2nd Place at The Open Kim Joo-hyung "Number 17~"... 'Highest Korean Ranking'

Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele, McIlroy, Rahm Hold 1st to 3rd Places
Open Champ Harman 10th, Im Seongjae 27th

Open runner-up Kim Joo-hyung has jumped to 17th in the world rankings.

Kim Juhyung is walking toward the green of the 18th hole in the 4th round of the 151st The Open.
[Hoylake (England) = AFP·Yonhap News]

Kim Joo-hyung earned 4.15 points in the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 23rd (local time), rising seven spots from 24th last week. He accumulated points by finishing tied for 2nd at the 151st Open, the oldest major tournament held at Royal Liverpool Golf Club (par 71) in Hoylake, Wirral, England, which concluded that morning. This is the highest-ever finish by a Korean at the Open, surpassing the previous best of tied 8th held by the 'eldest brother' Choi Kyung-ju in 2007.

Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), and Jon Rahm (Spain) maintained their positions at 1st to 3rd, respectively. Open champion Brian Harman (USA) jumped 16 spots from 26th to 10th. South Korea's Im Sung-jae is ranked 27th, Kim Si-woo 37th, Lee Kyung-hoon 54th, and An Byeong-hun 78th. Barracuda Championship winner Akshay Bhatia (USA) soared from 191st to 106th. Go Gun-taek, who won the Han Jang-sang Invitational, climbed 136 spots to 530th.

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