European Amateur Ranking - as from January 2005

16 Dec 2004

We are pleased to announce that, as from January 1st 2005, a European Amateur Ranking for Ladies and Men will officially be launched.
The conditions will be as follows:

Number of Tournaments to be counted:

18 tournaments for Men and 15 for Ladies divided in three/two bands.

  Men Ladies
Band 1 British Amateur Ladies' British Amateur
European Individual European Ladies' Individual
  Spanish Ladies' International
Band 2 Spanish International None
Brabazon Trophy
Lytham Trophy
St Andrews Links Trophy
Band 3 3 tournaments (open events) chosen by each of the 4 Zones

Point System:

• Points are distributed to the 20 first players.

Band 1 from 100 points for the 1st to 15 points for the 20th
Band 2 from 80 points for the 1st to 10 points for the 20th
Band 3 from 60 points for the 1st to 1 point for the 20th

Extra points awarded:
For Men:    
Selection in the St Andrews Trophy (Continental or GB&I)
Selection in the Michael Bonallack Trophy (European Team)

British Open
Silver Medal
Play 4 rounds
"Open" start
50 points
50 points

 
80 points
60 points
40 points
     
For Ladies:
Selection in the Vagliano Trophy    50 points    
     
For Ladies & Men:
A Maximum of 2 best USA College Tournaments will count within this choice:    
Nationals
NCAA Division One
Points Band 1
Points Band 2
     
Calculation of ranking:

• The ranking will be calculated up to the best of 4 events.
     
Results:

• Results will be published on our website after each counting Championship.