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Irish Champion Paul O´Hanlon moves up to Number 126 in R&A World Mens Amateur Golf Rankings

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Paul O’Hanlon’s victory in the Irish Closed Championship at Belvoir Park, Belfast, propelled him 231 places to No 126 in The R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking, the biggest move of the week as Rickie Fowler held on to the top spot and fellow American Zack Sucher climbed three places to No 10.

Sucher joined the top 10 thanks to a good finish in the Monroe Invitational at Pittsford, New York, a week after gaining fourth place in the Sunnehanna Amateur.

Other movers in the top 20 were Rob Grube (USA), up seven places to No 14, and Kyle Stanley (USA), up two places to No 20.

Top-20 Rankings as Follows.

1 1  Rickie Fowler USA 70 1171.43
2 4 +2 Michael Thompson USA 65 1132.31
3 2 -1 Kevin Chappell USA 57 1105.26
4 3 -1 Joel Sjoholm SWE 54 1090.74
5 5  Jorge Campillo ESP 60 1043.33
6 6  Danny Lee NZL 63 1025.40 
7 7  Chris Wood ENG 56 991.07
8 8  Cameron Johnston RSA 27 987.50 
9 9  Benjamin Hebert FRA 58 968.97
10 13 +3 Zack Sucher USA 66 968.18
11 12 +1 Esteban Martinez ARG 44 959.09
12 16 +4 Derek Fathauer USA 65 952.31
13 14 +1 Anders Kristiansen NOR 45 946.67
14 21 +7 Rob Grube USA 62 945.16
15 15  Leighton Lyle AUS 30 943.75
16 10 -6 Shane Lowry IRE 44 943.18
17 17  Russell Henley USA 41 941.46
18 18  Chesson Hadley USA 46 941.30 
19 19  Seung Su Han KOR 66 940.91
20 22 +2 Kyle Stanley USA 69 939.13

Source: R&A