PDGA Continental Rankings - Yearend 2016

Karl Johan Nybo #28903 retains the top spot in the European Rankings for Men followed by Simon Lizotte #8332, even though his 2016 season was shortened due to injury. Leo Piironen #36099 made a nice move up to 3rd from 13th followed by Juho Parviainen #30858 in 4th. Evelina Salonen #64927 vaulted into the top Euopean Ranking for Women moving up from 11th the previous year. Katka Bodová #61990 and Natalie Holloköi #40800 moved up from a tie for 4th to 2nd and 3rd, respectively, at the end of 2016. Henna Blomros #59227 remained in the top 4 in 4th.

Manabu Kajiyama #8139 retains his grip on top of the Oceanasia Rankings for Men followed by Tetsuya T2 Kikuchi #8145. Hideaki Matsuda #8172 moved into 3rd from 8th the previous year and Simon Feasey #8508 remains in 4th. Yuki Fukuhara #8200 became the top woman in Oceanasia Rankings followed by Mayu Iwasaki # 8209. Rika Tsukamoto #8140 and Hiromi Kato # 59527 finished 3rd and 4th, swapping places from the previous year.

Based on his solid performances throughout 2016, it's no surprise that current top player in the world, Ricky Wysocki #38008, is also the top ranked player in the North American Rankings for Men. Paul McBeth #27523 is ranked 2nd but remains the highest rated player in the world. Nikko Locastro #11534 finished 3rd and Nathan Doss #11794 in 4th  Catrina Allen #44184 is the top ranked North American woman followed closely by Paige Pierce #29190 in 2nd. Sarah Hokom #34563 and Valarie Jenkins #17495 are 3rd and 4th, continuing their ranking from the previous year.

Note: The yearend World and Continental Rankings have not been produced until the final ratings for the previous year get posted in late February. Starting with this year, these yearend rankings will be produced this coming January much closer to yearend by using the December ratings values versus waiting until March. All of the Majors and tour results including the ratings from those events will have been completed by the end of December anyway. So all but the ratings from a handful of late year B-tiers will be missing. Those ratings will not be lost but incorporated in later ranking updates.

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