[Golf Topic] 'Mexico Championship Champ' Reed "Up to World Ranking 8th~"

Patrick Reed is teeing off on the 17th hole on the final day of the Mexico Championship. Mexico City, Mexico = Getty Images / Multivitz

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…'Mexico Championship Champion' Patrick Reed (USA) has risen to 8th place in the world rankings.

In the weekly official golf world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 24th (Korean time), he received 5.93 points, jumping 6 places from 14th last week. On the morning of the same day, he secured a one-stroke victory (18 under par 266) on the final day of the World Golf Championships (WGC) Series Mexico Championship (total prize money $10.5 million) held at Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City, Mexico (par 71, 7,345 yards), accumulating points. This is his 8th PGA Tour win in total, his first in six months since The Northern Trust last August.

Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) remains in 1st place, and Jon Rahm (Spain) is 2nd. Brooks Koepka (USA), who did not participate in this tournament, dropped to 3rd. Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson are 4th and 5th respectively, and the 'resurrected golf emperor' Tiger Woods (all USA) is positioned 10th. For Korea, Im Sung-jae (22) is 34th, An Byeong-hun (29) is 52nd, and Kang Sung-hoon (33, both from CJ Logistics) is 53rd. Viktor Hovland (Norway), who achieved his first PGA Tour win at the Puerto Rico Open on the same day, soared from 102nd to 60th place.