YouTube Golf Power Rankings: Early November Update

Luke Kwon jumped 15 spots in the latest YouTube Golf Power Rankings, and his best round came at a course that has hosted three PGA Championships. Grace Charis made the biggest handicap improvement from a single video, while Josh Oddy shot the lowest round of the group with a 61.

The rankings come from Handicap Tracker, which calculates on-camera handicaps from scores posted in YouTube videos and accounts for the course and tees played. Here's the creator top 10 as of Nov. 10. The site lists tour pros separately.

1. Brad Dalke (+7.8)
2. Sean Walsh (+7.2)
3. Ryan Ruffels (+6.9)
4. Pavan Sagoo (+6.8)
5. Wesley Bryan (+6.2)
6. Chance Taylor (+6.1)
7. Jean-Philippe Mehu (+5.4)
8. Asaeli "Bat" Marika Batibasaga (+5.3)
9. Luke Toomey (+5.1)
10. Mathias Johansson (+5.1)

Biggest player movements of the past two weeks

Luke Kwon

Kwon made the biggest jump from Oct. 25 through Nov. 7, climbing 15 spots to a +4.1 handicap. He shot a 3-under 69 against Luke Toomey at Whistling Straits for a −6.1 adjusted differential, his best of the four rounds.

Kwon also shot 2-under 70 at Wairakei Golf & Sanctuary in This Is the Best Money Match on the Internet. That round produced a −4.2 differential and improved his handicap by 0.4 strokes on its own. He added a 1-under nine at Izumi Parktown in Japan (−3.1) and a 2-over nine at Blackwolf Run's River Course (−1.5).

Grace Charis

Charis climbed seven spots to a 3.4 handicap with nine holes of golf. She went 3 over at Streamsong Red for a 5.5 adjusted differential, which cut 1.3 strokes from her handicap. That was the biggest single-video improvement of the update.

Grant Horvat

Horvat had one round in this update and made it count. He shot a 6-under 66 against Big John on the South Course at BallenIsles Country Club. The −5.8 adjusted differential improved his handicap by half a stroke and moved him six spots up the leaderboard to +2.7.

Malosi Togisala

An even-par 72 at Spyglass Hill was worth a six-spot jump for Togisala. From tees rated 75.3 with a slope of 145, that 72 produced a −2.6 adjusted differential. It was enough to improve his handicap by half a stroke to +1.5.

Evan Thompson

Thompson climbed five spots to +3.4 after taking on Blades Brown in an all-sports challenge. In the golf portion, Thompson played nine holes in 1 under on the South Course at Vanderbilt Legends Club for a −4.2 adjusted differential.

Josh Oddy

Oddy broke par in all four outings and climbed four spots to +4.8. The standout was a 9-under 61 from the winter tees at his home course, Shanklin & Sandown, for a −6.1 adjusted differential. He added two nine-hole scores there, 5 under (−5.5) and 3 under (−3.8), and shot a 5-under 65 at Ventnor Golf Club (−2.1) in his video about playing a £10 course.

Slumpy

Slumpy gained two spots to reach +2.4 after two outings at Sanctuary Cove on Australia's Gold Coast. He went 2 over on the Pines/Palms combination for a 1.3 adjusted differential, then shot a 1-under 69 on the Pines for a −2.2.

James Wiltshire

Wiltshire played nine holes at Glendower Golf Club in 1 over and moved up two spots to +2.8. With a 76.3 course rating and a 146 slope, the round worked out to a −2.1 adjusted differential.

ShortGameKing

ShortGameKing climbed two spots and finished the period at +0.2, just on the plus side of scratch. He went 5 over at Plum Hollow (2.7 adjusted differential), 2 over through 13 holes at Lyon Oaks (1.3) and 3 over in front of a live crowd at Fleming Island (2.0).

Luke Toomey

Toomey climbed two spots to +5.1, good for a share of ninth in the latest rankings. He shot a 2-under 70 at Whistling Straits (−5.4 adjusted differential) and a 1-over 73 at Wairakei (−1.6). Kwon had the lower score in both rounds, but Toomey got him at Blackwolf Run's River Course, playing nine holes in 1 under for a −4.2 differential.