Wenyi Ding holds on to the top spot in the Global Amateur Pathway Ranking - and remains in in pole position to gain a DP World Tour card for the 2025 season - but the chasing pack are closing in following the U.S. Amateur Championship. See the updated Ranking here.
Eight players registered on the Global Amateur Pathway – powered by the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®) were in action at Hazeltine National Golf Club, with Luis Masaveu Roncal reaching the semi-finals, where he lost out to fellow Spaniard and eventual winner Jose Luis Ballester.
That impressive run saw Masaveu Roncal make the biggest move in this week’s Ranking, as he leapfrogged Bastien Amat of France and Welshman James Ashfield to move from fifth to third spot, and less than six points behind Amateur Champion Jacob Skov Olesen in second.
Olesen - who makes his DP World Tour debut on home soil at the Danish Golf Championship this week - Masaveu Roncal and Amat are in position to secure the three Challenge Tour cards available to European and Middle Eastern players for next season.
Ashfield drops down to fifth, but with less than 44 points separating him and Olesen in second, he remains very much in contention.
Nathan Petronzio, Ben Warian and Jake Hall of the United States continue to lead the race for three available PGA TOUR Americas eligibility places, with South African Tyran Snyders and Japan’s Rintaro Nakano set for Sunshine Tour and Japan Golf Tour cards respectively.
The first Global Amateur Pathway Ranking Period will conclude on 13 October 2024, with an updated Ranking published by Friday each week.
The landmark initiative creates a pathway for non-collegiate amateur players on to the DP World Tour and partner Tours around the world. The Global Amateur Pathway will complement PGA TOUR University – which awards membership on PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tours to the top Division-I college golfers at the end of the NCAA Championship – to ensure opportunities are available for elite players across the amateur ranks.
Find out more about the Global Amateur Pathway – powered by the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®) here
