 |
 |
 |
Weekly
Statistics Virtual matches, between the main regions of the golfing world USA v the rest of the world: USA vs RoW The rest of RoW v Europe: RoR vs Europe USA v the rest of RoW:
USA vs RoR USA v Europe UK and Ireland v Continental Europe UKI vs Continent Japan vs rest of Asia Japan vs. RoA To clarify: RoW = RoR & Europe Europe = UKI & Continent
Country orders of merit: The Top 12 Countries in the World The Top 12 Countries from the Continent of Europe The Top 12 Countries from Asia The Top 12 Countries in Ladies Golf New statistics are published on this site every Tuesday Statistical Methods. Method of deciding virtual matches Weekly statistics are derived from the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), except for the Ladies Top 12 which is derived from the Rolex Ladies Rankings. In the virtual matches players are divided into teams of 12. A maximum of 5 teams is used. Only players in the top 200 of the two orders of merit are included. Where there are less then 60 players then the number of teams is reduced accordingly. At present UKI v Continent has two full teams and one part team only and Japan v RoA has one full team and one part team only. Within each team each player is then matched against his opposite number in the individual order of ranking for those teams, the higher player of the two then being deemed the winner of that tie. 1 point is then given for each tie won in the lowest match, 2 points for the next team up and so on, up to 5 points for each tie won where there are five teams playing. Method of deciding the four country orders of merit: Players are once again divided into 12 man/woman teams with the higher teams being awarded more points. They are then matched against their opposite ranked player in the other teams. The total points for each match between the two countries are then totalled to decide the winner of thatmatch The team with the most wins against other countries takes the highest place in the order, and so on. If two teams tie a match, the team with the more players wins; if both teams have the same number of players the team whose ranking places add up to the lower total wins. If three or more teams each have the same number of wins then the order is decided first on the net number of ties won. If there is still a tie between two or more teams then the team with the more players win. If there is still a tie the team with the lowest total of ranking places wins. If there is, even then, still a tie the teams will take the same ranking.
Notes:
In the country
orders of merit
- brackets in the right hand columns of a table indicate a change
from the previous ranking.
In the Continent
and Asia orders: Other statistics and analyses may be added in due course. Where any additional explanation is required it will be given here. |