After reading Hound Dog's Top 70 I figured it was time to publish mine. The big difference between his and mine is that I use results of 2011 tournaments only.
My Player Rankings are based on the following:
1- Only players that finish in the top 20 of a tournament receive points. 40 points are awarded for finishing 1st, 20 for finishing 2nd, 19 for 3rd, 18 for finishing 4th, 17 for 5th all the way down to 2 for finishing 20th.
2- The points are then multiplied by the strength of field. Strength of field is determined by the number of players teeing it up that week in the top 50 of the current Rolex World Rankings. If 35 of the top 50 are playing then the the winner of that event would get 28 points (40 X 70%).
3- Points are doubled for major championships.
After the first 5 tournaments of the year here are the 61 players that have at least one top-20 finish.
1- Yani Tseng - 83.68 Points
2- Stacy Lewis - 77.08
3- Karrie Webb - 72.10
4- I.K. Kim - 54.66
5- Michelle Wie - 49.64
6- Morgan Pressel 49.32
7- Sandra Gal - 43.96
8- Mika Miyazato - 38.70
9- Angela Stanford 38.64
10-Chie Arimura - 38.20
11-Katie Futcher - 33.88
12-Cristie Kerr - 32.32
13-Brittany Lincicome - 31.64
14-Sun Young Yoo - 30.26
15-Juli Inkster - 30.20
16-Na Yeon Choi - 27.06
17-Suzanne Pettersen - 26.40
18-Paula Creamer - 24.94
19-Julieta Granada - 24.60
20-Anna Nordqvist - 23.76
21-Amy Yang - 22.30
22-Jiyai Shin - 21.08
23-Se Ri Pak - 19.68
24-Catriona Matthew - 18.66
25-Mindy Kim - 17.24
26-Sophie Gustafson - 14.20
27-Maria Hjorth - 14.16
28-Christel Boeljon - 11.48
29-Stacy Prammanasudh - 10.20
30-Marcy Hart - 10.20
31-Pornanong Phatlum - 9.90
32-M.J. Hur - 9.24
33-Ariya Jutanugarn - 9.24
34-Song Hee Kim - 7.48
35-Beatriz Recari - 7.34
36-Amanda Blumenherst - 6.80
37-Chella Choi - 6.80
38-Paige Mackenzie - 6.80
39-Seon Hwa Lee - 5.72
40-Ai Miyazato - 5.44
41-Sarah Jane Smith - 5.28
42-Jimin Kang - 4.92
43-Christina Kim - 4.08
44-Meena Lee -4.08
45-Candie Kung - 4.08
46-Brittany Lang - 3.96
47-Shanshan Feng - 3.96
48-Kyeong Bae - 3.96
49-Mina Harigae - 3.96
50-Jenny Shin - 3.96
51-Inbee Park - 2.72
52-Kristy McPherson - 2.72
53-Reilly Rankin - 2.72
54-Katherine Hull - 2.64
55-Karine Icher - 2.64
56-Vicky Hurst - 2.64
57-Momoko Ueda - 2.64
58-Natalie Gulbis - 2.64
59-Pat Hurst - 1.32
60-Samantha Richdale - 1.32
61- Jean Reynolds - 1.32
Here is what the stregnth of field was for the 5 tournaments:
Honda Classic 66% (33 of the current week's top 50)
HSBC 68%
Founders Cup 44% (only 22 of the top 50 played)
Kia Classic 68%
Kraft Nabisco 164% (41 of the top 50 played, percentage doubled for major tournament)
As you can see strength of schedule plays a big factor. Paula Creamer finished 2nd at the Founders Cup but only received 8.80 points (20 points X 44% Strength of field). On the other hand, Katie Futcher finished 3rd at the year's first Major and received 31.16 points (19 points X 82% Strength of field, doubled for major)
The following notable players have yet to finish in the top 20 this year and currently are pointless:
Jee Young Lee, Azahara Munoz, Hee Young Park and Gwladys Nocera.
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