CHARLEY HULL ENTERS WORLD TOP TEN FEMALE AMATEURS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Without hitting a ball competitively this past week, Charley Hull, the 15-year-old Woburn player, has risen to No 10 in the RandA Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Unlike the men's ratings, there are surprisingly few American females in the top 10 which continues to be headed by the New Zealand teenagers Lydia Ko and Cecilia Cho.
US college student Stephanie Meadow from Northern Ireland is the highest ranked European player and looks a certainty to make her Curtis Cup debut for GB and Ireland in the Curtis Cup match against the Americans at Nairn next June. Stephanie was a reserve for last year's match at Essex County Club, Massachusetts.
Leona Maguire (No 7) gives Ireland two in the world's top 10 which is quite an achievement. Leona (and her twin Lisa) both played in the 2010 Curtis Cup match.
But, like Stephanie Meadow, Charley Hull, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency in action in the inaugural Junior Vagliano Trophy match at Royal Porthcawl last June, is another whose claims for a first Curtis Cup cap look gilt-edged.
Top 10 female amateur golfers in the world are (first column is this week's ranking; second column is the previous week's ranking):

1 1 Lydia Ko NZL 1818.87
2 2 Cecilia Cho NZL 1745.28
3 3 Kim Williams RSA 1667.19
4 4 Stephanie Meadow IRL 1588.68
5 5 Austin Ernst USA 1545.00
6 6 Iliska Verwey RSA 1532.20
7 7 Leona Maguire IRL 1531.37
8 8 Ariya Jutanugarn THA 1528.30
9 9 Erica Popson USA 1483.33
10 11 Charley Hull ENG 1452.17
11 10 Bertine Strauss RSA 1439.29
12 12 Marta Silva ESP 1421.28
13 13 Tiffany Lua USA 1391.94
14 14 Victoria Tanco ARG 1390.00
15 15 Madelene Sagstrom SWE 1384.21
16 16 Lindy Duncan USA 1382.05
17 17 Jaye Marie Green USA 1369.77
18 18 Kayla Mortellaro USA 1369.44
19 19 Ashlee Dewhurst AUS 1364.44
20 20 Sophia Popov GER 1346.15