Golf Canada's Weekly Top 10 Rankings
Players from British Columbia continue to hold prominent places in the Golf Canada Top 10 Rankings Powered by RBC with Abbotsford's Nick Taylor leading the way for the professional men moving up 15 spots to number 186 in the world.
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Emmett Oh continued to climb up the Canadian rankings, making the biggest leap among the Top-10. The Calgary golfer climbed eight places in the world rankings to move up to No. 7 in Canadian rankings. Since joining the Top-10, Oh has gained 94 places in the world rankings over the last 10 weeks
No. 5 ranked Chris Crisologo won his first tournament of the season at the Concordia Invitational, marking his third consecutive top-5 result and coming off a runner-up finish two weeks ago.
Outside the Top-10, Travis Fredborg climbed 51 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for sixth at the Southern Dunes Invitational. The Selkirk, Manitoba junior at Arizona moved up to No. 16 in the Canadian rankings.
Biggest move: Daniel Racioppa from Mount Albert, Ont., jumped 1,223 spots in the world rankings after a nine-shot victory in the Collegiate Challenge – Bluffs tournament. The Alcorn State senior and defending SWAC champion shot a career-best 212 over three-rounds including a career-best 65 in round three.
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
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Vanessa Ha made the biggest move among the Top 10, picking up 19 places in the world rankings after finishing 10th at the UW Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite. It was the second top-10 result in three tournaments for the senior from Montreal.
Two of Canada’s up and coming junior golfers both made moves up the Canadian rankings. Susan Xiao climbed one spot up to No. 7 while Golf Canada Development Squad member Monet Chun moved up to No. 9.
After nine weeks of being on the outside, Valerie Tanguay rejoins the Top-10 at No. 10.
Julia Champion climbed 84 spots in the world rankings after her wire-to-wire win at the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational, the third collegiate tournament win for the senior from Markham, Ont. The result earned her Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week honours and moved up to No. 20 in Canadian rankings.
Biggest Move: Michelle Ruiz vaulted 268 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 14th at the NSU GolfRank Invitational. It was her second straight Top-20 finish and helped the Mississauga, Ont., senior at Nova Southeastern University to settle in at No. 13 in the Canadian rankings.
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
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Nick Taylor gained 15 places in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 13th at the PGA’s CIMB Classic. The result was worth 4.74 world ranking points, which was the sixth best points-paying finish of his career. It was also the third consecutive event where he has collected world ranking points. Over the last two weeks, the No. 4 ranked Canadian has gained 29 spots in the world rankings.
Austin Connelly picked up 12 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 21st at the Italian Open. The result was worth 2.46 world ranking points for the former Golf Canada National Team member and it was his second biggest payday on the European Tour.
Other notable results: No. 1 Adam Hadwin and No. 9 Richard T Lee both finished tied for 51st at PGA CIMB Classic; No. 2 Graham DeLaet finished tied for 54th at PGA CIMB Classic.
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WOMEN’S TOP 10
Brooke Henderson moved back into the world top 10, picking up one spot in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for eighth at the LPGA’s KEB Hana Bank Championship. The result saw the top ranked Canadian gain 3.45 points in the world rankings. It was also her seventh top 10 result of the season and the third in the last four events.
Maude-Aimee Leblanc made the biggest gain among the Top-10, picking up six places in the world rankings.
Other Notable Results: No. 2 Alena Sharp finished tied for 46th at the LPGA’s KEB Hana Bank Championship.
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