‘Evian Champ’ Henderson "World Ranking 10th → 6th"... Ko Jin-young ‘Number 1’
Brooke Henderson is taking a selfie holding the trophy right after winning the Amundi Evian Championship. Evian-les-Bains, France = Photo by Getty Images/Multibits
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] 'Evian Champ' Brooke Henderson (Canada) has risen to 6th place in the world rankings.
In the weekly women's golf world rankings officially announced on the morning of the 26th (Korean time), she received 6.56 points, climbing four spots from 10th place last week. She accumulated points by winning the Amundi Evian Championship (total prize money $6.5 million), the fourth major of the 2022 LPGA Tour season, which concluded the previous day at the Evian Golf Club (par 71) in Evian-les-Bains, France. This is her second win of the season since last month's ShopRite Classic and her 12th career victory.
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Ko Jin-young (27) remains 1st, Minjee Lee (Australia) 2nd, Nelly Korda (USA) 3rd, Lydia Ko (New Zealand) 4th, and 'rookie No. 1' Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) held 5th place. South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo (27) is 9th, Kim Sei-young (29) 11th, Jeon In-ji (28) 12th, and 'Golf Queen' Park In-bee (34) is positioned 13th. 'Domestic No. 1' Park Min-ji (24) maintained 16th place. Amundi Evian Championship runner-up Sophia Schubert (USA) jumped an impressive 230 spots to 53rd place.
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