Byrne and Stewart only Scots with double-digit ranking this week
Ross Kellett drops out of World top 100 amateurs
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
If the 2011 Walker Cup match, at Royal Aberdeen, were to be played next week instead of next year with the current top 10 Great Britain and Ireland players in the RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings gaining automatic selection, there would be three Scots in it - James Byrne (Banchory), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) and Ross Kellett (Colville Park).
And that's despite Kellett, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, plummeting 54 places to No 136 this week, leaving Scotland with only two men in the top 100 - Byrne at No 17 and Stewart at No 64 - for the first time in a while.
The "fantasy" team from this week's rankings which skipper Noel Edwards would lead into battle at Balgownie would be (updated world ranking first):
17 James Byrne (Scotland).
20 Matthew Nixon (England).
21 Paul Cutler (Ireland).
48 Andrew Sullivan (England).
50 Tom Lewis (England).
64 Michael Stewart (Scotland)).
108 Jack Senior (England).
111 Kevin Phelan (Ireland).
113 Chris Lloyd (England).
136 Ross Kellett (Scotland).
Reserves
163 Rhys Pugh (Wales).
164 Laurie Canter (England).
Back to the real world and here are the Scots listed in the top 1000 - and some - with the figure at the end of each line denoting how many places a player has gone up or down in the rankings.
17 James Byrne +1
64 Michael Stewart +1
136 Ross Kellett -54.
175 Stuart Ballingall -5.
176 Kris Nicol -5.
309 Scott Crichton -3.
326 James White -3.
341 Scott Larkin -1.
472 Paul Shields +1.
509 Allyn Dick +1.
523 Steven Rennie no change.
536 Greg Paterson -3.
668 James Ross +4.
721 Gordon Yates no change.
728 Scott Gibson no change.
763 Grant Forrest no change.
765 Gordon Stevenson +5.
768 David Law +15.
770 Graeme Robertson +4.
7956 Matthew Clark +6.
828 Jordan McColl +1.
872 Jordan Findlay +35.
880 Andrew Gunson -1.
904 Neil Henderson -2.
908 Sam Binning -3.
994 Fraser McKenna -2.
1012 Adam Dunton -1.
1093 Ed Wood -4.
1078 Glenn Campbell -6.
If the 2011 Walker Cup match, at Royal Aberdeen, were to be played next week instead of next year with the current top 10 Great Britain and Ireland players in the RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings gaining automatic selection, there would be three Scots in it - James Byrne (Banchory), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) and Ross Kellett (Colville Park).
And that's despite Kellett, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, plummeting 54 places to No 136 this week, leaving Scotland with only two men in the top 100 - Byrne at No 17 and Stewart at No 64 - for the first time in a while.
The "fantasy" team from this week's rankings which skipper Noel Edwards would lead into battle at Balgownie would be (updated world ranking first):
17 James Byrne (Scotland).
20 Matthew Nixon (England).
21 Paul Cutler (Ireland).
48 Andrew Sullivan (England).
50 Tom Lewis (England).
64 Michael Stewart (Scotland)).
108 Jack Senior (England).
111 Kevin Phelan (Ireland).
113 Chris Lloyd (England).
136 Ross Kellett (Scotland).
Reserves
163 Rhys Pugh (Wales).
164 Laurie Canter (England).
Back to the real world and here are the Scots listed in the top 1000 - and some - with the figure at the end of each line denoting how many places a player has gone up or down in the rankings.
17 James Byrne +1
64 Michael Stewart +1
136 Ross Kellett -54.
175 Stuart Ballingall -5.
176 Kris Nicol -5.
309 Scott Crichton -3.
326 James White -3.
341 Scott Larkin -1.
472 Paul Shields +1.
509 Allyn Dick +1.
523 Steven Rennie no change.
536 Greg Paterson -3.
668 James Ross +4.
721 Gordon Yates no change.
728 Scott Gibson no change.
763 Grant Forrest no change.
765 Gordon Stevenson +5.
768 David Law +15.
770 Graeme Robertson +4.
7956 Matthew Clark +6.
828 Jordan McColl +1.
872 Jordan Findlay +35.
880 Andrew Gunson -1.
904 Neil Henderson -2.
908 Sam Binning -3.
994 Fraser McKenna -2.
1012 Adam Dunton -1.
1093 Ed Wood -4.
1078 Glenn Campbell -6.
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