Jungmin Hong, No. 1 on Money List, Climbs from 54th to 44th in World Rankings

Secures K-Food Nolboo·Hwami Masters Victory Points
Titikul Holds No. 1, Korda at No. 2, Minjee Lee Rises to No. 3
Hyo Joo Kim at No. 8, Hae Ran Ryu at No. 12, Jin Young Ko at No. 18

Jungmin Hong, who is currently ranked No. 1 on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour money list, has climbed to 44th in the world rankings.

Jungmin Hong is cheering after securing victory at the K-Food Nolbu·Hwami Masters. Provided by KLPGA

In the weekly Women's World Golf Rankings announced on the 13th (local time), she earned 2.26 points, moving up 10 spots from 54th place last week. The day before, at the K-Food Nolbu·Hwami Masters (total prize money: 1.2 billion won) held at 88 Country Club in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, she secured her third win of the season and fourth career victory. She is now tied for first in most wins and leads the money list with 1,294,020,000 won. She is also second in Player of the Year points (524 points) and average strokes (70.07).

Jin Young Ko (Thailand), who won the Buick LPGA Shanghai during the LPGA Tour's Fall Asian Swing, firmly maintained her position as world No. 1. Nelly Korda (USA) is ranked second, while Minjee Lee (Australia) moved up to third, pushing Lydia Ko (New Zealand) down to fourth.

Among Korean players, Hyo Joo Kim holds the highest position at eighth. Hae Ran Ryu is 12th, Jin Young Ko is 18th, and Hye Jin Choi is ranked 20th. Sei Young Kim is 21st, A Lim Kim is 32nd, Yumin Hwang is 33rd, Hyun Joo Yoo is 34th, Seung Hee Noh is 37th, Jin Hee Lim is 38th, and Shin Sil Bang is 41st.

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