Monthly Analyses

Where are all the young men from? Jan 08

As at the end of 2007 there were 23 players under 30 in the top 100 of the world rankings, five more

than the previous year. They were as follows, shown by region and then by ranking , name and age

at midnight 31 Dec 2007:

USA			RoR			UKI			The Continent

34	H Mahan*	25	7	A Scott*	27	6	J Rose	27	12	S Garcia*	27
42	C Howell	28	18	A Baddeley	26	48	N Dougherty	25	76	M Kaymer	23
47	B Snedeker	27	19	T Immelman*	28	84	R Fisher	27	90	G F-Castano	27
60	J Byrd	29	28	A Romero	26
65	S O’Hair	25	44	R Sterne	26
74	R Moore	25	56	C Villegas	25
75	A Kim	22	68	H Tanihara	29
81	L Glover	28	83	C Schwartzel*	23
100	T Matteson	28

* President’s and Ryder Cup players

RoR beats USA by 7- 2, and Europe by 6- 2

USA beats Europe by 6 - 2

Average age for each region:

The Continent	25.8
RoR	26.25
UKI	26.3
USA	26.6

Number of players who will be 30 next year:

The Continent	0 out of 3
UKI	0 out of 3
USA	1 out of 9
RoR	2 out of 8

Where are all the young men from? Jan 07

As at the end of 2006 there were 18 players under 30 in the top 100 of the world rankings, two less than the previous year. They were as follows, shown by region and then by ranking, name and age at midnight 31 Dec 2006:

USA			RoR			UKI			The Continent

38	L Glover	27	4	A Scott*	26	9	L Donald	29	11	S Garcia*	26
67	S O’Hair	24	10	G Ogilvy	29	15	P Casey	29	36	C Pettersson	29
79	R Moore	24	13	T Immelman*	27	51	J Rose	26
81	T Matteson	27	55	C Schwartzel	22	88	S Dyson	29
82	C Howell	27	87	A Baddeley	25
98	J Byrd	28	96	H Tanihara	28
			100	H Hoshino	29

* President’s and Ryder Cup players

RoR beats USA by 6 - 1 and Europe by 4 - 3.

Average age for each region:

USA	26.2
RoR	26.6
The Continent	27.5
UKI	28,25

Number of players who will be 30 next year:

USA	0 out of 5
RoR	2 out of 7
The Continent	1 out of 2
UKI	3 out of 4

Winning Margins in the four country orders of merit Jul 08

World Order Continental Order

                     USA v Australia            184 - 0      Sweden v Spain                150 - 10
                     Australia v England        29 - 4      Spain v France                   97 - 12
                     England v S Africa         18 -12      France v Denmark               61 -   9
                     S Africa v Sweden         12 - 0      Denmark v Germany          27 -   2
                     Sweden v Japan            10 - 0      Germany v Netherlands       14 - 10
                     Japan v Ireland                9 - 1      Netherlands v Italy              14 - 12
                     Ireland v Spain                5 - 2      Italy v Finland                     22 -   4
                     Spain v Denmark             3 - 1    Finland v Austria                  6 - 2
                     Denmark v France           3 - 2      Austria v Norway                  6 -   1
                     France v Argentina          3 - 2      Norway v Portugal                6 -   1
                     Argentina v Germany       3 - 1      Portugal v Switzerland           3 -   2
                     Germany v Thailand         3 - 1      Switzerland v Belgium         3 -   2
                     Thailand v India               2 - 2*     Belgium v Iceland                  5 -   0

Asian Order Ladies Order

                    Japan v Korea             169 - 15
                    Korea v India               153 - 15       Korea v USA                   167 - 10
                    India v Thailand             19 - 16        USA v Japan                     96 - 18
                    Thailand v Taiwan          28 - 6      Japan v Sweden                 104 -   8
                    Taiwan v Philippines      22 - 10        Sweden v Australia              12 -   0
                    Philippines v Malaysia   11 -   0        Australia v Taiwan                 9 -   2
                    Malaysia v China            5 -   1        Taiwan v England                  4 - 2
                    China v Singapore          4 -   0         England v Scotland               4 -   2
                    Singapore v Pakistan      2 -   0        Scotland v France                 3 -   1
                    Pakistan v Myanmar       1 -   0        France v Italy                        3 -   1
                                                                         Italy v Wales                         1 -   1**
             * winner has more ranking players.      Wales v Canada                    2 -   0
             ** order decided on the sum of places.     Canada v Germany                2 -   0

Index of past analyses

Dec 06	Courses, population, ranking and top 200 professionals
Nov 06	Distribution of ranked professionals by region, continent and country.
Apr 06	Details of the three orders of merit as at 16 April.
Mar 06	Number of major winners and best positions by other countries, since 1946.
Feb 06	Where does all the money go?
Jan 06	Where are all the young men from?

Courses, population, GDP, ranking and top 200 professionals Dec 06

Courses	Total number
Pop	Population in millions
GDP	GDP in US$ billions
C/Pop	Courses per million population
C/GDP	Courses per US$ billion GDP
R/Pros	Ranking professionals
RP/C	Ranking professionals per 1000 courses
Top 200	Ranking professionals in the top 200

These statistics are used in Articles of Dec 06.

Country	Courses	Pop	GDP	C/Pop	C/GDP	R/Pros	RP/C	Top 200

USA	16494	298.4	12490	56.8	1357	395	23.3	82
UK	2645	60.6	2228	43.6	1187	150	56.7	25
Japan	2440	127.5	4554	19.1	523	132	54.1	17
Canada	2100	33.1	1035	63.4	2029	27	12.9	2
Australia	1800	20.3	613	88.7	2936	129	71.1	20
Germany	646	82.4	2730	7.8	237	12	18.6	2
France	522	60.9	2055	8.6	254	28	53.6	2
South Africa	443	44.2	187	10.0	2369	73	164.8	6
Sweden	422	9.0	348	46.8	1213	51	120.9	11
New Zealand	385	4.1	95	94.5	4053	15	39.0	2
Ireland	281	4.1	190	69.2	1495	10	35.6	2
Spain	270	40.4	1019	6.7	265	40	148.1	6
Argentina	240	39.9	182	6.0	1319	29	120.8	3
China	230	1314.0	677	0.2	339	3	13.0
Italy	230	58.1	1710	4.0	135	15	65.2	1
Thailand	200	64.6	184	3.1	1087	9	45.0	3
Malaysia	190	24.4	122	7.8	1557	5	26.3
Korea	180	48.8	801	3.7	225	43	238.9	3
Mexico	180	107.4	122	1.7	1475	6	33.3
India	175	1095.4	565	0.2	310	18	102.9	3
Netherlands	175	16.5	581	10.6	301	5	28.6	1

Country	Courses	Pop	GDP	C/Pop	C/GDP	R/Pros	RP/C	Top 200

Norway	153	4.6	247	33.3	619	8	52.3
Denmark	140	5.5	243	25.5	576	14	100.0	4
Indonesia	130	245.5	270	0.5	481
Austria	128	8.2	293	15.6	437	4	31.3
Finland	99	5.2	184	18.9	538	11	111.1
Brazil	93	188.1	602	0.5	150	3	32.3
Switzerland	86	7.5	367	11.4	234	3	34.9
Myanmar	80	47.4	?	1.7	?	2	25.0
Philippines	70	89.5	91	0.8	769	6	85.7
Taiwan	65	23.0	323	2.8	201	19	292.3	2
Belgium	64	10.4	350	6.2	183	3	46.9
Iceland	56	0.3	13	186.7	4307	1	17.9
Colombia	51	43.6	98	1.2	520	6	117.6	1
Zimbabwe	45	12.2	?	3.7	?	4	88.9
Kenya	38	34.7	16	1.1	2375	1	26.3
Singapore	25	4.5	111	5.6	225	2	80.0
Fiji	11	0.9	3	12.2	3666	2	181.1	1
Zambia	3	11.5	5	0.3	556	1	333.3

Country	Courses	Pop	GDP	C/Pop	C/GDP	R/Pros	RP/C	Top 200

Distribution of ranked professionals by region, continent and country Nov 06

Region		Country		Ranking *

RoR	525	1. USA	395	1
USA	395	2. Japan	132	6
Europe	358	3. Australia	129	2
		4. England	97	3
Continent		5. South Africa	73	5
		6. Sweden	51	4
N America	422	7. Korea	43	9
Europe	358	8. Spain	40	7
Asia	244	9. Scotland	34	11
Australasia	146	10. Argentina	29	12
Africa	80	11. France	28	18
Latin America	45	12. Canada	27	13

* From the World Golf Statistics Top Countries in the World on 19 Nov.
Totals also as on 19 Nov.

Details of the three orders of merit as at 16 April Apr 06

World Order

USA beats Australia	85 - 0
Australia beats England	21 - 0
England beats South Africa	16 - 3
South Africa beats Sweden	8 - 2
Sweden beats Japan	6 - 5
Japan beats Spain	7 - 4
Spain beats Ireland	3 - 2
Ireland beats Korea	4 - 0
Korea beats France	4 - 1
France beats Scotland	4 - 1
Scotland beats Canada	2 - 1

Continental Order

Sweden beats Spain	46 - 3
Spain beats France	26 - 4
France beats Denmark	21 - 2
Denmark beats Germany	9 - 2
Germany beats Italy	7 - 4
Italy beats Netherlands	10 - 1
Netherlands beat Norway	3 - 2
Norway beats Finland	4 - 2
Finland beats Austria	5 - 1
Austria beats Belgium	5 - 0
Belgium ties Switzerland	1 - 1*

* Total of two places each are identical

Asian Order

Japan beats Korea	129 - 1
Korea beats Thailand	25 - 3
Thailand beats India	7 - 5
India beats Taiwan	12 - 4
Taiwan beats China	16 - 0
China beats Philippines	3 - 1
Philippines beat Pakistan	4 - 0
Pakistan beat Malaysia	2 - 2*
Malaysia beat Singapore	1 - 1*
Singapore beats Sri Lanka	1 - 0**
Sri Lanka beats Myanmar	1 - 0**

* The winners have more ranking players ** Both teams have one ranking player only but the Singapore player has a higher ranking.

Number of major winners and best positions by country since 1946 Mar 06

		US Majors	Brit Open	Total	Last win

1	USA	147	28	175	2005
2	South Africa	10	8	18	2004
3	Australia	4	9	13	1995
4	England	4	6	10	1996
5	Spain	4	3	7	1999
6	Fiji	3	0	3	2004
7	Scotland	1	2	3	1999
8	Zimbabwe	2	1	3	1994
9	New Zealand	1	1	2	2005
10	Germany	2	0	2	1993
11	Canada	1	0	1	2003
12	Wales	1	0	1	1991
13	Argentina	0	1	1	1967
14	Ireland	0	1	1	1947

1946-55 USA		30	2	32
Rest		0	8	8
1956-65 USA		27	3	30
Rest		3	7	10
1966-75 USA		27	6	33
Rest		3	4	7
1976-85 USA		25	7	32
Rest		5	3	8
1986-95 USA		19	2	21
Rest		11	8	19
1996-05 USA		20	8	28
Rest		10	2	12

		Best Posn	Year(s)
15	Denmark	2nd	2002, 2003, 2005
16	France*	2nd	1999, 2002
17	Sweden	2nd	1997, 2001
18	Taiwan	2nd	1971, 1985
19	Belgium	2nd	1956, 1959
20	Japan	2nd	1980
21	Korea	3rd	2004
22	Trinidad & T	5th	1997
23	Paraguay	6th	1999
24	Puerto Rico	9th	1981
25	Finland	9th	2001
26	Mexico	10th	1984
27	Brazil	11th	1948
28	Netherlands	15th	1972
29	Egypt	17th	1953
30	India	27th	2004

* Arnaud Massy won the British Open in 1907

The only year in which USA failed to win a major is in 1994

Where does all the money go? Feb 06

Distribution of prize money by tour and regions, based on the 2005 seasons.

Tours	Total	No of	Average	No of joint	Without joint events *
	US$m	events	US$m	events * *	Total	Events	Average

PGA Tour	216.35	43	5.031	1
European Tour	94.41	41	2.303	17
Champions Tour	49.00	28	1.750
Japanese Tour	30.92	29	1.066	1
WGC	26.50	4	6.625
Asian Tour	25.12	28	0.897	11	7.28	17	0.428
Nationwide Tour	15.56	30	0.519	4
Australian Tour	13.90	9	1.545	6	2.76	3	0.925
Seniors Tour	8.77	21	0.418
Canadian Tour	6.82	15	0.455	3	1.42	12	0.119
Challenge Tour	6.43	30	0.214	5 + 4	4.56	26	0.175
Sunshine Tour	4.38	20	0.219	2	2.04	18	0.113
Tour de las Americas	1.54	13	0.118	5	0.78	8	0.098

Total value (ie excluding double counting on joint events) US$ 460.35 million

* senior partner (ie tour with the higher average prize money) * junior partner

Unofficial Events (excluding qualifying events)

US Tours	13.55	9	1.506
South Africa	4.06	1	4.060
European Tours	2.88	2	1.444

Total Value	US$ 21.00 m

Overall Value	US$ 483.99 million

Geographical distribution of prize money

N America	294.98
Europe	93.81
Asia	56.39
Pacific Islands	13.80
Sub Saharan Africa	8.60
Australasia	6.61
N Africa and the Gulf	3.84
L America & Carib	3.50

Where are all the young men from? Jan 06

As at the end of 2005 there were 20 players under 30 in the top 100 of the world rankings. They were as follows, shown by region and then by ranking, name and age at midnight 31 Dec 2005:

USA			RoR			UKI			The Continent

37	S O’Hair	23	9	A Scott*	25	13	L Donald*	28	6	S Garcia*	25
55	Z Johnson	29	50	G Ogilvy	28	52	P Casey*	28	32	H Stenson	29
57	C Howell*	26	62	T Immelman	26	56	G McDowell	26	53	C Pettersson	28
65	L Glover	26	71	R Sabbatini	29	59	I Poulter*	29
74	V Taylor	29				68	K Ferrie	27
80	R Palmer	29				75	N Dougherty	23
						86	J Rose	25

* President’s and Ryder Cup players

UKI beats all three other regions:

USA	by 7 ties to 0
RoR	by 5 ties to 2
The Continent	by 4 ties to 3

Europe beats USA & RoR: by 8 ties to 2

Average age for each region:

UKI	26
RoR	27
USA	27
The Continent	27.33

Number of players who will be 30 next year:

USA	3 out of 6
The Continent	1 out of 3
UKI	1 out of 7
RoR	0 out of 4

Tiger Woods missed the cut by 2 days, being 30 years old on 30 Dec 2005.
Had he been 2 days younger USA would have beaten UKI by 7 ties to 0 and
USA & RoR would have beaten Europe by 7 ties to 4
But he wasn’t.

Tiger has been the youngest player in the USA Ryder Cup team since he first played in 1997
Will he still be the youngest player in the USA team at the K Club later this year?