[Golf Topic] 'Evercollagen Champ' Yoonina "World Ranking 114 → 69"... Ko Jinyoung 'Number 1'

Yoo Yina cheers after making a winning birdie on the 18th hole of the final day of the Ever Collagen Queens Crown. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…‘Long Drive Queen’ Yoon Ina (19) has risen to 69th in the world rankings.

In the weekly women's golf world rankings officially announced on the morning of the 19th (Korean time), she received 1.57 points, jumping an impressive 45 spots from 114th last week. On the 17th, at the Lakewood Golf Course in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72), she completed her first career victory (20 under par) with a dramatic birdie on the final 18th hole (par 4) of the Ever Collagen Queens Crown (total prize money 800 million won) of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour. It was a ‘wire-to-wire’ win, holding the lead throughout the four days.

Ko Jin-young (27) remains 1st, Minjee Lee (Australia) 2nd, and Nelly Korda (USA) held 3rd place. Lydia Ko (New Zealand) moved up one spot to 4th, pushing rookie No. 1 Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) down to 5th. In Korea, Kim Hyo-joo (27) is 8th, Jeon In-ji (28) 11th, Kim Se-young (29) 12th, and ‘Golf Empress’ Park In-bee (34) is 13th. Domestic No. 1 Park Min-ji (24) is in 16th place. Park Ji-young (26), the runner-up at Ever Collagen, jumped 10 spots to 58th.

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