Cole Hammer returns to top-five of PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking
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Written by Chris Richards
After finishing T3 at the Big 12 Championship, Texas’ Cole Hammer improved two spots to No. 4 and returned to the top-five in the Velocity Global Ranking for the first time since last September.
Hammer capped his Big 12 career with his third top-three finish at the Conference Championship, including a victory last year, and he now has top-15 finishes in each of his last six starts. His average improved 13 points this week and he switched places with Washington’s RJ Manke, who fell to No. 6. With two tournaments left this season, the race for a top-five finish remains tight, as only 20 points separates Hammer, fifth-ranked Trent Phillips (Georgia), and Manke.
Two other top-15 players improved multiple spots this week. Oklahoma’s Chris Gotterup moved from 11th to 9th after finishing runner-up at the Big 12 Championship, while Pepperdine’s Joey Vrzich moved up three spots to No. 14 after finishing T2 at the West Coast Conference Championship. Vrzich improved his position in the competitive race for the last spot in the top-15, as the four players ranked 14th-17th are separated by just 24 points.
Only three conference championships have yet to be included in the Velocity Global Ranking. Most notably, New Mexico’s Sam Choi is currently No. 16, and next week he’ll add to his record a T3 finish at the Mountain West Championship.
This afternoon, the NCAA Division I Men’s Regional Selection Show will air on GOLF Channel at 4 p.m. ET. The six Regionals will be played May 16-18, and 81 teams will compete for 30 spots in the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club. Players in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2022 must compete in an NCAA Regional to remain eligible to finish in the final Velocity Global Ranking.
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Velocity Global Ranking – Week 17/2022
Note: Each player’s complete PGA TOUR University record can be displayed by clicking the (+) icon in the far-right column on the Velocity Global Rankingwebsite.
| Rank | Change | Name | University | Events | Points Average |
| 1 | - | Pierceson Coody | Texas | 17 | 1284.0194 |
| 2 | - | Jacob Bridgeman | Clemson | 18 | 1146.5267 |
| 3 | - | Logan McAllister | Oklahoma | 20 | 1112.371 |
| 4 | +2 | Cole Hammer | Texas | 25 | 1080.4228 |
| 5 | - | Trent Phillips | Georgia | 19 | 1071.6042 |
| 6 | -2 | RJ Manke | Washington | 19 | 1060.6832 |
| 7 | - | Alex Fitzpatrick | Wake Forest | 18 | 1012.12 |
| 8 | - | Ryan Hall | South Carolina | 21 | 1010.69 |
| 9 | +2 | Christopher Gotterup | Oklahoma | 18 | 1004.9528 |
| 10 | - | Noah Goodwin | SMU | 19 | 973.5605 |
| 11 | +1 | Jackson Suber | Ole Miss | 18 | 963.7406 |
| 12 | -3 | Joe Highsmith | Pepperdine | 23 | 963.567 |
| 13 | - | Aman Gupta | Oklahoma State | 16 | 937.865 |
| 14 | +3 | Joey Vrzich | Pepperdine | 19 | 904.8863 |
| 15 | -1 | Albin Bergstrom | South Florida | 20 | 899.119 |
| 16 | - | Sam Choi | New Mexico | 19 | 892.8326 |
| 17 | -2 | Cameron Sisk | Arizona State | 23 | 880.3196 |
The Velocity Global Ranking is designed to identify the best college golfers based on winning, competitiveness and season-long performance. It is developed in partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking®, which ranks the top amateur golfers on the basis of their average performance in counting events, and it includes the final two years of competition in NCAA Division-I men’s golf tournaments (stroke play), official PGA TOUR tournaments and select DP World Tour events.
The Velocity Global Ranking is updated weekly on Wednesdays and announced on GOLF Channel’s Golf Today, and it will be finalized May 30, 2022, following the conclusion of stroke play at the NCAA D-I Men’s National Championship. The top five finishers will earn membership on Korn Ferry Tour and players finishing 6th through 15th will earn membership on a PGA TOUR international tour.
