11.   He stepped into the void left when Jay Sigel left the amateur ranks and became an instant success on the PGA Senior Tour.

12.   He went on to matriculate at Stanford and play in the Masters, US Open and British Open on the trail back to the amateur ranks.

13.   Lenglen won and later turned professional, leaving it to Wills to dominate the amateur ranks.

14.   One is the ugly state of the world amateur ranks, which are as full of deceit and mismanagement as any professional sport you can name.

15.   Reid said headgear should be mandatory for professional boxers, as it already is in the amateur ranks.

16.   Ryan said McIlvaine will scout major league teams and evaluate talent in the amateur ranks and Latin America.

17.   The figure skating association is also upset because promoters are harvesting athletes cultivated by the amateur ranks without giving any money back to the sport.

18.   There was plenty of incentive to remain in the amateur ranks.

19.   When Tiger was in the amateur ranks, she could walk inside the ropes No longer.