[Golf Topic] '18-Year-Old Young Gun' Kim Juhyung "Breaking into the World Ranking Top 100~"

Kim Juhyung

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…"World Ranking 113th → 92nd."

The '18-year-old young gun' Kim Joo-hyung (18, CJ Logistics) has entered the 'Top 100.' In the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 13th (Korean time), he received 1.56 points, jumping 21 places from 113th last week to 92nd. He accumulated points by winning the KPGA Gunsan CC Open (total prize money 500 million KRW), the second event of the 2020 Korean Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour, held the previous day at Gunsan Golf Club's Lead & Lake Course (par 71, 7,130 yards) in Gunsan City, Jeonbuk.

Kim Joo-hyung caused a sensation by winning the Asian (APGA) Tour Panasonic Open last November at just 17 years old. With the Asian Professional Golfers Association (APGA) Tour suspended due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), he plans to focus on the Korean Tour for the time being. At the KPGA Gunsan CC Open, which he entered as a top-ranked player in the world rankings, he set a new milestone as the youngest winner on the Korean Tour (18 years and 21 days). This broke the previous record set by Lee Sang-hee (28) at the 2011 NH Nonghyup Open, who was 19 years, 6 months, and 10 days old, after 9 years.

Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Jon Rahm (Spain) remain 1st and 2nd, respectively. Justin Thomas rose to 3rd place, led by his runner-up finish at the PGA Tour Workday Charity Open, followed by Dustin Johnson in 4th and Webb Simpson (both USA) in 5th. Workday Charity Open champion Collin Morikawa (USA) soared from 29th to 13th. In Korea, Im Sung-jae (22) is the highest-ranked at 22nd, followed by Kang Sung-hoon (33) at 55th and An Byeong-hun (29, both CJ Logistics) at 57th.

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