LeBlanc makes another world ranking leap

Kevin LeBlanc

The Island's Kevin LeBlanc made another huge leap in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking.

The Junior Open champion moved up 521 places to 2382nd thanks to his share of eighth place in the Copa de Baleares behind Spain's Mario Galiano, who moved up four places to world No 4. 

West Waterford's Gary Hurley edged closer to the top 50 thanks to his share of fifth in the South African Amateur Open Strokeplay with Gavin Moynihan, who fell one place to 20th. 

Paula Grant remains the leading Irish player in the women's ranking at 138th

Men's Ranking

This wk	Last wk	Change	Player	Divisor	Points avg
20	19	-1	Gavin Moynihan	39	1154.38
43	42	-1	Jack Hume	50	1086.00
47	48	+1	Paul Dunne	58	1066.64
56	61	+5	Gary Hurley	57	1040.50
110	97	-13	Cormac Sharvin	51	967.65
167	170	+3	Chris Selfridge	52	913.30
179	138	-41	Dermot McElroy	45	904.44
225	220	-5	Robin Dawson	49	875.00
286	287	+1	Richard Bridges	44	849.43
335	332	-3	Stuart Grehan	42	833.73
381	333	-48	John-Ross Galbraith	35	817.50
399	410	+11	Geoff Lenehan	31	811.29
401	398	-3	Paul McBride	35	810.36
403	499	+96	Colm Campbell	26	809.82
807	809	+2	Gary O'Flaherty	22	704.46
819	823	+4	Rowan Lester	27	701.79
837	841	+4	Darragh Coghlan	27	696.43
925	924	-1	Gareth Lappin	41	680.49
966	965	-1	Matthew McClean	28	670.54
1101	1109	+8	Daniel Holland	34	646.45
1241	1246	+5	Alex Gleeson	32	621.09
1259	1268	+9	Tiarnan McLarnon	29	616.38
1264	1272	+8	Declan Loftus	28	615.18
1269	708	-561	Eugene Smith	22	614.29
1349	1357	+8	Alan Lowry	38	594.74
1380	1389	+9	Barry Anderson	18	588.39
1387	1395	+8	Eddie McCormack	21	587.50
1462	1470	+8	Pat Murray	20	571.43
1481	1489	+8	Ryan McKinstry	35	568.57
1511	1200	-311	Stephen Healy	23	563.39
1516	1619	+103	Tommy O'Driscoll	29	562.93
1629	1631	+2	Gary Collins	19	541.96
1701	1702	+1	Alexander Wilson	23	528.57
1802	1805	+3	Ronan Mullarney	32	509.38
1820	1819	-1	Stephen Watts	22	504.17
1835	1835	-	Keagan Cummings	28	500.00
1859	1857	-2	Conor O'Rourke	21	495.54
1873	1870	-3	Eoin Leonard	28	491.96
1881	1881	-	James Fox	18	489.29
1916	1918	+2	Richard Knightly	22	483.93
1919	1923	+4	Jeffrey Hopkins	18	483.04
1941	1944	+3	Aaron Grant	23	478.57
1957	1964	+7	Mark Shanahan	17	475.00
2009	1583	-426	Robert Cannon	17	466.96
2132	2136	+4	Colin Fairweather	15	441.07
2135	2139	+4	Gary McDermott	12	440.18
2181	2545	+364	Stuart Winsby	25	433.04
2196	2204	+8	Shane McGlynn	30	430.00
2224	2231	+7	Joseph Lyons	18	424.11
2251	2257	+6	Simon Bryan	18	417.86
2291	2298	+7	David Carey	42	410.71
2382	2388	+6	Jamie Richardson	27	396.43
2382	2903	+521	Kevin Leblanc	13	396.43
2429	2435	+6	Shaun Carter	21	385.71
2498	2500	+2	Steffan O'Hara	14	372.32
2521	2529	+8	Eoin Arthurs	14	367.86
2551	2560	+9	Ben Best	18	360.71
2551	2560	+9	William Russell	20	360.71
2569	2575	+6	Sean Flanagan	18	359.82
2579	2587	+8	William Hanna	17	357.14
2667	2673	+6	James Sugrue	16	344.64
2699	2706	+7	Eanna Griffin	16	339.29
2846	2854	+8	Joe Crangle	15	314.29
2871	2881	+10	Stephen Walsh	17	310.71
2933	2945	+12	Mark Collins	16	300.00
2933	2945	+12	Sean Ryan	21	300.00
2954	2622	-332	Adrian Morrow	12	299.11
2990	2999	+9	Conor Coyne	19	292.86
3066	3072	+6	Daniel Brennan	19	278.57
3137	3144	+7	Kyle McCarron	10	267.86
3196	3203	+7	John Greene	16	260.71
3269	3279	+10	Owen Crooks	14	250.89
3271	3281	+10	Matthew Kane	17	250.00
3357	3369	+12	Michael Sinclair	9	239.29
3380	3390	+10	Greg Mungovan	12	235.71
3435	3444	+9	Stuart Bleakley	11	228.57
3453	3087	-366	Maurice Kelly	9	227.68
3463	3470	+7	Jack Pierse	11	225.00
3498	3506	+8	Alan Thomas	12	221.43
3557	3564	+7	Matthew McKnight	17	214.29
3682	3690	+8	Niall Gorey	8	200.00
3725	3732	+7	Liam Harnett	10	196.43
3855	3865	+10	Jordan Hood	10	182.14
3881	3890	+9	Eamonn Haugh	6	181.25
3962	3971	+9	Alan Condren	9	171.43
3994	4003	+9	Connor Doran	6	167.86
3994	4003	+9	Jamie Knipe	17	167.86
4063	4069	+6	Harry Diamond	9	160.71
4097	4104	+7	Kieran McCarthy	8	157.14
4185	4190	+5	Des Morgan	7	150.00
4226	4232	+6	Rory Leonard	7	146.43
4267	4274	+7	Ryan Gribben	7	142.86
4302	4305	+3	Timothy Jordan	11	139.29
4349	4352	+3	Tony McClements	11	135.71
4392	4393	+1	Serryth Heavey	9	132.14
4468	4472	+4	Ian O'Flynn	8	125.00
4468	4472	+4	Kelan McDonagh	7	125.00
4709	4715	+6	David Mulholland	4	107.14
4752	4760	+8	Jim Carvill	5	103.57
4804	4812	+8	Gareth Bohill	6	100.00

Women's Ranking

This wk	Last wk	Change	Player	Divisor	Pts avg
138	140	+2	Paula Grant	35	912.86
223	225	+2	Olivia Mehaffey	34	853.68
341	345	+4	Chloe Ryan	40	779.38
377	378	+1	Mary Doyle	37	760.14
388	390	+2	Jessica Carty	26	752.68
548	553	+5	Sinead Sexton	26	679.46
588	594	+6	Leona Maguire	15	663.39
641	643	+2	Jean O'Driscoll	27	636.61
653	656	+3	Amy Farrell	27	631.70
789	794	+5	Maria Dunne	18	577.68
801	805	+4	Sarah Helly	28	571.43
810	814	+4	Emma O'Driscoll	24	567.41
918	925	+7	Niamh McSherry	20	520.54
1136	1138	+2	Jessica Ross	18	432.14
1186	1188	+2	Louise Coffey	14	410.71
1190	1192	+2	Annabel Wilson	13	407.14
1190	1192	+2	Lisa Maguire	15	407.14
1464	1476	+12	Niamh Ward	18	312.50
1488	1499	+11	Julie McCarthy	17	305.36
1531	1540	+9	Megan Thompson	15	289.29
1553	1563	+10	Aedin Murphy	14	282.14
1616	1624	+8	Sarah Cunningham	13	267.86
1658	1667	+9	Ariana Coyle Diez	9	255.36
1777	1784	+7	Shannon Burke	21	221.43
1816	1824	+8	Shannen Brown	13	208.93
1827	1836	+9	Caitriona Griffin	10	206.25
1858	1869	+11	Victoria Craig	12	196.43
1942	1952	+10	Holly Robinson	25	182.14
1956	1966	+10	Karen Delaney	11	178.57
1994	2004	+10	Amy Chambers	13	171.43
1994	2004	+10	Carla Reynolds	19	171.43
2048	2056	+8	Meadhbh Doyle	19	160.71
2062	2070	+8	Mairead Martin	5	159.82
2064	2072	+8	Rachel Taylor	8	158.93
2387	2399	+12	Tara Gribben	4	96.43
2508	2520	+12	Hannah Henderson	5	78.57
2557	2571	+14	Aoife Lowry	10	71.43
2627	2641	+14	Gillian O'Leary	6	60.71
2650	2664	+14	Mary Dowling	5	57.14
2650	2664	+14	Victoria Bradshaw	3	57.14
2695	2710	+15	Lucy Simpson	4	50.00
2730	2744	+14	Carol Wickham	4	44.64
2762	2777	+15	Laura Grant	8	35.71
2839	2852	+13	Pat Doran	3	16.07
2867	2880	+13	Louise Mernagh	2	10.71
2899	2911	+12	Laura Webb	0	5.36
2909	2921	+12	Lisa O'Shea	4	0.00