'2 Consecutive Wins' Kim Juhyung World Ranking 11th... "Top 10 is in Sight"
Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele, McIlroy, Rahm Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Im Sungjae 26th, Kim Siwoo 41st 'Positioned'
‘PGA star’ Kim Joo-hyung is on the verge of entering the world ranking ‘Top 10’.
![Kim Joo-hyung is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Shriners Children's Open. [Las Vegas (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023101722201519034_1697548815.jpeg)
Kim Joo-hyung is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Shriners Children's Open. [Las Vegas (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]
View original imageOn the 16th (local time), he received 4.4967 points in the weekly men's golf world rankings, jumping 5 spots from 16th last week to 11th. This is his personal best ranking. He is the second Korean player after the ‘eldest brother’ Choi Kyung-ju to aim for a ‘Top 10’ entry. Choi Kyung-ju, who has won a total of 8 PGA Tour titles, rose to as high as 5th in the world rankings.
Kim Joo-hyung accumulated points by achieving back-to-back wins at the PGA Tour Shriners Children's Open held at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, which ended the day before. This was his second win of the season and third overall, one year after winning this tournament last year, earning a prize money of $1,512,000 (about 2 billion KRW).
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Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Jon Rahm (Spain), Viktor Hovland (Norway), and Patrick Cantlay (USA) maintained their ‘Top 5’ positions. Im Sung-jae, who finished runner-up at last week's Korean Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Genesis Championship, held 26th place. Korea’s Kim Si-woo is 41st, An Byeong-hun 55th, and Lee Kyung-hoon 65th. Genesis Championship winner Park Sang-hyun jumped from 270th to 221st.
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