John Deere Classic Champ Straka "World Ranking 37th → 27th"
Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele, Rahm, McIlroy Occupy 1st to 3rd Places
Im Sungjae 23rd, Kim Juhyung 25th, Kim Siwoo 36th
Sepp Straka (Austria) has risen to 27th in the world rankings.
Sepp Straka is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the John Deere Classic. [Silvis (USA) = AP·Yonhap News]
View original imageHe received 3.10 points in the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 9th (local time), jumping 10 places from 37th last week. He earned points by winning the PGA Tour John Deere Classic (total prize money $7.4 million) in a come-from-behind victory at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, USA, which ended that morning. This is his second career win after the Honda Classic in February last year, 1 year and 5 months ago, with a winner's prize of $1,332,000 (approximately 1.7 billion KRW).
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There were no changes in the 'Top 10'. Scottie Scheffler (USA), Jon Rahm (Spain), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Patrick Cantlay (USA), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Xander Schauffele (USA), Cameron Smith (Australia), Max Homa (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), and Jordan Spieth (USA) maintained their positions from 1st to 10th. For Korea, Im Sung-jae is 23rd, Kim Joo-hyung 25th, Kim Si-woo 36th, and Lee Kyung-hoon 52nd.
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