[Golf Topic] 'PGA Tour Suspension' McIlroy "Solo Run as World No.1?"

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○..."A total of 101 weeks."

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland, photo) has entered a dominant phase. In the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 16th (Korean time), he received 9.45 points. He attempted to defend his title at the PGA Tour's "fifth major," The Players Championship (total prize money $15 million), held on the 13th at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, but the event was suspended after the first round, so there was little change in points.

Last week, he reached his 100th week, becoming the third player in history after "The Golf Emperor" Tiger Woods (USA) with 683 weeks and "The Great White Shark" Greg Norman (Australia) with 331 weeks. Recently, due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States, the PGA Tour canceled all events including the Valspar Championship on the 19th, the World Golf Championships (WGC) Dell Technologies Match Play on the 25th, the Texas Open on the 2nd of next month, and the Masters on the 9th.

This means that the 'No. 1 competition' will be impossible for the time being. Jon Rahm (Spain) remains 2nd, Brooks Koepka 3rd, Justin Thomas 4th, and Dustin Johnson (all USA) 5th, unchanged. Adam Scott (Australia), who won the Genesis Invitational last month, jumped from 9th to 6th, and Woods is 11th. In Korea, "Honda Classic champ" Im Sung-jae (22) holds the highest ranking at 23rd. An Byeong-hun (29) is 50th, and Kang Sung-hoon (33, both CJ Logistics) follows at 52nd.

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