Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings

The Junior Golf Scoreboard system is based on a formula that reviews a player's record in 36-hole or longer tournaments over the last 365 days. Tournaments drop out of the calculation after one year. A player must have four events within the year to be ranked.

The criteria are as follows:

• Scoring differential: For the 75 percent of the player's rounds that are his/her lowest scores, a player's average score is compared to the USGA rating of the courses they played (65 percent weight).
• Strength of Field: Whom did the player compete against and how strong were the records of the their competitors (25 percent).
Finish: Average finish of the competitor with consideration given to the size of the field (10 percent).

The Junior Golf Scoreboard typically receives results for over 2,100 tournaments worldwide and ranks approximately 10,000 - 11,000 players at any one time.