Ko Jin-young is taking a selfie holding the trophy immediately after winning the HSBC Women's. Sentosa (Singapore) = Getty Images / Multibits

Ko Jin-young is taking a selfie holding the trophy immediately after winning the HSBC Women's. Sentosa (Singapore) = Getty Images / Multibits

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[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘0.08→0.97’.


Ko Jin-young (27) received 9.92 points in the weekly women's golf world rankings officially announced on the morning of the 8th (Korean time), maintaining her 'Number 1' position for the sixth consecutive week. She accumulated points by winning the LPGA Tour 2022 Season 4th round HSBC Women's World Championship by 2 strokes at the Sentosa Golf Club Tanjong Course in Singapore, which ended on the 6th. This is her 13th LPGA Tour win in total, four months after the final event of the 2021 season, the CME Group Tour Championship, last November.



She widened the gap with second place Nelly Korda (USA, 8.95) from 0.08 points to 0.97 points. Lydia Ko (New Zealand) remained in 3rd place with 6.53 points, the same as last week, and Minjee Lee (Australia), runner-up at the HSBC Women's, rose three places to 4th with 5.41 points. In Korea, Park In-bee (34, KB Financial Group) held 6th place with 5.20 points, while Kim Sei-young (29, Mediheal) dropped two places to 7th with 5.05 points. Jeon In-ji (28, KB Financial Group), who tied for 2nd at the HSBC Women's, jumped nine places to 25th with 2.76 points.


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