The Ranking for season two of the Global Amateur Pathway – powered by the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®) – is now live, with the initiative created by the DP World Tour, The R&A and the PGA TOUR set to continue assisting the very best male amateur players to take the next step in their careers.
• Initiative created by DP World Tour, The R&A and PGA TOUR continues to assist world’s best male amateur players
• Wenyi Ding topped inaugural Ranking to earn DP World Tour exemption for 2025
The Global Amateur Pathway Ranking will be published every week on the Global Amateur Pathway page, with the player registration window closing on June 30, 2025 and the qualification period to earn exemptions for the 2026 season ending on October 12, 2025.
China’s Wenyi Ding topped the inaugural Global Amateur Pathway Ranking, earning a DP World Tour exemption for the 2025 season, with the 20-year-old currently inside the top 50 on the Race to Dubai Rankings following six top 20 finishes and 15 made cuts from his 17 appearances so far.
HotelPlanner Tour exemptions for 2025 - available to European and Middle Eastern players - went to England’s Will Hopkins, Scot Gregor Graham and Luis Masaveu Roncal of Spain. Americans Nathan Petronzio, Peter Fountain and Ben Warian earned PGA TOUR Americas membership for the Latin America Swing of the 2025 season and South African Tyran Snyders earned an exemption on the Sunshine Tour.
The Global Amateur Pathway has created a pathway for non-collegiate amateur players on to the DP World Tour and partner Tours around the world. The Global Amateur Pathway complements PGA TOUR University – which awards membership on PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tours to the top Division-I college golfers at the end of the NCAA Championship – to ensure opportunities are available for elite players across the amateur ranks.
Under the Global Amateur Pathway, the best eligible non-collegiate male amateur within the top 20 of the WAGR® will receive a DP World Tour card for the following season. WAGR® comprises a women’s ranking and a men’s ranking for elite amateur players and is offered by The R&A and the USGA as a global service to golf. Players competing in Global Amateur Pathway eligible championships earn points equivalent to the number of points awarded by WAGR®.
The Global Amateur Pathway strengthens, and demonstrates the benefits of, the Strategic Alliances forged by the DP World Tour to provide global player pathways. As such, further exemptions will be available on the HotelPlanner Tour – part of the European Tour group – along with the Sunshine Tour, Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, Professional Golf Tour of India and PGA TOUR Americas.
To be eligible for the Global Amateur Pathway Ranking, amateur golfers must meet the following criteria:
• Not be a current NCAA Division-I player.
• Be at least 20 years of age by the end of the calendar year of the relevant Ranking Period.
• Be within the top 200 WAGR®
• Players who are outside the top 200 WAGR® by the end of the Registration Period who then move into the top 100 WAGR® at any time prior to the conclusion of the Late Registration Period in the relevant season.
The Global Amateur Pathway Ranking – based on the WAGR® – will be published every week on the Global Amateur Pathway page.
