[Golf Topic] Fitzpatrick "US Open Victory Propels Me into World Top 10"… McIlroy Claims 'I'm Number 2'

Matt Fitzpatrick is cheering while holding the trophy immediately after winning his 122nd US Open. Brooklyn, USA=Getty Images/Multibits

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…"World Ranking 18th → 10th."

‘US Open Champ’ Matt Fitzpatrick (England) has rapidly risen into the ‘Top 10 in the World Rankings.’ In the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 20th (Korean time), he received 6.06 points. He accumulated points by winning the 122nd US Open, the third major of the PGA Tour, held at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts (par 70, 7,264 yards) earlier that morning. He cheered, "I am even more delighted to have achieved my first major victory."

Scottie Scheffler (USA) remains No. 1, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who tied for 5th at the US Open, is 2nd, and Jon Rahm (Spain) is 3rd. Collin Morikawa is 4th, and Justin Thomas (both USA), the second major ‘PGA Championship Champ,’ holds 5th place. Korea has four players in the ‘Top 100’: ‘Shriners Champ’ Im Sung-jae (24) at 21st, ‘AT&T back-to-back winner’ Lee Kyoung-hoon (31) at 43rd, Kim Si-woo (27) at 57th, and ‘Asian Tour money leader’ Kim Joo-hyung (20, all from CJ Logistics) at 58th.

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