Jacob Bridgeman moves to No. 2 in PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking
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Clemson’s Jacob Bridgeman continued his climb up the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking and is No. 2 this week after winning the ACC Championship. Bridgeman has posted five consecutive collegiate top-five finishes, including two wins, and in this span, he has improved from 14th to 2nd in the Velocity Global Ranking. In all, he has four victories on his PGA TOUR University resume, tied with 12th-ranked Jackson Suber (Ole Miss) for most in the Class of 2022.
Bridgeman moved past No. 3 Logan McAllister (Oklahoma) and No. 4 RJ Manke (Washington), who are both playing their conference championships this week. Trent Phillips (Georgia) finished T5 at the SEC Championship and extended his slim lead over Cole Hammer (Texas) for the final spot in the top-five, while Pierceson Coody (Texas) remains No. 1 with a 161-point lead over Bridgeman.
Two other top-30 players posted wins last week in their teams’ regular-season finales. BYU’s Carson Lundell won the PING Cougar Classic and improved three spots to No. 28, and UC-Davis’ Thomas Hutchison won the El Macero Classic and improved two spots to No. 24.
Next Wednesday, May 4, the Velocity Global Ranking will include this week’s conference championship results, and the NCAA Division I Men’s Regional Selection Show will air on GOLF Channel at 4 p.m. ET. Players in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2022 must compete in an NCAA Regional to remain eligible to finish in the final Velocity Global Ranking. The six Regionals will be played May 16-18, and 81 teams will compete for 30 spots in the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club.
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Velocity Global Ranking – Week 16/2022
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 Ranking website.
| Rank | Change | Name | University | Events | Points Average |
| 1 | - | Pierceson Coody | Texas | 16 | 1307.1113 |
| 2 | +2 | Jacob Bridgeman | Clemson | 18 | 1146.5267 |
| 3 | -1 | Logan McAllister | Oklahoma | 19 | 1113.4874 |
| 4 | -1 | RJ Manke | Washington | 18 | 1086.8378 |
| 5 | - | Trent Phillips | Georgia | 19 | 1071.6042 |
| 6 | - | Cole Hammer | Texas | 24 | 1067.3988 |
| 7 | - | Alex Fitzpatrick | Wake Forest | 18 | 1012.12 |
| 8 | - | Ryan Hall | South Carolina | 21 | 1010.69 |
| 9 | - | Joe Highsmith | Pepperdine | 22 | 982.55 |
| 10 | - | Noah Goodwin | SMU | 19 | 973.5605 |
| 11 | +1 | Christopher Gotterup | Oklahoma | 17 | 964.8818 |
| 12 | -1 | Jackson Suber | Ole Miss | 18 | 963.7406 |
| 13 | - | Aman Gupta | Oklahoma State | 15 | 918.82 |
| 14 | - | Albin Bergstrom | South Florida | 20 | 899.119 |
| 15 | - | Cameron Sisk | Arizona State | 22 | 893.5205 |
| 16 | - | Sam Choi | New Mexico | 19 | 892.8326 |
| 17 | - | Joey Vrzich | Pepperdine | 18 | 892.1867 |
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.
