Rolex Rankings Movers of the Year - Part 2

As we get ready for the Solheim Cup to begin, let us see what players made the biggest leaps and dives in the Rolex Rankings this year.

Rolex ranks the ladies based on average points per event on a rolling 2-year calendar. For example, Yani Tseng (the #1 player in the world), has accumulated 824.77 points playing in 50 events over that period, for an average of 16.50 points per tournament. I have gone back to the first published RR of the year and compared them to the rankings released this week. The only requirement for my list is that a player must have been in the top 100 at the start of the year or the top 100 now.

This year's Biggest Winners:

1- Yani Tseng - 9.25 to 16.50 - Gain of 6.75 (moved from #5 to #1)
2- Stacy Lewis - 3.23 to 7.16 - Gain of 3.93 (Move 37-10)
3- Brittany Lincicome - 4.42 to 7.25 - Gain of 2.83 (move 21-9)
4- Caroline Hedwall - 0.19 to 2.97 - Gain of 2.78 (move 351-41)
5- Kumiko Kaneda - 0.49 to 2.63 - Gain of 2.14 (move 234-49)
6- Shanshan Feng - 1.85 to 3.89 - Gain of 2.04 (move 79-28)
7- Sandra Gal - 1.11 to 2.96 - Gain of 1.85 (move 126-42)
8- Tiffany Joh - 0.20 to 2.03 - Gain of 1.83 (move 346-71)
9- So-Yeon Ryu - 2.83 to 4.63 - Gain of 1.80 (move 42-25)
10-Suzann Pettersen - 10.12 to 11.89 - Gain of 1.77 (move 3-2)
11-Miki Saiki - 3.06 to 4.80 - Gain of 1.74 (move 39-22)
12-Cristie Kerr - 10.14 to 11.71 - Gain of 1.57 (move 2-3)
13-Ji-Hee Lee - 3.33 to 4.64 - Gain of 1.31 (move 30-24)
14-Amy Yang - 3.98 to 5.27 - Gain of 1.29 (move 25-18)
15-Lexi Thompson - 1.64 to 2.87 - Gain of 1.23 (move 89-44)

This Year's Biggest Losers:

1- Song-Hee Kim - 6.98 - to 5.17 - Loss of 1.81 (move 9-20)
2- Jiyai Shin - 10.60 to 8.87 - Loss of 1.73 (move 1-5)
3- Ai Miyazato - 9.47 to 7.88 - Loss of 1.58 (move 6-7)
4- Anna Nordqvist - 5.12 to 3.74 - Loss of 1.38 (move 14-31)
5- Shinobu Moromizato - 3.27 to 1.90 - Loss of 1.37 (move 35-79)
6- M.J. Hur - 2.80 to 1.49 - Loss of 1.31 (move 44-110)
7- Mi-Jeong Jeon - 5.09 to 3.81 - Loss of 1.28 (move 15-30)
8- Jee Young Lee - 3.20 to 1.95 - Loss of 1.25 (move 38-77)
9- Lindsey Wright - 2.33 to 1.10 - Loss of 1.23 (move 64-146)
10-Katherine Hull - 4.58 to 3.37 - Loss of 1.21 (move 19-33)
11-Kristy McPherson - 3.27 to 2.06 - Loss of 1.21 (move 34-68)
12-Na Yeon Choi - 10.00 to 9.00 - Loss of 1.00 (move 4-4)
13-Laura Davies - 2.67 to 1.72 - Loss of 0.90 (move 49-88)
14-Christina Kim - 2.60 to 1.72 - Loss of 0.88 (move 51-93)
15-Momoko Ueda - 2.80 to 1.99 - Loss of 0.81 (move 45-74)

I will review this once again, at the end of the season.

Some Extra Stuff:

Rolex Movers of the Week:
Lexi Thompson moves from #124 to #44
Tiffany Joh moves from #135 to #71

Louise Friberg Watch:
Ms. Friberg missed the cut for the 13th consecutive time. She did get the last laugh by ending this headline..... she retired!

The Titleholders Championship:
Latest to qualify are Lexi Thompson, Tiffany Joh, and Giulia Sergas.

Hard to Believe Stats of the Week:
M.J. Hur has missed the cut in 6 of her last 7 tournaments.

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