PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking points on the line at NCAA Regionals
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Written by Chris Richards
The top-15 in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking remained unchanged this week as 81 teams prepare for NCAA Regional Championships, May 16-18.
Texas and Oklahoma each have two players ranked in the top-10, and the rivals are set to meet again as the top two seeds in the Norman Regional. Top-ranked Pierceson Coody and No. 4 Cole Hammer will lead the Longhorns against Oklahoma’s Logan McAllister (Ranked 3rd) and Chris Gotterup (Ranked 9th).
Pepperdine, the defending NCAA Champions, have two players ranked in the top-15, and No. 12 Joe Highsmith and No. 14 Joey Vrzich will headline the field in Bryan, Texas. In all, 47 of the top-50 players in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking are on teams that qualified for an NCAA Regional
Results from next week’s six Regionals will be included in the Week 20 Ranking update on May 25. Additionally, the Week 20 Ranking will only include players who remain eligible for PGA TOUR University, as players must compete in an NCAA Regional Championship to finish in the season’s final Velocity Global Ranking.
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Velocity Global Ranking – Week 18/2022
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 | 19 | 1128.2884 |
| 3 | - | Logan McAllister | Oklahoma | 20 | 1112.371 |
| 4 | - | Cole Hammer | Texas | 25 | 1080.4228 |
| 5 | - | Trent Phillips | Georgia | 19 | 1071.6042 |
| 6 | - | RJ Manke | Washington | 19 | 1060.6832 |
| 7 | - | Alex Fitzpatrick | Wake Forest | 18 | 1012.12 |
| 8 | - | Ryan Hall | South Carolina | 21 | 1010.69 |
| 9 | - | Christopher Gotterup | Oklahoma | 18 | 1004.9528 |
| 10 | - | Noah Goodwin | SMU | 19 | 973.5605 |
| 11 | - | Jackson Suber | Ole Miss | 18 | 963.7406 |
| 12 | - | Joe Highsmith | Pepperdine | 23 | 963.5674 |
| 13 | - | Aman Gupta | Oklahoma State | 16 | 937.865 |
| 14 | - | Joey Vrzich | Pepperdine | 19 | 904.8863 |
| 15 | - | Albin Bergstrom | South Florida | 20 | 899.119 |
| 16 | - | Sam Choi | New Mexico | 20 | 890.8275 |
| 17 | - | 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.
