'Autumn Series 2nd Place' Kim Seonghyeon "World Ranking 171 → 113"
Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele, McIlroy, Rahm Maintain 'Top 3'
Kim Juhyung 18th, Im Sungjae 27th, Kim Siwoo 40th
Rookie Kim Seong-hyun has soared to 113th in the world rankings.
![Kim Seong-hyun (right) and Justin Thomas shake hands after completing the 4th round of the 'Fall Series' Fortinet Championship. [Napa (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023091905381980349_1695069499.jpeg)
Kim Seong-hyun (right) and Justin Thomas shake hands after completing the 4th round of the 'Fall Series' Fortinet Championship. [Napa (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]
View original imageKim Seong-hyun earned 1.1029 points in the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 18th (local time), jumping an impressive 58 spots from 171st last week. He accumulated points by finishing as the runner-up at the Fortinet Championship (total prize money $8.4 million), part of the PGA Tour's "Fall Series," which concluded the previous day at Silverado Resort and Spa (par 72) in Napa, California, USA. This marks his personal best performance, surpassing his 4th place finish at last October's Shriners Children's Open.
There were no changes in the 'Top 5' with Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Jon Rahm (Spain), Viktor Hovland (Norway), and Patrick Cantlay (USA) maintaining their positions. Fortinet Championship winner Sahith Theegala (USA) rose to 29th, and DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) BMW PGA Championship winner Ryan Fox (New Zealand) climbed to 31st.
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In Korea, Kim Joo-hyung maintained the best ranking at 18th. Im Sung-jae ranked 27th, Kim Si-woo 40th, An Byeong-hun 53rd, and Lee Kyung-hoon 66th. Kim Chan-woo, who became the first 36-hole winner in 34 years at the KPGA Korean Tour Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open, jumped 478 spots from 1343rd last week to 865th.
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