March 2004 Player of the Month

March 2006 Player of the Month

(March 26, 2006 - Golf Rank Index)

Stephen Ames Wins PLAYERS to Take
March 2006 Player of the Month

• #2 Tiger Woods, #3 Camilo Villegas
• Final March Standings in PDF Format

Mar. 2006 Player of the Month Final March 2006 Standings
Rank	Player	Mar. Pts
1	Stephen Ames	378.20
2	Tiger Woods	292.69
3	Camilo Villegas	273.82
4	Rod Pampling	267.85
5	Retief Goosen	226.23
6	David Toms	220.34
7	Greg Owen	214.14
8	Luke Donald	172.30
9	Darren Clarke	169.43
10	Pat Perez	155.14
11	Vijay Singh	146.95
12	Jim Furyk	140.39
13	Henrik Stenson	131.01
14	Fredrik Jacobson	127.53
15	Ernie Els	116.83
16	Tom Pernice, Jr.	111.88
17	Robert Allenby	107.14
18	Geoff Ogilvy	103.38
19	Carl Pettersson	100.82
20	Jose Olazabal	94.67

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Stephen Ames notched a 6-shot victory at the PLAYERS Championship, earned 338.10 GRI ranking points in the process and won the GRI March Player of the Month race.

The points Ames earned at the PLAYERS were enough by themselves to win the March Player of the Month, but he had two other top-25 finishes in March as well, finishing T20 at the Ford Championship and T7 at the Honda Classic. Ames ended the month with 378.20 points.

Tiger Woods successfully defended his Ford Championship at Doral title in the first week of the month and finished #2 on the March Index with 292.69 points. Despite not winning a March event, Columbian Camilo Villegas finished in the #3 spot with 273.82 points.

Bay Hill winner Rod Pampling finished #4 with 267.85 points followed by PLAYERS runner-up, Retief Goosen, with 226.23 points.

Overview of March GRI rated events:

Week 9 - Ford Championship at Doral - Tiger Woods earned 259.65 GRI ranking points for the win while David Toms and Camilo Villegas earned 142.81 points apiece for their 2nd place tie. Fredrik Jacobson slipped into solo 4th place to earn 103.86.

Week 10 - Honda Classic - Luke Donald held on for a one-shot victory and earned 172.30 points in the process. Geoff Ogilvy finished 2nd to earn 103.38 while David Toms and Billy Mayfair earned 77.54 points each for their 3rd place tie.

Week 11 - Bay Hill Invitational Presented by MasterCard - Rod Pampling held on for the win and earned 267.85 points. Greg Owen went 3-over par on the last two holes to finish 2nd and earn 160.71 points. Darren Clarke earned 133.93 points for 3rd while Robert Allenby earned 107.14 for 4th.

Week 12 - The Players Championship - Stephen Ames cruised to a convincing 6-stroke victory and earned 338.10 points in the process in the years' "5th major". Retief Goosen earned 202.86 points for 2nd while Pat Perez, Jim Furyk, Camilo Villegas and Henrik Stenson earned 131.01 points apiece for their 3rd place tie.

Recent Players of the Month

2005
Jan • Tiger Woods		Jun • Sergio Garcia
Feb • Phil Mickelson		Jul • Tiger Woods
Mar • Fred Funk		Aug • Tiger Woods
Apr • Tiger Woods		Sep • Olin Browne
May • Vijay Singh		Oct • Carl Pettersson

2006
Jan • Chad Campbell		Jun • Geoff Ogilvy
Feb • Rory Sabbatini		Jul • Tiger Woods
Mar • Stephen Ames		Aug • Tiger Woods
Apr • Phil Mickelson		Sep • TBD
May • Jim Furyk		Oct • TBD

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Criteria for Golf Rank Index - Player of the Month

The Golf Rank Index (GRI) - Player of the Month is determined by totaling GRI ranking points earned in all GRI ranked professional golf events scheduled within a months time frame. Events that bridge a months end or beginning of another, are generally placed in the month in which they end, but may be shifted to the prior month to balance the number of events to be ranked in each month. In the event of a first place tie, co-winners will be named.

Eligibility - All players participating in GRI ranked events are eligible. They do not need to be a member of any professional golf tour.

Must Win - To be named a player of the month, the player MUST have a win in a GRI ranked event in the month. Should any player without a win earn the highest number of GRI ranking points for a given month, the player will be placed behind the highest ranked player with a win.

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