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Spanish Mens Amateur Golf Championship victory promotes Daniel Willett to R&A World Ranked No 1

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Daniel Willett of England has moved into the top spot in The R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking with victory in the Spanish Amateur, ending US Walker Cup player Rickie Fowler’s 24-week run as the world No 1.

Daniel Willett (England) ended the 24-week run of Rickie Fowler as world No 1

Willett, who spent 18 weeks as WAGR No 2, beat Spain’s Jordi Garcia Pinto by 5 and 3 in the 36-hole final of the Spanish Amateur at Pals. The 20-year-old from Rotherham had 10 birdies in the 33 holes of the final and was seven under par when the match ended.

He won the South of England and English Amateur titles in successive weeks last summer before making his Walker Cup debut, where he held world No 1 Colt Knost to a halved match in the final singles, and then cut short his scholarship in Alabama and returned home to play full-time amateur golf.

In two further changes in the top 10, Kevin Chappell of the USA moved up five places to No 6, and Esteban Martinez of Argentina climbed 12 places to No 10.

Latest Rankings Dated 5 March 2008 as follows.

1 2 +1 Daniel Willett ENG 43 1276.74
2 1 -1 Rickie Fowler USA 39 1197.44
3 3 Michael Thompson USA 63 1100.00
4 4 Jamie Lovemark USA 61 1040.98
5 5 Webb Simpson USA 58 1034.48
6 11 +5 Kevin Chappell USA 61 993.44
7 7 Joel Sjoholm SWE 54 987.04
8 6 -2 Rohan Blizard AUS 75 981.33
9 10 +1 Chesson Hadley USA 39 974.36
10 22 +12 Esteban Martinez ARG 38 968.42
11 8 -3 Kyle Stanley USA 66 959.09
12 9 -3 Danny Lee NZL 79 958.23
13 12 -1 Seung Su Han KOR 70 930.00
14 14 Rob Grube USA 60 926.67
15 13 -2 Billy Horschel USA 60 923.33
16 16 Alexandre Kaleka FRA 48 900.00
17 18 +1 Derek Fathauer USA 55 898.18
18 17 -1 Cameron TringaleUSA 60 896.67
19 15 -4 Jhonatton Vegas VEN 30 887.50
20 21 +1 Jonas Blixt SWE 50 886.00
21 19 -2 Bjorn Akesson SWE 43 883.72
22 20 -2 Chris Wood ENG 57 878.95
23 23 Jorge Campillo ESP 48 866.67
24 24 Mark Harrell USA 55 863.64
25 28 +3 Dale Whitnell ENG 46 863.04
26 25 -1 Rory Hie USA 70 855.71
27 26 -1 Bud Cauley USA 36 852.78
28 27 -1 Nigel Edwards WAL 40 852.50
29 45 +16 Gareth Shaw IRE 49 846.94
30 44 +14 Chris Paisley ENG 49 844.90
31 29 -2 Brian Harman USA 60 836.67
32 30 -2 Jonas E-Hedin SWE 44 836.36
33 31 -2 Corey Nagy USA 50 836.00
34 33 -1 Drew Weaver USA 53 835.85
35 32 -3 Dan Woltman USA 51 835.29
36 34 -2 Callum Macaulay SCO 63 831.75
37 35 -2 Ryan Brehm USA 52 830.77
38 41 +3 Clayton Rask USA 41 826.83
39 37 -2 Tom Glissmeyer USA 55 825.45
40 36 -4 Matthew Cryer ENG 70 824.29
41 39 -2 Sihwan Kim USA 44 820.45
42 58 +16 Pat Nagle USA 32 815.62
43 38 -5 Lucas Lee BRA 78 811.54
44 42 -2 Adam Mitchell USA 44 811.36
45 43 -2 Charles Ford ENG 64 810.94
46 46 Wallace Booth SCO 66 810.61
47 47 Sean Einhaus GER 43 809.30
48 48 Jon Curran USA 64 803.12
49 60 +11 Victor Dubuisson FRA 58 801.72
50 49 -1 Gary Wolstenholme ENG 58 800.00