FedEx Cup Runner-up Im Sung-jae "World Ranking 19th → 18th"... '152 Billion KRW in Prize Money This Year Alone'
Sungjae Im Finishes FedEx Cup as Runner-Up, Best Ever Asian Result Finale
Competed in 26 Tournaments with 1 Win, 3 Runner-Ups, and 9 Top 10 Finishes
Regular Season Earnings of 7.5 Billion KRW Plus 7.7 Billion KRW Bonus 'Jackpot'
Im Sung-jae is smiling after finishing the final round of the Tour Championship. Atlanta, USA - Photo by Getty Images/Multibits
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] FedEx Cup runner-up Im Sung-jae (24) has risen to 18th in the world rankings.
In the weekly men's golf world rankings announced on the 29th (local time), he jumped one spot from last week. He accumulated points by finishing tied for 2nd place at the Tour Championship, the final event of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs (PO), held the previous day at East Lake Golf Club (par 70) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He broke the record for the highest FedEx Cup finish by an Asian player, previously held by 'Tank' Choi Kyung-ju (52), who finished 5th in 2007.
Im Sung-jae has shown remarkable performance this season. He participated in 26 tournaments, achieving 1 win and 3 runner-up finishes, and placed in the 'top 10' nine times. He missed the cut only 4 times. Before advancing to the PO, Im had earned $5,567,974 (7.5 billion KRW), and with the Tour Championship runner-up bonus of $5.75 million, he earned a total of $11,317,974 (15.26681 billion KRW).
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Scottie Scheffler (USA) maintained his 1st place, and Cameron Smith (Australia) held 2nd. FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) pushed Patrick Cantlay (USA) down to 4th and rose to 3rd. South Korea's Kim Joo-hyung (20) ranked 21st, Lee Kyung-hoon (31) 41st, and Kim Si-woo (27) 75th. Seo Yo-seop (26), winner of the Korean Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Gunsan CC Open, jumped from 347th to 306th.
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