[Golf Topic] Lee Shuman "World Ranking 20th"... McIlroy 2nd

Mark Leishman is taking a selfie holding the trophy immediately after winning on the final day of the Farmers Insurance Open. San Diego, California, USA = Getty Images / Multibits Photo by Getty Images

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…'Farmers Insurance Champ' Mark Leishman (Australia) has jumped to 20th in the world rankings.

In the weekly golf world rankings officially announced on the 28th (Korean time), he received 4.24 points, jumping 8 places from 28th last week. He accumulated points by winning the 2019/2020 PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open (total prize money $7.5 million) by one stroke at the South Course of Torrey Pines Golf Course near San Diego, California, USA, which ended the day before. This is his 5th career win in 1 year and 3 months since the CIMB Classic in October 2018, with a winner's prize of $1.35 million (15.8 billion won).

Brooks Koepka (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Jon Rahm (Spain), Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay (all USA), Justin Rose (England), Xander Schauffele (USA), and Tommy Fleetwood (England) maintained their 'Top 10' positions. Korea has three players in the 'Top 100': Im Sung-jae (22) at 35th, An Byeong-hun (29) at 49th, and Kang Sung-hoon (33, all CJ Logistics) at 85th.