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The rankings were halted the week of March 16, 2020, as professional women's golf was inactive due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No WWGR-affiliated tours participated until the week of May 11, when the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) resumed. Since the week of May 11, seven WWGR tournaments have been organized by the KLPGA, only one played for the Golf Association of Japan (JLPGA).

With the modification, over a week of competition, an athlete's individual points, point average and divisors will continue to evolve based on their performance and their overall ranking position will be updated based on performance.

Individual points, point average and divisors will not change and the athlete's age will not be changed during the week they are not competing. However, its overall position in the standings may change depending on the performance of other athletes participating in the competition.

“The WWGR Board of Directors has been keen to find a solution that is as fair as possible for the majority of athletes, whether competing or not, during this unprecedented time. As a level of uncertainty continues to weigh on the Member Tours tournament schedule, focusing on the individual athlete and the weeks she competes made the most sense ”said WWGR Executive Board Director Heather Daly-Donofrio. “While the board understands that there is no perfect solution in these difficult times, we believe we have found an approach that is reasonable for the athletes and that also protects the integrity of the ranking system. "

This individual approach for athletes will begin retroactively with the week of May 11 (with a ranking date published on May 18). An athlete's ranking will continue to be calculated on a rolling 104 week period, but that 104 week rolling period will be different depending on the amount of play an athlete has during the modification period. The weeks during which an athlete does not participate in the competitions will not be taken into account in the calculation of his individual moving period of 104 weeks.

The weeks between March 16 and May 11, during which there was no tournament, will not count towards the 104 week rolling period for any athlete in the ranking. The WWGR will be organized in chronological order, going back to the start of the KLPGA calendar. Rankings for each subsequent week will be published but will only be recalculated for weeks when at least one ranking tournament has been held.

In this approach, non-play weeks for any individual athlete that occurred during the break will continue to be omitted until the player has played for a full 104 week period in the ranking tournament.

Ranking will revert to its historical approach, which is to do a ranking every week, regardless of the tournament or the athlete's game for the time concerned. WWGR will continue to monitor when this happens based on the restart of its member tours and the participation of the top 200 athletes on the rankings.

The WWGR recognizes the official ten Tours tournaments around the world: Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG); China Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour (CLPGA TOUR); Chinese Taipei Ladies Professional Golf Association (TLPGA); Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA); Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association Step Up Tour (JSU); Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA); Ladies European Tour (LET), Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS); Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA); Symetra Tour. Rankings are also recognized by the Royal and Ancient (R&A) which administers the AIG Women's British Open and by the United States Golf Association (USGA) which hosts the United States Women's Open.

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