[Golf Topic] 'Texas Boy' Spieth "Into Top 10 World Ranking at Once"... Park Sanghyun "From 265th to 199th"

Jordan Spieth is enjoying a moment with his son right after winning the RBC Heritage. Hilton Head, USA = Getty Images / Multivitz Photo by Multivitz

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○..."Suddenly into the world ranking ‘Top 10’."

The 'Texas boy' Jordan Spieth jumped from 20th last week to 10th with 5.15 points in the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 18th (Korean time). He accumulated points by winning the PGA Tour RBC Heritage (total prize money $8 million) in a playoff held earlier that day at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA (par 71, 7,121 yards). This was his first win of the season and his 13th career victory, the first in a year since the Texas Open last April.

Spieth drew even more spotlight by engaging in a playoff battle with 'Playoff (PO) champ' Patrick Cantlay. On the first hole of the playoff resumed at the 18th hole (par 4), he finally secured the ‘winning par’. He added that "my wife Annie’s advice helped." He said, "I was upset yesterday when I missed a 45cm par putt on the final 18th hole (par 4)," and introduced, "Annie told me to wait just 5 seconds before tapping in if I missed the putt."

The ‘Top 3’ remain the same with Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa (both USA), and Jon Rahm (Spain). Cantlay is 4th, and Viktor Hovland (Norway) is 5th. ‘Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau (USA) has dropped to 20th recently due to a wrist injury. In Korea, Im Sung-jae (24) is 19th, Kim Si-woo (27) 48th, Kim Joo-hyung (20) 74th, and Lee Kyung-hoon (31, all CJ Logistics) 84th. It is interesting that Park Sang-hyun (39, Dong-A Pharmaceutical), the champion of the Korean Tour opening event DB Insurance Promy Open, soared from 265th to 100th.

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