Australian Korean Immigrant Lee Minji "I am World Ranking 4th"... Im Jinhee 55th
Official Weekly Women's Golf World Rankings Announced
Bu, Inruoning, Ko Jinyoung Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Kim Hyoju 7th, Shin Jiae 15th, Jeon Inji 27th
Australian-Korean immigrant Lee Min-ji has jumped to 4th place in the world rankings.
Minji Lee is smiling brightly while holding the trophy right after winning the BMW Ladies Championship.
[Paju=AP·Yonhap News]
On the 23rd (local time), she received 7.10 points in the weekly women's golf world rankings, rising three spots from 7th place last week. Lee Min-ji defeated Allison Lee (USA) in a playoff at the BMW Ladies Championship of the U.S. Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour, held at the Seowon Hills Course of Seowon Valley CC in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. This is her second win of the season and 10th career victory, two months after the Kroger Queen City Championship in September, with a prize money of $330,000 (approximately 450 million KRW).
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Lilia Vu (USA), Lin Xiyu (China), and Ko Jin-young maintained their 1st to 3rd positions. C?line Boutier (France) is 5th, and Nelly Korda (USA) is 6th. South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo is 7th, Shin Ji-ae 15th, Jeon In-ji 27th, Yoo Hae-ran 28th, Park Min-ji 29th, and Choi Hye-jin is 30th. Allison Lee (USA), runner-up at the BMW Ladies Championship, rose 25 spots from 66th to 41st. Im Jin-hee, who won the SangSangIn-Korea Economic TV Open on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, jumped from 64th to 55th.
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