Billy Horschel is celebrating with his family immediately after winning the Memorial Tournament. Dublin, USA = Getty Images / MultiBits

Billy Horschel is celebrating with his family immediately after winning the Memorial Tournament. Dublin, USA = Getty Images / MultiBits

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[Asia Economy Golf Specialist Reporter Kim Hyun-jun] ○…"World Ranking 17th → 11th."


‘Memorial Tournament Champion’ Billy Horschel jumped six spots to 11th with 5.23 points in the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 6th (Korean time). He accumulated points by winning the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament (total prize money $12 million) held at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, USA (par 72, 7,533 yards) which ended that morning. This is his 7th career win in 1 year and 3 months since the Dell Technologies Match Play in March last year.



Scottie Scheffler (both from the USA) remains 1st, and Jon Rahm (Spain) is 2nd. Patrick Cantlay (USA) rose from 6th to 3rd along with a tie for 3rd place at the Memorial Tournament, and Cameron Smith (Australia) and Collin Morikawa (USA) complete the ‘Top 5’. In Korea, ‘Shriners Champion’ Im Sung-jae (24) is ranked 22nd, ‘AT&T back-to-back winner’ Lee Kyoung-hoon (31) 42nd, Kim Si-woo (27) 53rd, and ‘Asian Tour money leader’ Kim Joo-hyung (20, all from CJ Logistics) is placed 64th.


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