DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 12, 2007 – The Rolex Rankings Board and Technical Committee today announce a modification to the process for calculating weekly Rolex Rankings. The modification will be implemented for the April 17, 2007, Rolex Rankings release.
Since its inception in February 2006, Rolex Rankings have awarded points to players based on an accumulated 104-week "rolling" period, with the points awarded in the most recent 13-week period carrying a stronger value continuing the emphasis on the most recent performances. Effective with the April 17 Rolex Rankings, points will be reduced in 91 equal decrements following week 13 for the remaining 91 weeks of the two-year Rolex Ranking period rather than the seven equal 13 week decrements previously used (see graph for overview).
"This modification enables the average points to be represented and calculated in a gradual and consistent basis throughout the entire 104-week period, as opposed to the more dramatic adjustments that used to occur at the end of each 13-week period," said Chris Higgs, chairman of the Rolex Rankings Technical Committee. "Since the inception of the Rolex Rankings last year, we said we would continually review the process of how points are calculated in order to ensure we are accurately reflecting the performances of all players from around the world. This modification will only strengthen the overall representation of the best players in the world."
About the Rolex Rankings
The Rolex Rankings is the first-ever world rankings system for women’s golf sanctioned by the five major women’s professional golf Tours: the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA); Ladies European Tour (LET); Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan); Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA); Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG); as well as the Ladies Golf Union (LGU), which administers the Weetabix Women’s British Open. The Rolex Rankings are the only women’s world rankings that incorporate player performances from the five major tours and the Duramed Futures Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA. R2IT, an independent software development company developed the software for the Rolex Rankings and maintains the Rolex Rankings on a weekly basis.
Contact:
Connie Wilson, LPGA, 386-274-6200, connie.wilson@lpga.com
Bethan Cutler, LET, +44 (0) 7980056045, bcutler@ladieseuropeantour.com
Sam Kwak, KLPGA, sam.kwak@klpga.com
Warren Sevil, ALPG, +61 416 244 133, warren.sevil@alpgtour.com
Kosuke Takasu, LPGA of Japan, +81 33 5467801, takasu@lpga.or.jp
Susan Simpson, LGU, +44 01334 475811, susan.simpson@lgu.org
