Performances of the week

Amateur Championship win takes Fang to fifth

Ethan Fang’s victory in the 130th Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s has catapulted him to fifth on the World Amateur Golf Ranking®, a two-ranking rise. The American defeated Ireland’s Gavin Tiernan by one hole with a five-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole to settle a contest that looked a mismatch on paper. Oklahoma State student Fang was the seventh best player on the WAGR table with Tiernan lying in 1,340th spot. However, 19-year-old Tiernan nearly pulled off an upset. He jumps 663 rankings to 677th. Fang, meanwhile, will play in next month’s 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, the 2026 U.S. Open and, traditionally, the Masters.

Stout strides into seventh spot

Preston Stout strides into seventh on the table with a one-ranking rise following a dominant victory in the Northeast Amateur Invitational at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. The Texan, also an Oklahoma State attendee, scored 69, 61, 72 and 65 for a 9-under-par 267 to win by eight shots.

Goode grabs California gold

Jacob Goode is now ranked 476th after a comfortable victory in the California Amateur Championship at Granite Bay Golf Club. The San Francisco native defeated fellow Californian Evan Liu 8&6 and makes a 368-ranking rise. Liu is 904 spots better off in 523rd.

Top 20 movers

Three Americans join the top score. Miles Russell is 12 places higher in 16th, while Max Herendeen and Connor Williams move five spots to 17th and 19th respectively.

Top 50 movers

There are eight top 50 graduates this week. Stewart Hagestad (USA) moves from 55th to 32nd; Ryan Voois (USA) 51st to 42nd; Jonathan Griz (USA) 60th to 43rd; Josh Duangmanee (THA) 61st to 46th; Gabriel Palacios Morataya (GUA) 57th to 47th; Andrey Borges Xavier (BRA) 56th to 48th; Nguyen Anh Minh (VIE) 54th to 49th; and Jack Bigham (ENG) 52nd to 50th.

Biggest ranking improvement

American Zachary Frazer takes that honour by racing 1,833 places to 1,192nd after finishing fourth in the Rice Planters Amateur.