[Golf Topic] Park In-bee 'World Ranking 8th'... Popov "280-step Jump to 24th"

Park In-bee jumped to 8th place in the world rankings thanks to her 4th place finish at the major AIG Women's Open.

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…'Golf Queen' Park In-bee (32, KB Financial Group, photo) re-entered the 'Top 10'.

In the weekly women's golf world rankings announced on the morning of the 25th (Korean time), she scored 4.88 points and jumped 4 places from 12th last week to 8th. She entered the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time in 10 months since the end of October last year. She earned points by finishing 4th in the first major of the 2020 LPGA Tour season, the AIG Women's Open, which ended the day before at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. This is her third 'Top 5' finish, including her victory at the Australian Women's Open in February.

There were no changes in the top ranks with Ko Jin-young (25) at 1st place (7.97 points), Danielle Kang (USA) 2nd (6.35 points), Park Sung-hyun (27) 3rd (5.57 points), and Nelly Korda (USA) 4th (5.53 points). Minjee Lee (Australia) rose 3 places to 5th (5.31 points). South Korea's Kim Se-young (27, Mirae Asset) is 6th (5.10 points), Kim Hyo-joo (25, Lotte) 10th (4.48 points), Lee Jeong-eun6 (24, Daebang Construction) 11th (4.43 points), and Yoo So-yeon (30, Mediheal) 13th (3.88 points). 'AIG Women's Open Champion' Sophia Popov (Germany) jumped 280 places to 24th (2.86 points).

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