Order of Merit
The Golf Australia Order of Merit (GA OOM) provides players the opportunity to track their performance based on results from particular Australian events, and is also used for various event exemption categories. Events in each state are selected as OOM events, encouraging Australian based golfers to travel within their state, or interstate, to accumulate points towards a season total. The GA OOM is calculated via a points system, which awards points according to the player’s finishing position in an event. The total number of points allocated, based on the "weighting" of an event, is at the discretion of Golf Australia, and items such as the strength of the field is considered. The GA OOM year commences on 1 November and concludes on 31 October each year, unless otherwise stated on the pages below. Please contact golfoperations@golf.org.au for any GA OOM queries. Select your state below to view the OOM calendars and rankings .
NATIONAL OOM
2022 National OOM - Terms of the Competition 2022 National OOM - FAQ Note: Full list of events can be found within the Appendix 2 of the respective National OOM Terms of the Competition above.
NATIONAL WOMEN'S & MEN'S OOM (Open age)
NATIONAL JUNIOR OOM (Under 18 years)
NATIONAL SENIOR OOM (55 years and over)
Senior Selection Committee charter (committee members: Richard Allen (Chair), Kim Burke, Sue Wooster, Darryl Hearsch & Michael Haslett)
2021 RESULTS
Note: Senior OOM was cancelled for 2021.
NT OOM
2022 State OOM - Terms of the Competition 2022 State OOM NT Event Listing (inc. weightings) - coming soon
NT MEN'S & WOMEN'S OOM (Open age)
NT JUNIOR OOM (Under 18 years)
2021 RESULTS
QLD OOM
2022 State OOM (Junior & Open Age) - Terms of the Competition 2022-2023 QLD State OOM (Senior) - Terms of the Competition 2022 State OOM QLD Event Listing (inc. weightings)
QLD MEN'S & WOMEN'S OOM (Open age)
QLD BOYS' & GIRLS' OOM (Junior)
QLD SENIOR OOM (55/50 years and over)
2023 Super senior men's rankings (65yrs and over)
2023 Super senior women's rankings (65yrs and over)
PREVIOUS RESULTS
SA OOM
2022 State OOM - Terms of the Competition 2022 State OOM SA Event Listing (inc. weighting)
SA MEN'S & WOMEN'S OOM (Open age)
Women's rankings (Vardon Trophy)
Men's rankings(Vardon Trophy)
SA JUNIOR OOM (Under 18 years)
Girls' rankings(Vardon Trophy)
Boys' rankings (Vardon Trophy)
SA SENIOR OOM (50/55 years and over)
Senior Women's rankings (50 yrs and over)
Senior Women's Net rankings (50 yrs and over)
Senior & Super Senior Men's rankings (Senior 55 yrs and over, Super Senior 65 yrs and over marked with *)
Senior Men's Net rankings (55 yrs and over)
2021 RESULTS
Girls' final standings(Vardon Trophy)
Boys' final standings (Vardon Trophy)
Women's final standings (Vardon Trophy)
Men's final standings(Vardon Trophy)
Senior Men's final standings (55 - 64 yrs)
Super Senior Men's final standings (65 yrs and over)
Senior Men's Net final standings (55 yrs and over)
2020 RESULTS
* Please note: the Men's & Women's OOM was not awarded in 2020 due to event cancellations as a result of COVID-19.
TAS OOM
2022 State OOM - Terms of the Competition 2022 State OOM Tas Event Listing (inc. weightings)
TAS MEN'S & WOMEN'S OOM (Open Age)
Women's rankings (Lindy Goggin Trophy)
Men's rankings (Peter Toogood Trophy)
TAS JUNIOR OOM (Under 18 years)
Girls' rankings (Tammy Hall Trophy)
Boys' rankings (Athol Shephard Trophy)
TAS SENIOR OOM (55 and over)
Senior women's rankings (Vardon Trophy)
Senior men's rankings (Vardon Trophy)
2021 RESULTS
Girls' final standings (Tammy Hall Trophy)
Boys' final standings (Athol Shephard Trophy)
Women's final standings (Lindy Goggin Trophy)
Men's final standings (Peter Toogood Trophy)
Senior women's final standings - TBC (Vardon Trophy)
Senior men's final standings - TBC (Vardon Trophy)
VIC OOM
Note: The 2022 VIC State OOM (Senior Men's & Women's) year commences on 1 December 2021 and concludes on 30 November 2022.
VIC MEN'S & WOMEN'S OOM (Open age)
2022 Women's rankings (Susie Tolhurst Trophy)
2022 Men's rankings (Ivo Whitton Trophy)
VIC JUNIOR OOM (Under 18 years)
2022 Girls' rankings (Future Champions Trophy)
2022 Boys' rankings (Geoff Ogilvy Trophy)
VIC SENIOR OOM (55 years and over)
2022 Senior men's rankings - scratch (Doug Bachli Trophy)
2022 Senior men's rankings - handicap (Paul Lulofs Trophy)
2021 RESULTS
Girls' final standings (Future Champions Trophy)
Boys' final standings (Geoff Ogilvy Trophy)
Women's final standings (Susie Tolhurst Trophy)
Men's final standings (Ivo Whitton Trophy)
Senior men's scratch final standings (Doug Bachli Trophy)
Senior men's net final standings (Paul Lulofs Trophy)
The World Amateur Golf Ranking was first introduced for men by the R&A in 2007. The women’s rankings first started in 2011. Today, the WAGR is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year. The rankings are based on the players' average performances in counting events over a 104-week rolling period. The WAGR enables elite amateurs the opportunity to benchmark themselves against other players across the globe.
From 2020, the WAGR will be determined by a new system called the Power Method which aims to better reflect the current performance of golfers. In the new structure, every event in the world will earn a Power number based on the strength of its starting field which will then determine the total number of ranking points on offer to the field.
Scott Arnold, Brady Watt, Curtis Luck, Su Oh and Minjee Lee are the only Australians to date that have spent time ranked first on the WAGR.