'Travelers Champ' Bradley "World Ranking 28th → 18th"
Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Scheffler, Rahm, McIlroy Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Im Seongjae 22nd, Kim Juhyung 24th, Kim Siwoo 34th
'Travelers Champ' Keegan Bradley (USA) has risen to 18th in the world rankings.
Keegan Bradley is cheering after securing victory at the Travelers Championship. [Cromwell, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]
View original imageOn the afternoon of the 25th (local time), Bradley earned 4.23 points in the weekly men's golf world rankings, jumping an impressive 10 spots from 28th place last week. Earlier that day, Bradley won the PGA Tour's "premier event" Travelers Championship (total prize money $20 million) held at TPC River Highlands (par 70, 6,852 yards) in Cromwell, Connecticut, setting the tournament's lowest score record with a 23-under 257. This marks his second victory of the season and sixth overall, his first since the Zozo Championship last October, with a winner's prize of $3.6 million (approximately 4.7 billion KRW).
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There were no changes in the 'Top 5' rankings, which remain Scottie Scheffler (USA), Jon Rahm (Spain), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Patrick Cantlay (USA), and Viktor Hovland (Norway). For South Korea, Im Sung-jae is ranked 22nd, Kim Joo-hyung 24th, Kim Si-woo 34th, and Lee Kyung-hoon 50th. Han Seung-su (USA), winner of the domestic national title Kolon Korean Open, jumped from 634th to 449th place last week.
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