CHARLEY HULL GOES UP FROM NO 10 TO NO 6 IN WORLD RANKINGS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Charley Hull's victory in the Harder Hall Invitational on the Florida Orange Blossom Tour has seen the 15-year-old Woburn Golf Club member from Kettering rise from No 10 to No 6 in this week's revised RandA Women's World Amateur Rankings.
Ariya Jutanugarn, the 16-year-old from Thailand whom Charley, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, overhauled over the last round at the "Harder Hall" has dropped from No 8 to No 10.
The only British or Irish player ahead of her now is Alabama University student Stephanie Meadow from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She stays in fifth place.
Leona Maguire from Slieve Russell, Ireland also retains seventh place.
New Zealand youngster Lydia Ko has been ranked No 1 for the best part of a year.
Lauren Taylor, the 16-year-old British women's open amateur champion from Rugby - like Charley Hull a Woburn GC member - is ranked No 20.

The revised top 20 are:
(The first figure in the line is this week's ranking; the second figure is last week's ranking.

1 1 Lydia Ko NZL 1868.97
2 2 Kim Williams RSA 1836.36
3 3 Cecilia Cho NZL 1754.39
4 4 Iliska Verwey RSA 1730.00
5 5 Stephanie Meadow IRL 1588.68
6 10 Charley Hull ENG 1573.91
7 7 Leona Maguire IRL 1561.70
8 6 Austin Ernst USA 1545.00
9 9 Erica Popson USA 1497.37
10 8 Ariya Jutanugarn THA 1477.97
11 11 Bertine Strauss RSA 1475.00
12 12 Henriette Frylinck RSA 1436.59
13 19 Jaye Marie Green USA 1406.67
14 14 Minjee Lee AUS 1401.07
15 15 Tiffany Lua USA 1391.94
16 16 Madelene Sagstrom SWE 1384.21
17 17 Lindy Duncan USA 1382.05
18 13 Marta Silva Zamora ESP 1373.58
19 18 Kayla Mortellaro USA 1369.44
20 20 Lauren Taylor ENG 1368.75