The latest Rolex Rankings reflects the resurgence of American Golfers Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer, who have managed to steal the momentum from the Asian superstars like Jiyai Sin and Ai Miyazato for the time being. The new ranking issued recently featured two Americans in the top 10-a first in many, many years-silencing critics who have been clamoring long for the next the American Golfing Superstar.

The game of golf requires exquisite timing, loads of patience and of course that elusive, rare commodity called class. Golfing greats like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and many others have done yeoman service to the game and to society by their impeccable behavior on and off the turf. Rolex, watchmakers par excellence, has been associated with the sport for ages, blending its philosophy of matchless craftsmanship with that of the game of golf that requires exquisite timing and grace of its players.

Paula Creamer is one of the many in the long line of players who have graced the game with their matchless elegance and poise. She started out in the professional circuit right out of college, making a name for her playing style that blended power and elegance in equal measures. Her playing style earned her the sobriquet of pink panther for a long time.

Her compatriot and friend Cristie Kerr, 32, has not done badly either; ascending to the top of the Rolex Ranking following her huge win at the LPGA Championship. Her game is built on her impeccable driving and putting ability. At 32, she is at just the right age to peak, having spent years on the golfing greens perfecting her game-building it by bits and pieces to where it is now. Many believe that after Annika Sorenstam and Loren Ochoa she is the best equipped to take over the number one mantle.

The Rolex Number One Position has been held by four different players during this season including Lorena Ochoa (who has since retired), Kerr, Miyazato and current Rolex Rankings No. 4 Jiyai Shin.  The Evian Masters (July 22-25) in France and the RICOH Women’s British Open are high ranking events that hold the key to the number one position.  Rolex Rankings No. 2 Ai Miyazato will be hoping to replicate last year’s success by winning the Evian Masters in the middle of July.  Suzann Pettersen will also make a run for the top position and so will the No. 4 Jiyai Shin.

Na Yeon Choi is another golfer who has been making rapid progress in Rolex Ranking points table. A victory at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic followed by a tie at the U.S. Women’s Open has seen her advancing through the field to the number six position.

Paula Creamer surged to the seventh position in Rolex Golf Ranking after winning the U.S. Women’s Open, widely recognized as the premier-most golfing event in the LPGA calendar.

The victory at the U.S Women’s Open comes close at the heels of Cristie Kerr’s amazing 12 stroke rout at the LPGA Championship, silencing critics who were predicting the demise of Women’s Golf in the United States. The comeback story becomes all the more remarkable as only four Americans have won at the majors since 2005, and no American has headed the money earners list since Betsy King in 1993.

The victory came at the best golf course in the championship, Oakmont, near Pittsburg, characterized by intimidating golfing greens set in impressive and picturesque landscape.  The setting was perfect to establish the Americans on the golfing map, which, hitherto, was dominated by Japanese conquest. This state of affairs was reflected in the Rolex Ranking where only five of the top twenty spots were taken by Americans.

Cristie Kerr’s ascension to the No. 1 position in women’s golf and Paul Creamer’s subsequent win at Oakmont provides a ray of hope to women’s golf in the U.S., struggling to make its presence felt in the United States. According to Cristie Kerr, the victories would give them some breathing space from the constant barrage of questions that questioned their ability to pose a challenge to the Asian superstars.

Christina Kim finished eighth at the Oakmont event, helping her to leapfrog several places on the Rolex Ranking points table. According to her, the event was huge as it proved that the Americans were good to take on the Asian challenge.  The 23 year old golfer became an instant hit after turning pro in 2005, earning the nick name Pink Panther for her aggressive playing style, drawing similarities with golfing legend Michelle Wie. However, she was not able to live up to her early reputation gradually falling behind in the Rolex Ranking. However, she was able to achieve eight victories at the LPGA tournament, before winning the major at Oakmont. Her victory has heralded her as the new face of the LPGA tour.

Paula Creamer received unexpected help from golf legend Arnold Palmer, a Pittsburgh area native, who opined that the secret of winning at Oakmont was to avoid mistakes and concentrate hard.  She took the advice seriously and three putted only once during the entire tournament. Her victory was also due to the sound advice given by Caddie, Colin Cann who advised her to play against Oakmont’s par score and not against her competitors. This strategy yielded dividends as she ended her tournament with three sub-par scores of 70, 70, and 69. Colin Cann was justifiably proud of her achievement saying that Oakmont’s loss was America’s gain.

The Rolex Player of the Year Award recognizes the player with the highest points based on a formula that rewards points for top-10 finishes. This year only two American professional golfers, in addition to Cristie Kerr of course, made it to the top 10 list for the Rolex Player of the Year based on their points. Though Angela Stanford and Paula Creamer had a good season at the LPGA Tour it seems it was not enough to grab the award or move higher up on the rankings. While Angela Stanford came in on number 8 on the list, Paula Creamer came in on number 10. Angela Stanford collected a total of 103 points that made for a huge distance between her and Lorena Ochoa, who was on number one with 160 points. Paula Creamer had collected 97 points in total to just make it to the top ten.

Angela Stanford had a total of 11 top ten finishes in her 2009 season. She participated in a total of 21 events that made for an average of 0.524 points. With the 21 events Angela Stanford has participated in, she ranks tenth on the official money list with a total of $1,081,916 in her kitty. Angela Stanford has had a total of 5 professional wins in her golf career. Her first career win was in the year 2000 with the Summit Consulting SBC Futures Tour Championship. In 2003 she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She then went on to win the Bell Micro LPGA Classic and Lorena Ochoa Invitational in 2008. For the current season, she won the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. In the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship Angela Stanford tied 12^th and then tied 5^th in the LPGA Championship. Although she did not make the cut for the U.S. Women’s Open she tied on the 20^th position in the Women’s British Open.

Paula Creamer has made it to the top 10 finish ten times in the current season. She participated in a total of 21 that got her point average to 0.476. Paula Creamer sits on number 9 on the official money list with a total of $1,151,864 from 24 events. The 23 year old is also known as the ‘Pink Panther’. Paula Creamer has a total of 10 professional wins that did make her a good candidate for the Rolex Player of the Year Award; however with no wins in the current season she did not stand much of a chance. Paula Creamer won the Sybase Classic and Evian Masters in 2005. In 2007 she won the SBS Open at Turtle Bay as well as The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions. She then went on to win the Fields Open in Hawaii, SemGroup Championship, Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic and the Samsung World Championship in 2008. For the 2009 season she tied 17^th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, then tied 16^th at the LPGA Championship. She had better luck at the U.S. Women’s Open as she tied 6^th as well as at the Women’s British Open where she tied 3^rd. With there still being some time left in the 2010 season, both players are hoping to put behind the current season and push up their game further.

Rolex has always been there to partner a vision and comprehending the abundant talent in golf in the United States, it collaborated with varied organizations to enable these golfers to attain the highest level of skill. As the primary driving force behind some of the most illustrious golfing tournaments in the world, Rolex has helped in developing a stage for the development of golf as well as the competing golfers. Taking forward the dream of holding internationally recognized golfing tournaments for women, Rolex was one of the first brands to provide an unfettered amount of support to the women’s golfing tournaments around the world.

Setting a new standard in the world of golf women golfers are not only stunning the spectators but also the accomplished men golfers with the tremendous playing skills. Riding this wave of revolution many skilled women golfers are making a mark in the world. The game of golf that was earlier led by players from United States and Europe is slowly witnessing a paradigm shift and players from all over the world are turning out to be formidable contenders. However, of late the rise of the east has stunned even the most veteran golf players. Slowly yet steadily the growth of women golfers from Asia who are taking over the world of golf is becoming a mainstay of women’s golf tournament. In the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings prepared by taking into account all the performances, nine Asians feature amongst the top 17 players.

Even the defending champion for the Ricoh Women’s British Open this year is the talented golfer Jiyai Shin from South Korea. Leading this Asian wave are players like Ai Miyazato from Japan who clinched the series title at the Evian Masters that was held on Sunday in France. Lorena Ochoa from Mexico is among the dominant forces who are vying to claim the British Open and etch their names across the history books.

The race between United States and players from Asia seems to be at the final breaking point and with the end of the series the results would determine if the Asian golfers have in fact taken over the world of golf. Representing the United States players like Christie Kerr and Paula Creamer will have to beat out tremendous competition from rising players from the east. Dogged down by a number of physical problems, Paula Creamer has not been able to perform up to her expectations. Winner of the LPGA for eight times Paula Creamer was unable to gain any comprehensive win this season. However she is hoping to put forward her best game and win the title. Christie Kerr on the other hand saw a rise to number three in the world rankings; however the close misses in the majors led to some disappointing failures.

Women from Asia are all set to shift gears and take over the golf rankings with the increasing wins and remarkable performances. From the east to the west the wave of incredibility and determination seems to be taking over the world of golf.

A dream to stand as equal was seen as a defiance of the patriarchal system and prevented women from following a passion that surged deep within the soul. However the will to be able to follow a dream triumphed over obsolete notions and other hindrances and paved the w ay for women every where to pursue the aspect of individualistic perfection. Fifty years back the concept of holding an international golfing challenge for women would have been rebuked upon and would have found no sponsors. Nevertheless the innate quality of a brand like Rolex to sponsor exceptional talent and propound the aspect of perfection completely disregards the differences drawn on the basis of class, race and most of all gender. As a part of its global design of inspiring individuals everywhere, Rolex sponsors a number of international golfing challenges around the world that acts as a platform for the development of the sport as well as the talented women that participate in the event.

Associating with prolific golfing associations like the AJGA and LPGA to hold internationally celebrated women’s golfing events like Solheim Cup, the Evian Master’s and junior golf tournaments for young women, finally rendering the unrealized dream to become a reality. Now regarded by the world as formidable events in the world of sports, the golfing challenges like the Evian Masters boast of a top prize of 325000 Euros. Golfing championships supported by Rolex have transformed into premier events that draw top women golfers from around the world. Showing tremendous playability and skill many women golfers have stunned millions around the world with their excellent swing and situation handling. Around the world women are inspired to take on the fantastic game of golf and wager their chances on turning into a world class golfer.

As a part of its ongoing effort to support women’s golfers Rolex created and maintains the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. This elaborately created effort constantly checks performance in every single game of international repute and tallies the points in order to create a ranking system based on performance. According to the precise results of the Rolex rankings, women golfers from United States are performing exceedingly well. The position of the country with the highest number of players in the top ten is currently held by the United States with three golfers in the top ten. Cristie Kerr currently at number four, Paula Creamer at number five and Angela Stanford at number seven are leading the United States women golfers to greater heights.

Constantly performing to stay on top the trio of talented women from America Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford and Paula Creamer are bound to go further ahead in the Rolex rankings. Over the years women golfers have transformed into formidable golfers who are respected even in the men’s circuit for their excellent talent and skill. Rolex has constantly associated with golfing organizations as its principal partner or its official timekeeper and borne witness to transforming history and the new era that brings with it the dawning of women golfers.