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Viktor Hovland (Norway) has re-entered the top 10 in the world rankings.
Victor Hovland is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Valspar Championship. Palm Harbor=Photo by Reuters and Yonhap News
View original imageIn the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 24th (local time), he scored 4.45 points, jumping an impressive 11 spots from 19th place last week. Hovland accumulated points by winning the PGA Tour Valspar Championship (total prize money $8.7 million), which concluded the day before at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course (par 71, 7,352 yards) in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA. This marks his 7th career win, his first in 1 year and 7 months since the final third FedEx Cup Playoffs Tour Championship in August 2023, with a winner's prize of $1,566,000 (approximately 2.3 billion KRW).
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Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa (both USA), and Ludvig ?berg (Sweden) maintained their positions from 1st to 5th. Justin Thomas (USA), who finished as runner-up at the Valspar Championship, rose one spot to 9th. South Korea's Seongjae Im is ranked 24th, Juhyung Kim 30th, Byung-hoon An 34th, and Siwoo Kim is positioned at 66th.
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