[Golf Topic] Park Hyun-kyung "World Ranking 50"… Korda 'Number 1'

Park Hyun-kyung is teeing off on the 1st hole on the final day of the major KB Financial Star Championship. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘Prize Money 3rd Place’ Park Hyun-kyung (21·Korea Land & Housing Corporation Trust) has jumped to 50th in the world rankings.

In the weekly women's golf world rankings announced on the morning of the 14th (Korean time), she received 2.33 points, rising 10 spots from 60th place last week. She accumulated points by finishing as runner-up at the fourth major of the 2021 KLPGA Tour, the KB Financial Star Championship (total prize money 1.2 billion won), which concluded on the 12th at Blackstone Golf Club (par 72, 6,689 yards) in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. This marks her second consecutive ‘Top 3’ finish and her 11th ‘Top 10’ entry of the season.

There were no changes in the top rankings with Nelly Korda (USA) 1st (10.09 points), Ko Jin-young (26) 2nd (8.06 points), Park In-bee (33·KB Financial Group) 3rd (7.01 points), Kim Sei-young (28·Mediheal) 4th (6.83 points), Lydia Ko (New Zealand) 5th (5.54 points). Korea's rankings are Kim Hyo-joo (26·Lotte) 7th (5.42 points), Park Min-ji (23·NH Investment & Securities) 16th (3.85 points), Lee Jeong-eun6 (25·Daebang Construction) 23rd (3.67 points), Yoo So-yeon (31·Mediheal) 24th (3.65 points), and Jang Ha-na (29·BC Card) 25th (3.55 points).

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