Golf World Rankings of Indians

[jayakris]

Thanks Bhushan. Looks like Asian PGA ranks them according to skin color and how rich the countris are, or something!

Jay

[ajay]

World rankinf of Asian Players on November 10.

Asian Rank, World Rank, Name, Avg. Pts.
 1  2  Vijay Singh,  Fij (2)  10.37 
 2  20  Choi Kyoung-Ju,  Kor (20)  3.66 
 3  141  S K Ho,  Kor (141)  1.16 
 4  162  Zhang Lian-Wei,  Chi (162)  0.98 
 5  168  Jyoti Randhawa,  Ind (168)  0.96 
 6  203  Kim Jong-Duck,  Kor (203)  0.75 
 7  212  Prayad Marksaeng,  Tha (212)  0.71 
 8  217  Yeh Wei-Tze,  Twn (217)  0.70 
 9  218  Arjun Atwal,  Ind (218)  0.70 
 10  251  Thongchai Jaidee,  Tha (251)  0.62 
 11  283  Kevin Na,  Kor (283)  0.53 
 12  294  Dinesh Chand,  Fij (294)  0.49 
 18  509  Arjun Singh,  Ind (509)  0.19 
 26  606  Jeev M Singh,  Ind (606)  0.13 
 42  759  Amandeep Johl,  Ind (759)  0.07 

Just for comparision of pts., here are the world rankings of top players:
1   Tiger Woods,  USA  16.82 
 2   Vijay Singh,  Fij  10.37 
 3   Ernie Els,  SAf  9.01 
 4   Davis Love-III,  USA  8.14 
 5   Jim Furyk,  USA  7.67 
50   Stewart Cink,  USA  2.50 
100   Alastair Forsyth,  Sco  1.50 
 150   Dudley Hart,  USA  1.03 

Notice the gulf between Tiger and the rest. Tiger's #1 ranking is safe for at least 2004.

Arjun Atwal gained approximately .1 pts towards world ranking after winning Hero Honda and moved from 253 to 218 compare to september rankings. Jyoti imroved by one spot compare to September when he won JPGA.

[ajay]

Jyoti's 7th finish in Japan helped him improve his world ranking by few spots. The current rankings (as of 12/3/2003 ) are:

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Asian Rank, Player, (World Rank), Avg. Pts.

 5    Jyoti Randhawa, Ind (156)   0.98
 9    Arjun Atwal,    Ind (234)   0.63  
21    Arjun Singh,    Ind (523)   0.17  
23    Jeev M Singh,   Ind (540)   0.16  
41    Amandeep Johl,  Ind (749)   0.07 

[PKBasu]

Well in the end, Arjun Atwal, Daniel Chopra and Kevin Na (20 yr old from Korea) qualified for the US PGA tour in 2004. Higher-ranked Jyoti inexplicably skipped the qualifying tournament. Thongchai Jaidee was nowhere near qualifying (he finished a poor 128th in the qualifying tournament).
Here's the fairly detailed rediff story:
http://in.rediff.com/sports/2003/dec/09atwal.htm

[ajay]

Ranking as of Dec. 15,2003

Notice the jump in ranking of Amandeep Johl, Entry oh Harmeet Khalon in top 50

AsianRank Player (World Rank) Pts. Avg
1 Vijay Singh Fij (2) 9.98
2 Choi Kyoung-Ju Kor (18) 3.46
3 Jyoti Randhawa Ind (140) 1.09
4 S K Ho Kor (147) 1.03
5 Thongchai Jaidee Tha (154) 1.00
6 Zhang Lian-Wei Chi (158) 0.98
7 Kim Jong-Duck Kor (164) 0.92
8 Prayad Marksaeng Tha (187) 0.81
9 Yeh Wei-Tze Twn (220) 0.66
10 Arjun Atwal Ind (232) 0.62
11 Lin Keng-Chi Twn (263) 0.54
12 Kevin Na Kor (295) 0.46
13 Dinesh Chand Fij (301) 0.46
14 Zaw Moe Mya (334) 0.39
15 ThammanoonSrirot Tha (368) 0.33
16 Charlie Wi Kor (427) 0.26
17 Ta'n Wiratchant Tha (440) 0.24
18 Boonchu Ruangkit Tha (490) 0.20
19 James Oh Kor (493) 0.19
20 Hsieh Chin-Sheng Twn (526) 0.17
21 Shin Yong-Jin Kor (531) 0.17
22 Lin Wen-Ko Twn (536) 0.16
23 Arjun Singh Ind (548) 0.16
24 Jeev M Singh Ind (550) 0.15
25 Frankie Minoza Phi (563) 0.15
26 Amandeep Johl Ind (568) 0.14
27 Chung Joon Kor (578) 0.14
28 Lin Wen-Tang Twn (585) 0.13
29 Liang Wen-Chong Chi (591) 0.13
30 Mardan Mamat Sin (595) 0.13
31 Anthony Kang Kor (612) 0.12
32 Choi Gwang-Soo Kor (628) 0.11
33 Danny Chia Mal (632) 0.11
34 Chen Yuan-Chi Twn (645) 0.10
35 Kang Wook-Soon Kor (649) 0.10
36 Harmeet Kahlon Ind (675) 0.09
37 Yang Yong-Eun Kor (676) 0.09
38 Tsai Chi-Huang Twn (679) 0.09
39 Wang Ter-Chang Twn (682) 0.09
40 Gerald Rosales Phi (687) 0.09
41 Chawalit Plaphol Tha (725) 0.08
42 Lu Wen-Teh Twn (726) 0.08
43 Iain Steel Mal (743) 0.07
44 Chen Tze-Chung Twn (762) 0.07
45 Aung Win Mya (776) 0.06
46 Yeh Chang-Ting Twn (776) 0.06
47 Hsieh Yu-Shu Twn (780) 0.06
48 Choi Sang-Ho Kor (792) 0.06
49 Park Nam-Sin Kor (836) 0.05
50 Kim Dae-Sub Kor (869) 0.04 [/code]

[ajay]

by the way, Bhushan, why do you have Fiji listed in the Asian rankings (which would make it necessary to include Asutralia and New Zealand and make it an asia/oceania ranking) and why are the Japanese not listed?

Thanks Bhushan. Looks like Asian PGA ranks them according to skin color and how rich the countris are, or something!

Jay

The rankings have been grouped in terms of tour. Therefore most of the Japanese players are not here. My guess is that whatever tour a players starts his professional career, his name remains under that tour. Vijay Singh started his career in Asia and therefore his name is in Asian List. Daniel Chopra probably became professional in Europe and his name comes in European list.

[BSharma]

World Ranking of golfers of Indian origin as of Dec 24, 2003.

Rank in Asia; Name; (World rank)

1 Vijay Singh, Fiji (2)
3 Jyoti Randhawa, Ind (133)
9 Arjun Atwal, Ind (229)
13 Dinesh Chand, Fiji (305)
22 Arjun Singh, Ind (544)
25 Jeev M Singh, Ind (553)
27 Amandeep Johl, Ind (566)
35 Harmeet Kahlon, Ind (677)
55 Rafiq Ali, Ind (937)
63 Vijay Kumar, Ind (1049)
70 Digvijay Singh, Ind (1180)
71 Gaurav Ghei, Ind (1194)
84 Shiv Prakash, Ind (1228
86 Ali Sher, Ind (1228)
91 Mukesh Kumar, Ind (1228)
144 Roop Singh, Ind (1228)
147 Gurbarez Mann, Ind (1228)
148 Vishal Singh, Ind (1228)
149 Suleman Ali, Ind (1228)

Daniel Chopra is ranked 504 in the world and does not have an Asian ranking as per Asian PGA. I expect Daniel and Arjun Atwal's rankings to go up steadily in the next two years since the US PGA gives more points. The rankings are based on performance over the past two years.

[ajay]

I missed this Rediff articleearlier that tells that Jyoti now holds the record of having highest rank 133 in the world for an Indian. The previous best was by Jeev Milka Singh at 141 in early 1999.

[ajay]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JYOTI BREAKS INTO TOP 100!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another piece of history made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jyoti Randhawa - World Rank 98

With his T2 finish at Johnny Walker, Jyoti has taken the Indian golf to a new height.

Congratulations Jyoti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

India is proud of this crop of golfers. Keep it up Jyoti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BSharma]

World ranking of Indian golfers as of Feb 2, 2004:

Jyoti Randhawa (98)
Arjun Atwal (228)
Daniel Chopra (518)
Arjun Singh (528)
Jeev M Singh (549)
Amandeep Johl (583)
Harmeet Kahlon (663)

[ajay]

Official World Golf Ranking for this week have been published. Jyoti Randhawa makes a jump without playing a tournament. Jyoti Randhawa is now ranked all time high of 90 and in the process betters his own record for highest ranking by Indians. This is due to other players dropping more point than him.
Arjun Atwal and Daniel after their good show also improve their rankings Daniel enters into 400s and Arjun Atwal is moving towards top 200.

As of Feb 9, 2004, the rankings are as follows:

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  Player         Rank   Pts Avg  Tot Pts

 Jyoti Randhawa 	90	1.50 	65.78 
 Arjun Atwal   	219	0.64 	34.37 
 Daniel Chopra 	478	0.20 	13.14 
 Arjun Singh   	529	0.16 	6.28 
 Jeev M Singh  	553	0.15 	10.65 
 Amandeep Johl 	585	0.13 	5.26 
 Harmeet Kahlon	664	0.09 	3.68 

We expect Daniel to make fast progress as small contribution also makes a big jump at his current ranking. His ranking is low as last two years he has pmostly played NW tournaments that does not give enough ranking pts. For example, he gained 2.23 pts. last week for his T25 position at AT&T Pebble Creek. Another 5 pts will move him into 300s

[ajay]

With yet another good result by Arjun Atwal ensured him some more world ranking points. T30 in Buick was worth 1.22 ranking points. Since the recent tournaments are weighted twice, Arjun adds 2.44 ranking pts. to bring his tally to 36.46 in 54 tournaments. Arjun jumps from last week rank of 219 to 205, just outside top 200.

The latest ranking of Indians as of 2/16/04:

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Rank	Player	   Pts. Avg.	  Tot. Pts.	# of Evts.	

90 	 Jyoti Randhawa	1.52 	65.18 	 43 
205	 Arjun Atwal 	  0.68 	36.46 	 54 
483	 Daniel Chopra 	0.20 	13.14 	 67 
545	 Arjun Singh      0.15 	 6.09 	 40 
554	 Jeev M Singh  	0.15 	10.65 	 72 
589	 Amandeep Johl 	0.13 	 5.26 	 41 
721	 Harmeet Kahlon	0.07 	 2.93 	 40 	

[ajay]

Nobody gained any world ranking pts. last week, but they lost some pts. Jyoti's ranking remains unchanged but Arjun Atwal dropped down in the rankings as his last year ranking pts. in Carlsberg open got reduced.

The latest rankings:

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Rank   Player      Pts. Avg.     Tot. Pts.   # of Evts.    

90     Jyoti Randhawa   1.49    63.98     43 
231    Arjun Atwal      0.60    31.71     53 
503    Daniel Chopra    0.18    12.32     67  
553    Arjun Singh      0.15     5.94     40 
565    Jeev M Singh     0.14    10.05     72 
595    Amandeep Johl    0.13     5.26     42 
720    Harmeet Kahlon   0.07     2.93     40    

[PKBasu]

Jyoti really should be aiming to get his PGA card. He seems to be a steady, consistent type -- albeit one who rarely reaches the brilliance occasionally achieved by Arjun Atwal and (for a round or two in some events) by Jeev.