Honda Thailand Winner Tawattananakit 'World Ranking 27th'

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Patti Tawatana-nak (Thailand) has risen to 27th in the world rankings.

Patty Tavatanakit is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Honda LPGA Thailand.
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In the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 26th (local time), he received 2.88 points, jumping 16 places from 43rd last week. He accumulated points by winning the LPGA Tour Honda Thailand (total prize money $1.7 million), which ended the day before at the Siam Country Club Old Course near Chonburi, Pattaya, Thailand.

Tawatana-nak secured his second career win in three years since winning the major ANA Inspiration in April 2021, with a prize of $255,000 (approximately 340 million KRW). He has topped the leaderboard for two consecutive weeks following last week's Ladies European Tour (LET) Aramco Ladies International (total prize money $5 million).

Lilia Vu, Nelly Korda (both USA), C?line Boutier (France), Lin Xiyu (China), and Minjee Lee (Australia) maintained their positions from 1st to 5th. Korea's Ko Jin-young is 6th, Kim Hyo-joo 9th, Yang Hee-young 15th, and Shin Ji-ae 16th. Choi Hye-jin and Kim Se-young, who tied for 3rd place at Honda Thailand, jumped to 33rd and 42nd respectively.

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