| Park Min-ji is taking a commemorative photo with a trophy after winning the KLPGA Tour KB Financial Star Championship held at Blackstone Icheon in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do on the 18th. Provided by KLPGA |
Park Min-ji, who won the second major trophy of her career, climbed to 14th place in the world rankings, which is her personal best.
In the women’s golf world rankings announced on 20th (now Korean), Park Min-ji jumped five places to 14th place. Park Min-ji achieved 4 wins this season at the KB Financial Star Championship of the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour, which ended on 18th. Park Min-ji’s best personal ranking is 14th place in the world rankings. Park Min-ji also took 14th place in the world rankings in October last year.
Jinyoung Ko kept the first place. Jinyoung Ko is recovering from a wrist injury after missing consecutive cuts at the AIG Women’s Open and the CP Women’s Open on the LPGA Tour last month. Jinyoung Ko has an average point in the standings of 8.23, 0.44 points from second place Nelly Corda (USA, 7.79). Australian Korean Lee Min-ji and Korean New Zealand Lydia Ko followed in 3rd and 4th place, and Ataya Titikun (Thailand) pushed Brook Henderson (Canada) into 5th place. Jeon In-ji moved up to 8th and Kim Hyo-joo to 9th. Park In-bi and Choi Hye-jin took 16th and 19th places. Andrea Lee, a Korean-American who won the Amazing Creek Portland Classic, climbed 22 places to 54th place.
In the men’s ranking, Seongjae Lim held the highest position among Korean players in 19th place, while Joo-hyeong Kim, who participated with him in this week’s Presidents Cup, ranked 22nd, Kyung-hoon Lee 43 ° and Si-woo Kim 76 °. Ahn Byung-hoon, who tied for 4th place at the Fortinet Championship on the PGA Tour, jumped from 309th to 233th.
The men’s ranking remains unchanged from Scottie Schaeffler (USA) in 1st place, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) in 2nd place, Cameron Smith (Australia) in 3rd place, Patrick Cantlay in 4th place and Xander Shopley (USA) in 5th place. The 5th LIV Golf Invitational, where Smith won, had no points in the world rankings, so it had no effect. Max Homar (USA), who won the Fortinet championship for the second consecutive year, jumped six places to 16th.
Reporter Oh Hae-won
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