McIlroy: "I'm 'Number 2'~"... Byeong-Hun An Ranks 85th

Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele 1st, Rahm 3rd, Cantlay 4th
Im Seongjae 23rd, Kim Juhyung 24th, Kim Siwoo 36th

'PGA icon' Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) rose to world No. 2.

On the 16th (local time), McIlroy earned 10.51 points in the men's golf official world rankings, pushing Jon Rahm (Spain) down to 3rd place and moving up one spot. He accumulated points by winning the Genesis Scottish Open (total prize money $9 million), a co-sanctioned event by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour (formerly European Tour), which concluded at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. This is his second PGA Tour season win and 24th career victory, his first since The CJ Cup in October last year, marking a 9-month gap.

Rory McIlroy is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Genesis Scottish Open. [North Berwick (Scotland) = AP·Yonhap News]

Scottie Scheffler (USA) remained firmly in the No. 1 position. Patrick Cantlay (USA) is 4th, Viktor Hovland (Norway) 5th, Xander Schauffele (USA) 6th, Cameron Smith (Australia) 7th, Max Homa (USA) 8th, Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) 9th, and Wyndham Clark (USA) is 10th.

Korea's Seongjae Im is ranked 23rd, Juhyung Kim 24th, Siwoo Kim 36th, and Kyunghoon Lee 53rd. Byeonghun An, who tied for 3rd place at the Genesis Scottish Open, jumped 43 spots from 131st last week to 85th. This is the first time since April 2021, when he was 96th, that An has been inside the top 100 in the world rankings, a gap of 2 years and 3 months. His personal best ranking is 24th in 2016. By finishing in the top 3 of this tournament, An earned qualification for next week's 'oldest major' The Open Championship (total prize money $16.5 million).

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