Lydia Ko, World Ranking 9th... Re-enters the 'Top 10'

Achieving 20th Career Win Point at Opening TOC
Bu, Inluoning, Butie, Koda Rank 1st to 4th
Ko Jin-young 6th, Kim Hyo-joo 7th, Shin Ji-ae 15th

New Zealand Korean Lydia Ko has re-entered the world ranking 'Top 10'.

Lydia Ko is smiling brightly while holding the trophy right after winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. [Orlando=UPI·Yonhap News]

In the women's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 22nd (local time), she received 4.81 points and rose from 12th place last week to 9th place. She earned points by winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (TOC, total prize money $1.5 million), the opening event of the 2024 LPGA Tour season, which concluded at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (par 72) in Orlando, Florida, USA, the day before. This is her 20th career victory, the first in 1 year and 2 months since the CME Group Tour Championship in November 2022.

Lilia Vu (USA), Yin Ruoning (China), and C?line Boutier (France) maintained their 1st to 3rd places. Nelly Korda (USA) pushed Im Ji-hee to 5th place and rose to 4th. Korea's Ko Jin-young is 6th, Kim Hyo-joo 7th, and Shin Ji-ae is positioned at 15th. Following them are Yang Hee-young at 16th, Yoo Hae-ran at 30th, Lee Ye-won at 32nd, and Park Min-ji at 33rd.

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