Rankings Update Presented by Rugiet - August 2026
- wbirmingham
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
The latest WLD Official World Rankings are here. Below is a look at the biggest movement across the Open Elite, Senior, Women's, and Rise Divisions, plus where every top ten player stands in each division as we near the 2026 World Long Drive Championship in Reno, Nevada this October 15th–17th at Wild Creek Golf Course.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Open Elite Division
Zack Holton moves into the World No. 1 spot
Scottie Pearman drops to World No. 2
Justin James moves up to World No. 7
James Tait (LDET) joins the top ten as World No. 9
Roni Shin drops out of the top ten to World No. 11
Senior Division
Ryan Reisbeck remains World No. 1
Ryan Ehlers moves up to World No. 3
Warren Todd moves up to World No. 4
Robert Saucier joins the top ten at World No. 8
Women's Division
Kelly Rudney becomes World No. 1
Monica Lieving drops to World No. 2
Abby Marting joins the top ten at World No. 10
Rise Division
Cameron Groom remains World No. 1
Logan Schott continues to rise, now tied for World No. 5
Andrew Godbold and Jared Foerter join the top ten, tied at World No. 10
How the WLD Official World Ranking System Works:
The WLD Official World Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of long drive players. The rankings are based on a player's position in WLD sanctioned individual long drive competitions (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling" two-year period. New rankings are calculated after each event.
Ranking Points are maintained at full value for a 12-month period from the relevant Ranking Date on which they were awarded to place additional emphasis on recent performances. Ranking Points are then reduced by 50% for the remaining 12 months of the relevant Ranking Period.
At the conclusion of the 24 month period (104 weeks) of the relevant Ranking Period, points are removed from the player's tally.
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