[Golf Topic] ‘3-Time Champion’ Park Minji "I’m ‘Number 20’~"… Shih Wei-ling 78th

Park Minji is cheering with her caddie immediately after winning the Doosan Match Play Championship. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘3-win champ’ Park Min-ji (23, NH Investment & Securities) has risen to 20th in the world rankings.

In the weekly women's golf world rankings announced on the morning of the 25th (Korean time), she jumped 10 spots from 30th place last week. She won the Doosan Match Play Championship of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour held at Ladena Golf Course in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, on the 23rd, with an unstoppable 7 consecutive wins. Following her victory at the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship on the 16th, this marks her ‘2 consecutive weeks of winning’ and her 7th career win. She has won an impressive 3 out of the 6 tournaments held this year.

She is the ‘domestic number 1’ in wins, prize money, and points for the grand prize. In Korea, Ko Jin-young (26), Park In-bi (33, KB Financial Group), and Kim Se-young (28, Mediheal) still hold the top three positions. Kim Hyo-joo (26, Lotte) follows at 7th place. Yoo So-yeon (31, Mediheal) is 15th, Lee Jeong-eun6 (25, Daebang Construction) is 18th, and Jang Ha-na (29, BC Card) is 19th. Shih Wei-ling (Taiwan), the winner of the LPGA Tour Pure Silk Championship, jumped 30 spots to 78th place.

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