Ko Jin-young 'Longest World No. 1'... "Number 1 for 158 Weeks"

Official Weekly Women's Golf World Rankings Announced
Ko Jin-young Ties with Ochoa for 4 Consecutive Weeks at No. 1
Korda 2nd, Lydia Ko 3rd, Lilia Vu 4th

Ko Jin-young tied the record for the longest period ranked No. 1 in the world.

Ko Jin-young maintained her No. 1 position for the fourth consecutive week by earning 8.28 points in the women's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 19th (local time). With this, Ko Jin-young has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 158 weeks, tying the all-time longest No. 1 record held by retired Lorena Ochoa (Mexico). The women's golf world rankings were first introduced in 2006. Ochoa was No. 1 continuously for over three years from April 2007 to May 2010.

Ko Jin-young has reached number one in the world rankings for 158 weeks, setting a record for the longest duration tied.

Ko Jin-young first became world No. 1 in April 2019 and has now reached 158 weeks. Her longest consecutive No. 1 streak lasted 100 weeks from July 2019 to June 2021. If Ko Jin-young maintains the No. 1 spot next week, she will surpass Ochoa's record. Following Ko Jin-young and Ochoa, Lydia Ko (New Zealand) held the No. 1 position for 125 weeks.

There are five players who have been No. 1 for over 100 weeks: Ko Jin-young, Ochoa, Lydia Ko, Tseng Yani (Taiwan, 109 weeks), and Park In-bee (106 weeks). The longest consecutive No. 1 streaks are Ochoa with 158 weeks, Tseng Yani with 109 weeks, and Ko Jin-young with 100 consecutive weeks. This year, Ko Jin-young won two tournaments on the U.S. LPGA Tour, the HSBC World Championship and the Founders Cup, marking her second win of the season and 15th career victory.

There were no changes in the top rankings with Nelly Korda (USA) at 2nd, Lydia Ko at 3rd, Lilia Vu (USA) at 4th, and Minjee Lee (Australia) at 5th. For Korea, Kim Hyo-joo is 7th, Jeon In-ji 16th, Choi Hye-jin 24th, and Park Min-ji 25th. Yang Hee-young, who tied for 3rd at the Meijer Classic, jumped 11 spots from 56th to 45th. The winner of this tournament, Leona Maguire (Ireland), rose 8 places to 12th. Hong Ji-won, the Korean Women's Open champion, climbed 86 spots from 194th to 108th.

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