[Golf Topic] 'Wyndham Championship Champ' Kisner "Up to World Ranking 34"…Jon Rahm No. 1
Kevin Kisner is holding the trophy and posing for a commemorative photo immediately after winning the Wyndham Championship. Greensboro, USA = Getty Images / Multivitz
View original image[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○..."World Ranking 52nd → 34th."
'Wyndham Championship Champ' Kevin Kisner (USA) jumped 18 spots to 3.19 points in the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 16th (Korean time). He earned points by winning the final day playoff at the Wyndham Championship (total prize money $6.4 million), the final regular season event of the 2021 PGA Tour, held that morning at Sedgefield Country Club (Par 70, 7,131 yards) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. This is his 4th career win, his first in 2 years and 4 months since the Dell Technologies Match Play in April 2019.
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The 'US Open Champ' Jon Rahm (Spain), Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, and Justin Thomas (all USA) remain unchanged in the 'Top 5'. In Korea, Im Sung-jae (23) ranked 29th, and Kim Si-woo (26), boosted by his runner-up finish at the Wyndham Championship, rose 4 spots from 54th to 50th. He advanced to the playoff thanks to a strong 6-under-par final round but was stopped there. Lee Kyoung-hoon (30, both from CJ Logistics) settled at 60th place.
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