'FedEx Cup Champ' Hovland "World Ranking 5th → 4th"

Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele Maintains 1st, McIlroy 2nd, Rahm 3rd
Kim Juhyung 16th, Im Sungjae 27th, Kim Siwoo 38th

FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland (Norway) has risen to 4th place in the world rankings.

Victor Hovland is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Tour Championship.
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Hovland received 7.79 points in the weekly men's golf world rankings announced on the 28th (local time), moving up one spot from 5th place last week. He secured a 5-stroke victory at the Tour Championship (total prize money $75 million), the final third round of the 2022/2023 PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs (PO), held at East Lake Golf Club (par 70) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the day before. This marks his third win of the season and sixth career victory, following two consecutive wins since last week's BMW Championship. His winner's prize money is $18 million (approximately 23.9 billion KRW).

Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), and Jon Rahm (Spain) maintained their positions at 1st to 3rd place respectively. Patrick Cantlay (USA) dropped one spot to 5th. South Korea's Kim Joo-hyung is ranked 16th, Im Sung-jae 27th, Kim Si-woo 38th, An Byeong-hun 56th, and Lee Kyung-hoon 65th. Song Young-han, winner of the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Sansan KBC Augusta, jumped from 611th last week to 435th. National team member Jang Yoo-bin, who became the amateur champion at the Korean Tour KPGA Gunsan CC Open, jumped 368 places to 716th.

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