Haetun, Jumps to World Ranking 8th 'LIV Golf Number 1'

Hero Dubai Desert Classic Victory Propels Hatton Up 9 Spots
Scheffler, Schauffele, and McIlroy Maintain 'Top 3'
Im Sungjae 20th, Kim Joohyung 24th, An Byeonghun 25th

'LIV Golf member' Tyrrell Hatton (England) has entered the world ranking 'Top 10'.

Tyrell Hatton is roaring after securing victory at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Dubai=AFP·Yonhap News

In the men's golf weekly world ranking announced on the 20th (local time), he received 4.05 points and jumped 9 places from 17th last week to 8th. This is the best ranking among LIV players. He accumulated points by winning the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) Hero Dubai Desert Classic (total prize money $9 million) held at Emirates Golf Club (par 72) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the day before. This is his 8th DP World Tour win overall, three months after winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last October.

Hatton moved to LIV Golf last year, but he has been achieving solid results on the 'home' DP World Tour even after the transfer. With this victory, he took the top spot in the Race to Dubai ranking. He also set a remarkable record of 5 wins in the Rolex Series tournaments, the premier events of the DP World Tour. Five wins is the second highest after Jon Rahm (Spain). Hatton also caused a 'scene' by hitting a tee marker with his iron and breaking it after his tee shot went far off course at the 7th hole (par 3) in the third round the day before.

Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele (both USA), and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) maintained the 'Top 3'. Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), winner of the PGA Tour season opener The Sentry, rose to 4th place, pushing Collin Morikawa (USA) down to 5th. Jeb Straka (Austria), champion of last week's PGA Tour American Express, jumped 17 places to 19th. For Korea, Im Sung-jae is 20th, Kim Joo-hyung 24th, An Byeong-hun 25th, and Kim Si-woo is ranked 69th.

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