World deaf golf ranking

The USA golf schedule will start with Arizona Deaf Golf open next month.

There are several international tournaments also taking places this year. With the Major event being held at Sweden.

The World Deaf Golf Championships.

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From the CEO of the WDGR

On behalf of the World Deaf Golf Ranking,

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Enjoy a wonderful occasion today. Celebrate it with friends and family.

New updated ranking for WDGR

2025 Ireland Open and 2025 USDGC

18 months have passed since the first points for the World Deaf Golf Ranking have been collected. The results from 18 months ago will now be dropped from the golfers' points.

As mentioned in the previous post regarding switching divisions during the tournament. Those two golfers have been DQ'ed in the open division for violating WDGR policy.

The WDGR now officially has more than 180 ranked players in the open division. Well done to all the golfers so far, the game is growing within the deaf community.

1. James Kim, 83 points
2. Jonathon Rose, 72 points
3. David Ramirez, 65 points
4. Jay-Jay Botha, 58 points
5. Charles Williams, 53 points
6. John Ramirez III, 48 points
6. Pono Tokioka, 48 points
6. Mark Sorokin, 48 points
9. Doren Granberry, 46 points
10. Louis Pedroza, 45 points
11. Dano Aldez, 44 points
12. Alfred Casaccia, 33 points
12. Nathan Kester, 33 points
14. Bob Dramin, 32 points
15. Andrew Everett, 30 points
15. Bill Roberts, 30 points
17. Jed Barrish, 29 points
18. Michael Phillips, 26 points
18. Daniel Jackson, 26 points
20. Kyle Finkbeiner, 25 points
21. Susan Zupnik, 24 points
21. Russell Bowie, 24 points
21. Michael Mabashov, 24 points
21. Luke Garvin, 24 points
21. Kyle Adams, 24 points
26. Bernie Brown, 23 points
26. Eric Brumm, 23 points
26. Nico Guldan, 23 points
26. Albano dos Santos, 23 points
30. Dan Hall, 22 points
30. Brett Talley, 22 points
30. Eric J Keller, 22 points
30. Jack Besley, 22 points
30. Mike Haloran, 22 points
35. Richard Schuler, 21 point
35. Vibhu Tyagi, 21 points
37. Tom Bachtel, 20 points
37. Andrew Stone, 20 points
37. Aiden Kelly, 20 points
37. Ben Hoshina, 20 points
37. Eric Smith, 20 points
42. Jim Gurney, 19 points
42. Mike Houston, 19 points
42. Justin Van Valey, 19 points
42. Hiroyuki Maejima, 19 points
42. Anthony Donatello, 19 points
42. Joseph D'Auria, 19 points
48. David Makwichuk, 18 points
48. John Wilson, 18 points
48. Richard Pavel, 18 points
51. Mary Bachtel, 17 points
51. Ebbie Bosworth, 17 points
51. Nobuyuki Fuchi, 17 points
51. Darrell Hovinen, 17 points
51. Michael Decker, 17 points
51. Kyle Goliath, 17 points
51. Jacob Cowie 17 points
58. Michael Maxwell, 16 points
58. Harsh Singh, 16 points
58. Kosie Janse Van Rensburg, 16 points
58. Michael Aubry, 16 points
58. Ablie Louw, 16 points
63. Dennis Berrigan, 15 points
63. Brian Timberlake, 15 points
63. Dean Connell, 15 points
63. Jeremy Warshaw, 15 points
67. William Landgren, 14 points
67. Ryan Mobberley, 14 points
67. Divid Costa, 14 points
70. Brian Johnston, 13 points
70. Hunter Foster 13 points
70. Aiden Asia, 13 points
73. Mark Maconochie, 12 points
73. Jay Copeland, 12 points
73. Chris Hamstra, 12 points
73. Kenny Walker, 12 points
73. Jack Lieberman, 12 points
73. Alexandre Qoullet, 12 points
73. Shawn Lockhart, 12 points
73. Brendan Stern, 12 points
73. Erica Pressley, 12 points
73. Don Conway, 12 points
73. Kevin Hall, 12 points
73. Jason NeuBauer, 12 points
85. Marek Kaminski, 11 points
85. Wantuck*, 11 points
85. Tetsuro Sodeyama, 11 points
85. Daniel Smith, 11 points
85. Billy Byrd, 11 points
85. James Taylor, 11 points
85. Keith Worek, 11 points
85. Gary Conway, 11 points
93. Marie Benson, 10 points
93. Joey Baer, 10 points
93. David Jedynak, 10 points
93. Denver Magnusson, 10 points
93. Martin Bystrycki, 10 points
93. Mike Harrington, 10 points
93. James Browne, 10 points
93. Kobi Sittman, 10 points
101. Chris Burhart, 9 points
101. Mike Essig, 9 points
101. Troy Ercanbrack, 9 points
101. Telly Surber, 9 points
101. Plumb*, 9 points
101. Matthew Bradshaw, 9 points
101. Robert Nyman, 9 points
101. Joe Olivo, 9 points
101. Reggie Carroll, 9 points
110. William Tonigan, 8 points
110. Jason NeuBauer, 12 points
110. Bosco Keown, 8 points
110. Lorenzo Aceti, 8 points
110. Peter Dalton, 8 points
115. Michael Finneran, 7 points
115. Mike Aubry, 7 points
115. Art Duarte, 7 points
115. Ron Rood, 7 points
115. Gerry D'Amelio, 7 points
115. Paul Neumann, 7 points
115. Darryll Hovinen, 7 points
115. Jim Lawlor, 7 points
123. Mike Flynn, 6 points
123. Walter Haskett, 6 points
123. Ryan Gale, 6 points
123. Clark Brooke, 6 points
123. Thomas Perkins, 6 points
123. Dale Proctor, 6 points
123. Jay Stally, 6 points
123. Mark Wheeler, 6 points
123. Charles Klein, 6 points
123. Phil Major, 6 points
123. John Bosco Conama, 6 points
134. Jim Jones, 5 points
134. Cedric Touzard, 5 points
134. Jon Senzer, 5 points
134. Jay Wilke, 5 points
134. Daniel Hanson Jr., 5 points
134. Woo Hee Moon, 5 points
134. Kwazi Mahlangu, 5 points
134. Mitchell Phillips, 5 points
134. Todd Kos, 5 points
134. Christopher Hearn, 5 points
134. Peter Redmond, 5 points
145. Dave Trimborn, 4 points
145. Alan Shopshire 4 points
145. Paul Rutowski, 4 points
145. Mitch Phillips, 4 points
145. Mark Venz, 4 points
145. Zuchegno*, 4 points
145. Andre Pasuram, 4 points
145. Waltteri Waris, 4 points
145. Ray Graaff, 4 points
145. Jon Laine, 4 points
145. Philip Grehan, 4 points
156. Wilfred de Bruin, 3 points
156. Ned Tyson, 3 points
156. Gerald Pickering, 3 points
156. Charles MacKintosh, 3 points
156. JW Guido, 3 points
156. Cal Balogun, 3 points
156. Ron Bartolec Sr, 3 points
156. Willie Gibbons, 3 points
156. Coleton Marshalek, 3 points
165. Louis Schwarz, 2 points
165. Joshua Beal, 2 points
165. Paul Colantuno, 2 points
165. Joey Kutcka, 2 points
165. Willie Miller, 2 points
165. Kemp*, 2 points
165. Philippe Boyer, 2 points
165. David Barber Jr, 2 points
165. Guy Miller, 2 points
165. Sisa Nkomo, 2 points
165. Charles gibbons, 2 points
176. John Jacobellis, 1 point
176. Jack Walker, 1 point
176. Billy Lange, 1 point
176. Matt Bilowus, 1 point
176. Daniel Jacobs, 1 point
176. Tim Blair, 1 point
176. Kyle Gumm, 1 point
176. Bary Froehle, 1 point
176. Agustin Bojorquez, 1 point

July 15th, 2025

With the completion of the recent US deaf golf championship held at Omni Resort, Orlando Florida.

The USDGA, allowed two golfers to switch divisions as the tournament progressed. That alone is in direct violation of the WDGR policy regarding points earning. Not just that the two golfers also teed off from the wrong tee box as well.

With that being said, these two golfers results at the USDGC will be null and void per WDGR policy. They will not be earning points, regardless where they standing in the new division

From the CEO office,

Lord Jay

From the office of the WDGR.

We would like to apologise for the delay for the latest ranking that was supposed to be released last weekend.

However, due to technical difficulties. We have lost some of the work was put in for the previous updated ranking. We are in the process of recovering those results from SEDGA and SWDGA events from last month

We do sincerely apologise,

From Lord Jay

CEO of WDGR

To all the deaf golfers around the world.

The World Deaf Golf Ranking recently learned that two events held by South African disabled Golf Associations was in direct violation of the WDGR and SADGA.

The violations is this: Allowing a solo deaf player to play in the medal(gross) division without any other competition.

With that being said. The golfer in both tournaments will not be earning points.

The said tournaments is:

eThekwini Championship and KZN classic.

Please be aware. Any deaf golf events needs to have at least three golfers in order to make the tournament counts towards the official world deaf golf ranking.

P.S. The world deaf golf ranking will be updated this weekend with the results from Ireland deaf golf this past weekend

The next few weeks will be the busiest the deaf golf community will see regarding about Tournaments

First of, we have the Ireland Deaf Open taking place in Ireland this weekend.

Then there will be two tournaments in South Africa

EThekwini Championship, June 29-30

KZN classic, July 2-3

And then in ISA it will be the US Dea golf championship. July 8-10.

Taking place in Orlando, Florida.

From the CEO of WDGR, I wish the best to all the deaf golfers that are participating in these tournaments.

Also, to all US deaf golfers. Happy 4th of July

New updated ranking for WDGR
2025 SWDGA Open and 2025 SEDGA Open

We have a new number one in the world deaf golf ranking.

This week will be Mr. James Kim first week as the number one golfer. Overtaking Lord Jay-Jay Botha by 2 points.

Also, the WDGR has over 160 golfers ranked since its creation last year March 2024

1. James Kim, 83 points
2. Jay-Jay Botha, 81 points
3. Jonathon Rose, 72 points
4. David Ramirez, 65 points
5. Charles Williams, 53 points
6. John Ramirez III, 48 points
7. Doren Granberry, 46 points
8. Louis Pedroza, 45 points
9. Dano Aldez, 44 points
10. Mark Sorokin, 39 points
11. Pono Tokioka, 37 points
12. Alfred Casaccia, 33 points
12. Nathan Kester, 33 points
14. Bob Dramin, 32 points
15. Andrew Everett, 30 points
15. Bill Roberts, 30 points
17. Jed Barrish, 29 points
18. Michael Phillips, 26 points
18. Daniel Jackson, 26 points
20. Kyle Finkbeiner, 25 points
21. Susan Zupnik, 24 points
21. Russell Bowie, 24 points
21. Michael Mabashov, 24 points
24. Bernie Brown, 23 points
24. Eric Brumm, 23 points
24. Nico Guldan, 23 points
24. Albano dos Santos, 23 points
28. Dan Hall, 22 points
28. Brett Talley, 22 points
28. Eric J Keller, 22 points
28. Jack Besley, 22 points
28. Mike Haloran, 22 points
33. Richard Schuler, 21 point
33. Vibhu Tyagi, 21 points
35. Tom Bachtel, 20 points
35. Andrew Stone, 20 points
35. Aiden Kelly, 20 points
35. Ben Hoshina, 20 points
35. Eric Smith, 20 points
40. Jim Gurney, 19 points
40. Mike Houston, 19 points
40. Justin Van Valey, 19 points
40. Hiroyuki Maejima, 19 points
40. Anthony Donatello, 19 points
40. Joseph D'Auria, 19 points
46. David Makwichuk, 18 points
46. John Wilson, 18 points
46. Richard Pavel, 18 points
49. Mary Bachtel, 17 points
49. Ebbie Bosworth, 17 points
49. Nobuyuki Fuchi, 17 points
49. Darrell Hovinen, 17 points
49. Michael Decker, 17 points
49. Kyle Goliath, 17 points
49. Jacob Cowie 17 points
56. Kyle Adams, 16 points
56. Luke Garvin, 16 points
56. Michael Maxwell, 16 points
56. Harsh Singh, 16 points
56. Kosie Janse Van Rensburg, 16 points
56. Michael Aubry, 16 points
56. Ablie Louw, 16 points
63. Dennis Berrigan, 15 points
63. Brian Timberlake, 15 points
63. Dean Connell, 15 points
63. Jeremy Warshaw, 15 points
67. William Landgren, 14 points
67. Ryan Mobberley, 14 points
67. Divid Costa, 14 points
70. Brian Johnston, 13 points
70. Hunter Foster 13 points
70. Aiden Asia, 13 points
73. Mark Maconochie, 12 points
73. Jay Copeland, 12 points
73. Chris Hamstra, 12 points
73. Kenny Walker, 12 points
73. Jack Lieberman, 12 points
73. Alexandre Qoullet, 12 points
73. Shawn Lockhart, 12 points
73. Brendan Stern, 12 points
73. Erica Pressley, 12 points
82. Marek Kaminski, 11 points
82. Wantuck*, 11 points
82. Tetsuro Sodeyama, 11 points
82. Daniel Smith, 11 points
82. Billy Byrd, 11 points
82. James Taylor, 11 points
82. Keith Worek, 11 points
89. Marie Benson, 10 points
89. Joey Baer, 10 points
89. David Jedynak, 10 points
89. Denver Magnusson, 10 points
89. Martin Bystrycki, 10 points
89. Mike Harrington, 10 points
95. Chris Burhart, 9 points
95. Mike Essig, 9 points
95. Troy Ercanbrack, 9 points
95. Telly Surber, 9 points
95. Plumb*, 9 points
95. Matthew Bradshaw, 9 points
95. Robert Nyman, 9 points
95. Joe Olivo, 9 points
103. William Tonigan, 8 points
103. Jason NeuBauer, 8 points
103. Bosco Keown, 8 points
103. Lorenzo Aceti, 8 points
107. Michael Finneran, 7 points
107. Mike Aubry, 7 points
107. Art Duarte, 7 points
107. Ron Rood, 7 points
107. Gerry D'Amelio, 7 points
107. Paul Neumann, 7 points
107. Darryll Hovinen, 7 points
114. Mike Flynn, 6 points
114. Walter Haskett, 6 points
114. Ryan Gale, 6 points
114. Clark Brooke, 6 points
114. Thomas Perkins, 6 points
114. Dale Proctor, 6 points
114. Jay Stally, 6 points
114. Mark Wheeler, 6 points
114. Charles Klein, 6 points
114. Phil Major, 6 points
124. Jim Jones, 5 points
124. Cedric Touzard, 5 points
124. Jon Senzer, 5 points
124. Jay Wilke, 5 points
124. Daniel Hanson Jr., 5 points
124. Woo Hee Moon, 5 points
124. Kwazi Mahlangu, 5 points
124. Mitchell Phillips, 5 points
124. Todd Kos, 5 points
133. Dave Trimborn, 4 points
133. Alan Shopshire 4 points
133. Paul Rutowski, 4 points
133. Kobi Sittman, 4 points
133. Mitch Phillips, 4 points
133. Mark Venz, 4 points
133. Zuchegno*, 4 points
133. Andre Pasuram, 4 points
133. Waltteri Waris, 4 points
133. Ray Graaff, 4 points
133. Jon Laine, 4 points
144. Wilfred de Bruin, 3 points
144. Ned Tyson, 3 points
144. Gerald Pickering, 3 points
144. Charles MacKintosh, 3 points
144. JW Guido, 3 points
144. Cal Balogun, 3 points
144. Ron Bartolec Sr, 3 points
150. Louis Schwarz, 2 points
150. Joshua Beal, 2 points
150. Paul Colantuno, 2 points
150. Joey Kutcka, 2 points
150. Willie Miller, 2 points
150. Kemp*, 2 points
150. Philippe Boyer, 2 points
150. David Barber Jr, 2 points
150. Guy Miller, 2 points
150. Sisa Nkomo, 2 points
160. John Jacobellis, 1 point
160. Jack Walker, 1 point
160. Billy Lange, 1 point
160. Matt Bilowus, 1 point
160. Daniel Jacobs, 1 point
160. Tim Blair, 1 point
160. Kyle Gumm, 1 point
160. Bary Froehle, 1 point
160. Agustin Bojorquez, 1 point

June 23rd, 2025