[Golf Topic] ‘Daebo Champ’ Song Ga-eun "World Ranking 112 → 80"... Ko Jin-young ‘Number 1’

Song Ga-eun is holding the trophy and posing for a commemorative photo immediately after winning the Daebo House Open. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘Daebo Champ’ Song Ga-eun (22) has risen to 80th in the world rankings.

On the morning of the 12th (Korean time), she received 1.44 points in the officially announced weekly women's golf world rankings, jumping 32 spots from 112th last week. She won the Daebo House D Open (total prize money 1 billion KRW) of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, which ended on the 10th at Seowon Valley Golf Club (par 72) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. She accumulated points with a ‘wire-to-wire’ victory, maintaining the lead throughout the three days. It was her first win of the season and her second career win, nine months after the Hana Financial Group Championship in October last year.

There were no changes in the top ranks last week as there was no LPGA Tour event. Ko Jin-young (27) remained 1st, Minjee Lee (Australia) 2nd, and Nelly Korda (USA) held 3rd place. ‘Rookie No. 1’ Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) rose one spot to 4th, pushing Lydia Ko (New Zealand) down to 5th. In Korea, Kim Hyo-joo (27) is 8th, Jeon In-ji (28) 11th, Kim Se-young (29) 12th, ‘Golf Queen’ Park In-bee (34) 13th, and ‘Domestic No. 1’ Park Min-ji (24) is in 16th place.

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