Golf World Rankings of Indians

[Indian]

Jyoti, Arjun, Dan and Shiv are very close to each other now. Probably, we should send this ranking list to them (if they have not already noticed). Let's see who wants to top it for next year. It should give them something to work on for 2006.

I believe Shiv is going to have a good 2006. But, Arjun and Dan are going to pick up wins in PGA which should taken them to top 2 spots after Vijay.

[BSharma]

Indian,

I am sure that the professional golfers keep a close track of their world rankings.

I agree with you that 2006 will be the best year for Indian golf.

[BSharma]

World ranking of selected golfers after Week 3: 22nd January, 2006

Rank; Name; Average points
2 Vijay Singh 9.91
103 Jyoti Randhawa 1.35
139 Dinesh Chand 1.07
153 Arjun Atwal 0.94
172 Daniel Chopra 0.87
180 Shiv Kapur 0.84
333 Jeev Milkha Singh 0.43
452 Gaurav Ghei 0.24
474 Amandeep Johl 0.22
572 Ashok Kumar 0.15
608 Arjun Singh 0.13
747 Rahil Gangjee 0.07
749 Digvijay Singh 0.07
761 Harmeet Kahlon 0.07
877 Mukesh Kumar 0.04

[ajay]

Arjun Atwal, Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur earned World Ranking points last week and as a result all of them make a jump in their rankings.

Arjun Atwal(127) has now become the second best ever ranked player in the Indian golf history.
Arjun Atwal and Shiv Kapur(168) are at thir personal best and both are poised to improve their ranking in coming months as Arjun drops of a series of tournaments with missed cuts and Shiv adds up tournaments to reach minimum divisor of 40 tournament.

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Vijay Singh	2	2	0
Jyoti Randhawa	108	103	-5
Arjun Atwal	127	153	26
Dinesh Chand	140	139	-1
Shiv Kapur	168	180	12
Daniel Chopra	174	172	-2
Jeev Milkha Singh	317	333	16
Gaurav Ghei	455	452	-3
Amandeep Johl	468	474	6
Ashok Kumar	576	572	-4
Arjun Singh	614	608	-6
Rahil gangjee	756	747	-9
Digvijay Singh	758	749	-9
Harmeet Kahlon	759	761	2
Mukesh Kumar	884	877	-7

[BSharma]

World rankings as of Monday February 6, 2006 of select golfers:

Randhawa missed making the top 100 because JB Holmes won the FBR Open is Scottsdale, Arizona and moved up 387 places to #77.

2. Vijay Singh
101. Jyoti Randhawa
137. Arjun Atwal
146. Dinesh Chand
169. Shiv Kapur
180. Daniel Chopra
323. Jeev Milkha Singh
464. Amandeep Johl
480. Gaurav Ghei
585. Ashok Kumar
618. Arjun Singh
760. Digvijay Singh
761. Harmeet Kahlon
832. Rahil Gangjee
923. Mukesh Kumar

[suresh]

World rankings as of Monday February 12, 2006 of select golfers:

2. Vijay Singh
100. Jyoti Randhawa
136. Arjun Atwal
147. Dinesh Chand
151. Shiv Kapur
160. Daniel Chopra
326. Jeev Milkha Singh
473. Amandeep Johl
474. Gaurav Ghei
592. Ashok Kumar
617. Arjun Singh
763. Digvijay Singh
806. Harmeet Kahlon
837. Rahil Gangjee
930. Mukesh Kumar

[ajay]

Both Shiv Kapur and Daniel Chopra made a jump of about 20 places in their raniking. For now both are still out outside top 150, but very soon we are going to see them inside top 150 and hopefully later in top 100. Jyoti by default made it into top 100.

[BSharma]

It is good to see one Indian golfer in the top 100, and it is possible that we might have Arjun Atwal, Daniel Chopra and Shiv Kapur join Jyoti in the top 100 by the end of the year. It is easier for Arjun and Daniel to crack the top 100 and they can do it with a few top 5 finish on the PGA Tour. Shiv will have to win on the EPGA Tour or do outstanding on the EPGA and Asian Tours to get into top 100. Keeping my fingers crossed for them.

[ajay]

World rankings as of Monday March 6, 2006 of select golfers:

2. Vijay Singh
107. Jyoti Randhawa
132. Arjun Atwal
135. Shiv Kapur
150. Dinesh Chand
157. Daniel Chopra
329. Jeev Milkha Singh
452. Gaurav Ghei
490. Amandeep Johl
604. Ashok Kumar
636. Arjun Singh
723. Rahil Gangjee
764. Digvijay Singh
808. Harmeet Kahlon
928. Mukesh Kumar

[ajay]

Since last month, there is only a little change in ranking for most of the players except Shiv Kapur's ranking. He has almost caught up with Arjun Atwal and will continue to improve rapidly as Shiv still dosen't have 40 tournaments under his belt. So his actual average is much higher than the avg. points used for ranking.

[jaydeep]

First time we r seeing so many Indian faces in top 200 ranking ...

World rankings as of Monday April 16, 2006 of select golfers:

112 Jyoti Randhawa
135 Arjun Atwal
145 Shiv Kapur
195 Jeev Milkha Singh
362 Gaurav Ghei
429 Amandeep Johl
605 Ashok Kumar
638 Arjun Singh
741 Rahil Gangjee
778 Digvijay Singh
834 Harmeet Kahlon
945 Mukesh Kumar


3 Vijay Singh
160 Daniel Chopra
163 Dinesh Chand

Jaydeep.

[PKBasu]

Shiv Kapur has started very consistently at a young age. Let's hope he rises to become our very first Indian contender in the majors some day within the next 3-4 years.

[suresh]

I agree with your estimation of Shiv -- he has the potential to make it real big.
Of course, it looks like in the near future, Arjun and/or Shiv may overtake Jyoti to become the no. 1 Indian golfer.

[ajay]

If you go back in this thread, you will see that last some Indian was ahead of Jyoti Randhawa was in July 2003, when Arjun got ahead of him. Prior to that also, Jyoti was # 1 Indian golfer. As far as ranking goes, Jyoti has dominated the Indian golf scene. Lets see how long it takes for Arjun or Shiv to becme #1 Indian.

[ajay]

Incidently, Jeev's winner check of $300K at Volvo China Open is the second highest earning by any Indian golfer in a tournament. The highest earning record in a tournament is by Arjun Atwal ($330K)when he came P2 (2nd after a playoff) at BellSouth Classic last year.