'Sony Open Runner-up' An Byeonghun, World Ranking Moves from 52nd to 39th
Men's Golf Weekly World Rankings Jump 13 Spots
Schauffele, McIlroy, Ram Occupy 1st to 3rd Places
Kim Juhyung 14th, Im Sungjae 27th, Kim Siwoo 47th
Byeonghun An has jumped to 39th in the world rankings.
![Byung-Hoon Ahn is reading the putting line on the green of the 18th hole in the 4th round of the Sony Open. [Honolulu=AP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2024011523103030439_1705327830.jpeg)
Byung-Hoon Ahn is reading the putting line on the green of the 18th hole in the 4th round of the Sony Open. [Honolulu=AP·Yonhap News]
View original imageIn the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 14th (local time), he received 2.20 points, climbing 13 spots from 52nd place last week. He accumulated points by finishing tied for 2nd at the PGA Tour Sony Open (total prize money $8.3 million), which concluded that morning at Waialae Country Club (par 70) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. This marks his fifth runner-up finish since debuting on the PGA Tour in 2016.
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Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Jon Rahm (Spain), Viktor Hovland (Norway), and Xander Schauffele (USA) occupy the 1st to 5th positions respectively. Grayson Murray (USA), the winner of the Sony Open, significantly improved his ranking from 132nd last week to 46th. For Korea, Juhyung Kim is 14th, Sungjae Im 27th, Siwoo Kim 47th, and Kyunghoon Lee 78th.
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