Moynihan into world's Top 20; Chloe Ryan on the rise

Gavin Moynihan

Gavin Moynihan moved into the top 20 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking thanks to his runner up finish in the Eastern Province Border Championship in South Africa on Sunday.

The 20 year old from The Island lost in a play off to South Africa's Ian Snyman but still moved up 16 places to 19th in the world with Jack Hume (42nd), Paul Dunne (48th), Gary Hurley (61st) and Cormac Sharvin (97th) the other Irish golfers inside the world's top 100 amateur men.

American Oliver Schniederjans remained at No 1 with Spain's Jon Rahm-Rodriguez up one spot to No 2 ahead of Marcus Kinhult thanks to his brilliant share of fifth place in the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour.

In the women's ranking, Castletroy's Chloe Ryan leapt 25 spots to 345th thanks to her tie for 15th in the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship.

19	35	+16	Gavin Moynihan		35	1167.74
42	50	+8	Jack Hume		50	1082.00
48	49	+1	Paul Dunne		58	1066.64
61	66	+5	Gary Hurley		57	1030.85
97	91	-6	Cormac Sharvin		47	984.04
138	133	-5	Dermot McElroy		45	940.00
170	182	+12	Chris Selfridge		56	910.57
220	173	-47	Robin Dawson		45	877.22
287	275	-12	Richard Bridges		40	849.38
332	333	+1	Stuart Grehan		42	833.73
333	325	-8	John-Ross Galbraith		33	833.71
398	398	-	Paul McBride		35	810.36
410	478	+68	Geoff Lenehan		35	807.14
499	681	+182	Colm Campbell		24	777.68
708	706	-2	Eugene Smith		26	725.00
809	805	-4	Gary O'Flaherty		22	704.46
823	819	-4	Rowan Lester		27	701.79
841	837	-4	Darragh Coghlan		27	696.43
924	922	-2	Gareth Lappin		41	680.49
965	968	+3	Matthew McClean		28	670.54
1109	1110	+1	Daniel Holland		34	646.45
1200	1199	-1	Stephen Healy		26	628.57
1246	1243	-3	Alex Gleeson		32	621.09
1268	1265	-3	Tiarnan McLarnon		29	616.38
1272	1271	-1	Declan Loftus		28	615.18