Kim Se-young is smiling brightly right after winning the final day of KPMG Women's. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA = Getty Images / Multibits

Kim Se-young is smiling brightly right after winning the final day of KPMG Women's. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA = Getty Images / Multibits

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[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…'KPMG Women's Champ' Kim Se-young (27, Mirae Asset) has risen to 'Number 2'.


In the weekly women's golf world rankings announced on the morning of the 13th (Korea time), she received 6.87 points, jumping five places from 7th last week. This is her personal best ranking. She accumulated ranking points by winning her first major and 11th career victory at the third major of the LPGA Tour, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship (total prize money $4.3 million), which concluded the day before at Aronimink Golf Club (par 70) in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.



Runner-up Park In-bi (32, KB Financial Group) also jumped five places to 4th (6.18 points). Ko Jin-young (25) maintained her top spot (7.83 points), while Nelly Korda is 3rd (6.59 points), and Danielle Kang (both from the USA) is 5th (6.15 points). Korea's Park Sung-hyun (27) is 8th (5.23 points), Kim Hyo-joo (25, Lotte) is 11th (4.39 points), and Lee Jeong-eun6 (24, Daebang Construction) is 12th (4.22 points). Anna Lin (24, Munyoung Group), winner of the Otek Carrier Championship, soared 55 places to 100th (1.11 points).


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