Koda "Now I'm the 'Number 2'~"
Official Weekly Women's Golf World Rankings Announced
Bu 1st, Inruoning 3rd, Butie 4th Place
Ko Jin-young 6th, Lydia Ko 7th, Kim Hyo-joo 8th
Nelly Korda (USA) has become the 'Number 2'.
![Nelly Korda is cheering while holding the trophy right after winning the LPGA Drive On Championship. [Bradenton, USA = AP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2024013006482147363_1706564901.jpeg)
Nelly Korda is cheering while holding the trophy right after winning the LPGA Drive On Championship. [Bradenton, USA = AP·Yonhap News]
View original imageIn the women's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 29th (local time), she received 7.42 points, rising two places from 4th last week. Korda accumulated points by winning the Drive On Championship (total prize money $1.75 million) on the LPGA Tour, which concluded the day before at Braden River Country Club in Florida, USA. This is her 9th career victory, her first in 1 year and 2 months since the Pelican Championship in November 2022, with a winner's prize of $262,500 (approximately 350 million KRW).
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Lilia Vu (USA) maintained her precarious 1st place with 7.64 points. The gap between her and Korda is 0.22 points. In-Ruoning (China) is 3rd, C?line Boutier (France) 4th, and Minjee Lee (Australia) is in 5th place. Ko Jin-young is 6th, Lydia Ko (New Zealand), the runner-up of the Drive On Championship, is 7th, and Kim Hyo-joo is 8th. South Korea's Shin Ji-ae is 15th, Yang Hee-young 16th, Yoo Hae-ran 30th, Lee Ye-won 32nd, and Park Min-ji is 33rd.
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