US Women's Open Winner Saso Jumps 24 Spots to World No. 6

Koda, Bu, Butie, Inluoning Maintain 1st to 4th Place
Ko Jin-young 7th, Kim Hyo-joo 11th, Lee Ye-won 27th

US Women's Open champion Yuka Saso (Japan) has jumped to 6th place in the world rankings.

Saso Yuka is smiling while holding the trophy immediately after winning the US Women's Open. [Lancaster, USA = AFP·Yonhap News]

In the weekly women's golf world rankings announced on the 3rd (local time), she earned 4.80 points, rising 24 spots from 30th place last week. She accumulated points by securing a come-from-behind victory at the 79th US Women's Open (total prize money $12 million), which concluded the previous day at Lancaster Country Club (par 70, 6,583 yards) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. This marks her second career win in three years since she became the youngest champion at 19 years, 11 months, and 17 days old in June 2021 at this tournament. The winner's prize money was $2.4 million (approximately 3.3 billion KRW). With this victory, she achieved the record for the youngest player to win twice in this tournament's history.

Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu (both USA), C?line Boutier (France), Lin Xiyu (China), and Hannah Green (Australia) maintained their positions from 1st to 5th place, respectively. South Korea placed Ko Jin-young at 7th, Kim Hyo-joo at 11th, Yang Hee-young at 20th, and Shin Ji-ae at 21st. Lee Ye-won, last week's champion of the KLPGA Tour Sh Suhyup Bank MBN Women's Open, rose four spots to 27th place.

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