Surprise, surprise - the Brits are demoted in US list

RICHIE RAMSAY ONLY 12TH IN
AMERICAN WORLD RANKINGS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

I wondered how long the Americans would tolerate the Royal & Ancient’s World Men’s Amateur Rankings whose leading places are dominated by British and Irish players with hardly an American in sight.
Now comes the answer.
Here are the Golfweek/Titleist men’s amateur rankings this week, “based on points awarded for specific finishes in designated tournaments” … and notice the BIG difference.
Americans or players at American colleges are the dominant force in its list.
Richie Ramsay, No 1 in the R&A World Rankings for the 14 weeks since he won the UNITED STATES amateur championship, is only 12th in the Golfweek/Titleist table.
And the compilers manage to list the home towns of all the Americans and even Spain’s Pablo Martin – but for Richie Ramsay, it is simply “Scotland.”
Here is the rival top 20 as seen through the eyes of the Golfweek/Titleist rankings:
1 Webb Simpson, Raleigh, NC 245.
2 Jonathan Moore, Portland, Ore 235.
3 Chris Kirk, Woodstock, Ga 180.
4.Dawie Van der Walt, Capetown, South Africa 170.
4 Trip Kuehne, Irving, Texas 170.
4 Pablo Martin, Malaga, Spain 170.
7 Dustin Johnson, Lexington, SC 155.
8 Bronson La'Cassie,Queensland, Australia 145.
9 Seung Su Han, Korea 135.
9 Carlton Forrester, Birmingham, Ala 135.
9 Richard Scott, Ontario, Canada 135.
12 Richard Ramsay, Scotland 125.
13 Colt Knost, Aubrey, Texas 115.
13 Billy Horschel, Grant, Fla 115.
13 Oliver Fisher, West Essex, England 115.
16 Bob Niger, El Dorado Hills, Calif 110.
17 Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash 100.
18 Julien Guerrier, France 90.
18 Wonjoon Lee, Australia 90.
20 Mark Ogren, Daphne, Ala 85.