[Golf Topic] 'Joburg Open Champ' Lawrence "Jumped 260 Spots in World Ranking at Once?"

Tristan Lawrence is taking a commemorative photo right after winning the DP World Tour 2022 season opener Joburg Open. Johannesburg (South Africa) = Getty Images / Multibits Photo by Multibits

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…"World Ranking from 503rd to 243rd."

‘Joburg Open Champion’ Tristan Lawrence (South Africa) soared 260 spots in the world rankings overnight. In the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the 29th (Korean time), he received 0.76 points. He accumulated points by winning the Joburg Open (total prize money $1.1 million), which concluded the day before at the Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa (par 71, 7,506 yards). He also secured a ticket to the ‘oldest major’ The Open Championship to be held in July.

This tournament is furthermore the opening event of the DP World Tour (European Tour) 2022 season. It is interesting that the tournament ended after the 2nd round. The organizers reduced it to 54 holes due to the emergence of the South African COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’, and the 3rd round was canceled due to severe weather. For Lawrence, who had been active on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, this directly translated into his first DP World Tour co-sanctioned victory. Second place Xander Lombard also jumped from 642nd to 405th.

Jon Rahm (Spain), Collin Morikawa, and Dustin Johnson make up the ‘Top 3’. Morikawa, with 8.90 points, appears to be gradually closing in on Rahm (9.66 points). Xander Schauffele is 4th, and Patrick Cantlay dropped to 5th. Justin Thomas is 6th, and ‘Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau (both USA) is positioned 7th. In Korea, ‘Shriners Children’s Open Champion’ Im Sung-jae is 26th, Kim Si-woo (26) is 50th, and Lee Kyung-hoon (30) is 64th, with three players ranked in the ‘Top 100’.

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