[Golf Topic] Ko Jin-young "Number 1 by 0.96 Points~"... Henderson "Jumped 2 Spots to 9th"

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘HSBC Women’s Champ’ Ko Jin-young (27·photo) maintained her world No. 1 ranking.

In the weekly women's golf world rankings officially announced on the morning of the 22nd (Korean time), she received 9.99 points, holding onto first place with a 0.96-point lead, the same as last week. She accumulated points by winning the 4th event of the 2022 LPGA Tour season, the HSBC Women’s World Championship, on the 6th. This marked her 13th career victory, her first in four months since the CME Group Tour Championship, the final event of the 2021 season last November, showcasing her ‘Number 1’ power by sweeping six wins in her last 10 tournaments.

With no LPGA Tour events held, there were no changes in the top rankings. Nelly Korda (USA) is 2nd (9.03 points), Lydia Ko (New Zealand) 3rd (6.35 points), Minjee Lee (Australia) 4th (5.29 points), and Danielle Kang (USA) 5th (5.24 points). South Korea has three players in the ‘Top 10’: Park In-bee (34·KB Financial Group) 6th (5.09 points), Kim Sei-young (29·Mediheal) 7th (5.02 points), among others. Brooke Henderson (Canada), who entered the ‘Top 10’ four times this year, rose two spots to 9th (4.73 points).

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