'US Open Champ' Clark "World Ranking 32nd → 13th"

Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Scheffler, Rahm, McIlroy Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Im Sungjae 21st, Kim Juhyung 22nd, Kim Siwoo 32nd

Wyndham Clark (USA) has jumped to 13th place in the world rankings.

Wyndham Clark is cheering after becoming his first major champion at the US Open. [Los Angeles=UPI·Yonhap News]

Clark earned 4.59 points in the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 18th (local time), rising 19 spots from 32nd place last week. Clark secured his first major victory in his career at the US Open (total prize money $20 million), which concluded that morning at the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club, California (par 70, 7,423 yards), accumulating points. This is his second career win following his victory at last month's Wells Fargo Championship, with a winner's prize of $3.6 million (approximately 4.6 billion KRW).

There were no changes in the top five positions: Scottie Scheffler (USA), Jon Rahm (Spain), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Patrick Cantlay (USA), and Viktor Hovland (Norway). Cameron Smith (Australia), who finished 4th at the US Open, rose two spots to 7th. South Korea's Seongjae Im is 21st, Juhyung Kim 22nd, Siwoo Kim 32nd, and Kyung-hoon Lee 48th. Yang Jiho, the winner of the Korean Tour Hana Bank Invitational, jumped from 596th to 370th place.

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