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Open heroics from Chris Wood moves him up to 2nd place in R&A Mens World Rankings

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20 year old English Amateur golfer Chris Wood from Long Ashton Golf Club, who came fifth at The Open, rose to the second spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on the back of his performance at Royal Birkdale.

Wood’s spot at The Open came via Local Final Qualifying at Hillside,after being exempt from the Regional Qualifying stage by being one of the top-10 WAGR ranked entrants to the Championship.

USA Walker Cup and top NCAA Collegiate player Rickie Fowler  remains in the number one ranked spot, which he regained last week when his compatriot Michael Thompson turned professional.

Tom Sherreard, the other English amateur to make the cut at Royal Birkdale, rose 60 places to number 79 in the world on the back of his tie for 19th place.

Latest R&A WAG rankings as Follows.

1 1 Rickie Fowler USA 64 1156.25

2 6 +4 Chris Wood ENG 56 1071.43

3 2 -1 Jorge Campillo ESP 61 1057.38

4 3 -1 Cameron Johnston RSA 29 1040.62

5 8 +3 Bi-o Kim KOR 40 1022.50

6 27 +21 Shane Lowry IRE 49 1022.45

7 7 Danny Lee NZL 71 1007.04

8 5 -3 Benjamin Hebert FRA 56 987.50

9 9 Anders Kristiansen NOR 42 978.57

10 11 +1 Rory Hie USA 72 969.44

11 26 +15 Matt Savage (KY) USA 55 969.09

12 14 +2 Zack Sucher USA 72 966.67

13 12 -1 Leighton Lyle AUS 36 961.11

14 13 -1 Esteban Martinez ARG 44 959.09

15 18 +3 Russell Henley USA 45 957.78

16 15 -1 Gareth Shaw IRE 46 952.17

17 4 -13 Reinier Saxton NED 38 950.00

18 16 -2 Chesson Hadley USA 40 947.50

19 17 -2 David Markle CAN 36 947.22

20 19 -1 Bjorn Akesson SWE 42 940.48