory McIlroy at the moment that he even moves up in the world when he is NOT playing!
After climbing into the top 20 for the first time by winning the Dubai Desert Classic eight days ago, the 19-year-old Northern Irishman has this week moved up a further spot to 15th because of the rolling two-year points system used.
McIlroy is now ahead of Justin Rose and has only five other Europeans ahead of him – Sergio García, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson and Lee Westwood.
The Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines was won by the American Nick Watney. He began last week 184th on the rankings and leaps to 76th.
Latest world rankings
1 Tiger Woods 10.18.
2 Sergio García 7.83.
3 Padraig Harrington 6.49.
4 Vijay Singh 6.39.
5 Phil Mickelson 6.37.
6 Henrik Stenson 5.17.
7 Robert Karlsson 5.03.
8 Geoff Ogilvy 5.00.
9 Camilo Villegas 4.85.
10 Kenny Perry 4.75.
11 Anthony Kim 4.63.
12 Lee Westwood 4.45.
13 Ernie Els 4.21.
14 Jim Furyk 3.99.
15 Rory McIlroy 3.83.
16 Justin Rose 3.82.
17 Adam Scott 3.77.
18 Steve Stricker 3.60.
19 Martin Kaymer 3.90.
20 K J Choi 3.49.

Alliance at Kintore is cancelled

Wednesday's North-east Alliance meeting at Kintore Golf Club has been cancelled because of snow on the course. Secretary Ron Menzies has taken the unusual step of calling it off some 48 hours in advance but that is an indication of how much snow is on the course and how little prospect there is of a thaw clearing it.
The tee times arranged for Wednesday will be carried over to the meeting at Murcar Links on Wednesday, February 18.

Elin gives Tiger a son - report in San Diego

Tiger Woods' wife Elin has given birth to their second child, a son - according to reports in San Diego. Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, for the story.

Watney birdies two of last three to

win Buick Invitational title

Nick Watney birdied two of the final three holes to take advantage of a late slump by leader John Rollins in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines, San Diego in California.
Watney sank a 40ft birdie putt at the par-3 16th, then completed his five-shot rally with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th hole. He closed with a four-under 68 for his second career victory, earning a trip to the Masters.
Rollins had a three-shot lead with five holes to play until making a bogey with a poor chip on the 14th, another bogey from a plugged lie in the bunker on the 16th, and failing to hit the green on the par-5 18th, leading to a par. He shot a 74.
Watney finished at 11-under 277 - the same total Ryuji Imada had last year when he was runner-up by eight shots to Tiger Woods, who has not played since knee surgery after winning the U.S. Open in June at Torrey Pines.
Lucas Glover and Camilo Villegas also had their chances.
Glover briefly was within one shot of the lead and was still in the mix until he pulled his tee shot on the 17th into rough so thick that he had to hit out short of the green and missed a 7-foot par putt. He birdied the last hole for a 68 and tied for third, two shots behind.
Villegas was within one shot until a three-putt from 10 feet on the par-5 sixth, and Rollins' collapse offered the Colombian another chance. But he hit out of the rough and over the green at the 17th to make a bogey, and his 40-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole stopped a few inches above the hole. He closed with a 72.
Watney was five shots behind going into the final round and was an afterthought most of the day, never getting closer than two shots until the tournament swung in his favour on the 16th.
Rollins' tee shot found the left bunker, and the ball resembled a fried egg.
The lie was so severe that the best he could do was blast out across the green and into the rough, 25 feet away. He chipped to two feet for a bogey.
Watney was 40 feet away on the fringe, facing a putt that broke sharply to the left. But the pace was perfect, the ball caught the left edge and dropped and Watney widened his eyes and pumped his fist.
That gave him a tie for the lead, and after they exchanged pars on the 17th, he came up with the shot that mattered on the 18th, finding the top shelf of the green and coaxing his long eagle putt a few feet away.
In the Nationwide Tour event at Panama City, Vance Veazey won the year-opening Panama Championship for his fourth career victory on the No 2 US circuit, beating Garrett Willis with a two-putt par on the second hole of a play-off.
The 43-year-old Veazey, also the 2005 winner at Panama Golf Club, birdied the par-4 18th in regulation to join Willis (66) at 7-under 273. Willis also closed with a birdie, his fourth in the last six holes of regulation.
"I love Panama," said Veazey, the only player in the field with four straight rounds in the 60s. "The people are great. The support is great. The course is great. I love everything about it."
Aberdeen-born Michael Sim faded in the second half of the tournament. He had scores of 68, 71, 69 and 73 to finish joint 23rd on one-over-pr 281

US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
PANAMA DIGICEL CHAMPIONSHIP
Panama GC, Panama City, Panama
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4 x 70)
273 Vance Veazey 67 69 68 69 (Vance Veazey won at the second playoff hole), Garrett Willis 70 69 68 66
275 Jeff Gove 69 68 68 70
276 Henrik Bjornstad 69 67 71 69, Jim Herman 67 70 68 71
277 Rich Barcelo 69 69 71 68, Bryan DeCorso 73 68 66 70, Rafael Gomez 67 68 71 71, Len Mattiace 72 69 64 72
278 Scott Gardiner 69 71 73 65, John Riegger 72 68 70 68, Dustin Risdon 70 71 67 70
279 Camilo Benedetti 68 69 68 74, Clodomiro Carranza 67 76 67 69, Justin Hicks 71 72 64 72, Skip Kendall 67 69 74 69, Neal Lancaster 70 68 70 71, Chris Smith 68 70 68 73
280 Jeff Gallagher 74 68 67 71, Kevin Johnson 67 70 70 73, Esteban Toledo 68 70 68 74, Brennan Webb 72 69 67 72
281 D.J. Brigman 69 71 68 73, Matthew Every 70 73 73 65, Steve LeBrun 74 69 67 71, Jon Mills 71 69 71 70, Alex Prugh 69 69 71 72, Tom Scherrer 72 68 69 72, Michael Sim 68 71 69 73
282 Jonas Blixt 69 72 70 71, Tripp Isenhour 69 72 72 69, Richard Johnson 73 68 67 74, Geoffrey Sisk 70 70 70 72
283 Andrew Buckle 67 74 70 72, Garrett Osborn 68 69 73 73, Sal Spallone 74 69 70 70, Josh Teater 69 74 69 71
284 Chris M. Anderson 68 71 71 74, Alex Aragon 69 74 70 71, Justin Bolli 71 71 71 71, Guy Boros 75 68 68 73, Craig Bowden 71 71 72 70, Michael Clark II 71 70 71 72, Sebastian Fernandez 68 72 76 68, Brian Smock 69 73 71 71, Omar Uresti 67 76 71 70
285 Todd Demsey 70 69 75 71, Bob May 70 69 81 65, Jim Rutledge 71 69 69 76
286 Joe Daley 69 73 74 70, Bob Sowards 70 70 71 75, Daniel Summerhays 74 69 71 72, Willie Wood 70 71 72 73
287 Bubba Dickerson 69 74 74 70, Rodolfo Gonzalez 69 73 72 73, Drew Laning 71 70 72 74, Mauricio Molina 70 72 66 79, Sebastian L Saavedra 71 71 74 71, Jason Schultz 73 70 74 70, Steve Wheatcroft 71 72 71 73
288 Hunter Haas 70 73 71 74, Mike Heinen 71 71 71 75
289 Keoke Cotner 71 72 72 74
290 Martin Piller 70 73 73 74, Brian Stuard 70 70 67 83, Chip Sullivan 75 68 72 75
291 Jason Enloe 72 71 70 78, Tee McCabe 70 70 77 74
292 Matt Hansen 70 73 74 75
293 John Morse 69 74 74 76, Joseph Sykora 76 67 74 76, Phil Tataurangi 71 70 78 74

US PGA Tour Scoreboard
BUICK INVITATIONAL
Torrey Pines South Course, San Diego, California
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
277 Nick Watney 69 69 71 68
278 John Rollins 70 64 70 74
279 Lucas Glover 69 73 69 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 63 70 74 72
281 Matthew Jones (Aus) 70 73 74 64
282 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 70 73 70
283 Charley Hoffman 71 66 74 72, Ben Crane 69 74 70 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 69 71 73, Bubba Watson 71 68 77 67
284 Hunter Mahan 74 70 74 66, Charles Warren 74 69 68 73, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 76 70 72, Jeff Klauk 71 73 69 71, J J Henry 70 71 71 72, Bill Haas 72 70 72 70
285 Paul Goydos 72 66 72 75, Nicholas Thompson 75 70 70 70
286 Dustin Johnson 74 71 72 69, Dean Wilson 71 73 71 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 72 75 69, Harrison Frazar 69 70 75 72, Webb Simpson 72 73 71 70
287 Scott Sterling 69 72 75 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 71 74 74 68
288 Jonathan Kaye 70 73 73 72, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 71 73 73, Robert Garrigus 68 74 73 73, Tag Ridings 71 72 77 68, Ted Purdy 74 71 70 73, Jason Dufner 70 70 75 73, J.B. Holmes 73 70 71 74, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 68 72 74, Tommy Gainey 77 69 73 69
289 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 74 73 70, George McNeill 71 70 71 77, Aron Price (Aus) 72 72 73 72, Davis Love III 66 77 74 72, Lee Janzen 74 72 70 73, Kevin Sutherland 77 68 74 70, Jason Day (Aus) 69 76 70 74
290 Phil Mickelson 70 72 73 75, Nathan Green (Aus) 70 72 72 76, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 71 74 70 75, David Mathis 75 71 74 70, Tom Pernice jun 75 68 76 71, Brandt Snedeker 75 68 73 74, Charles Howell III 72 71 77 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 71 74 72 73
291 John Senden (Aus) 76 70 73 72, Ben Curtis 76 66 73 76, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 77 69 74 71
292 Ricky Barnes 69 73 75 75, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 74 74 72, Bart Bryant 73 69 77 73, Glen Day 72 74 73 73
293 Y E Yang (Kor) 77 69 73 74, Pat Perez 73 73 73 74, James Driscoll 73 73 74 73, Rick Price 72 73 75 73, James Nitties (Aus) 79 67 73 74, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 68 74 78 73
294 Kent Jones 70 71 77 76, John Huston 71 71 79 73, Matt Bettencourt 74 72 75 73, Jason Gore 70 69 80 75, Fred Couples 74 70 74 76
296 D A Points 70 72 79 75, Parker McLachlin 74 71 72 79
297 Gregor Main 70 75 72 80
301 Johnson Wagner 76 70 75 80