[Golf Topic] 'Shriners Champ' Im Sung-jae "World Ranking 21st~"... Ram 'Number 1'

Sungjae Im secured his second PGA Tour victory at the Shriners Children's Open. Las Vegas, USA - Photo by Getty Images/Multibitz

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…"World Ranking 29th → 21st."

'Shriners Champ' Im Sung-jae (23, CJ Logistics) rose 8 spots to 4.97 points in the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 11th (Korean time). On the morning of the same day, at the final round of the PGA Tour 2021/2022 season 3rd event, the Shriners Children's Open (total prize money $7 million) held at Summerlin TPC in Las Vegas, Nevada (par 71, 7,255 yards), he shot 9 under par to achieve a 4-stroke victory (24 under par 260 strokes).

Im Sung-jae became the 7th Korean champion in history after just 50 events at the Honda Classic last March, and recorded his second career win in his 100th event this time. Although it is still early in the season, he is also leading the personal title competition with 2nd place in the money ranking ($1,303,000) and 2nd place in the FedEx Cup points ranking (524 points). He cheered, saying, "Winning seems to be decided by the heavens," and added, "I hope this momentum continues at next week's sponsor event (The CJ Cup)."

There is no change in the 'Top 5' including Jon Rahm (Spain), Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, and Xander Schauffele (all from the USA). Shriners runner-up Matthew Wolff (USA) jumped from 47th to 33rd. For Korea, Kim Si-woo (26) is 46th, and Lee Kyoung-hoon (30, both CJ Logistics) is 59th. It is interesting that Lee Jae-kyung (22, CJ O Shopping), the Genesis Championship champion on the Korean Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour, soared 153 spots from 488th to 335th.

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