'Prize Money 3rd Place' Shin Ji-ae 'World Ranking 16th → 15th'

Official Weekly Women's Golf World Rankings Announced
Lilia Bu, Inluoning, Butie Rank 1st to 3rd
Ko Jinyoung 6th, Kim Hyoju 7th, Yang Heeyoung 16th

Veteran Shin Ji-ae rose to 15th place in the world rankings.

On the 27th (local time), he received 4.41 points in the weekly men's golf world rankings, moving up one spot from 16th place last week. Yang Hee-young fell to 16th place (4.34 points), losing to Shin Ji-ae. Shin Ji-ae accumulated points by finishing tied for 4th place at the Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, the final event of the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) Tour season, which ended on the 26th. This year, she secured 2 wins on the Japanese stage, ranking 3rd in the prize money rankings (163,568,277 yen), 2nd in the Mercedes ranking (2790.06 points), and 3rd in average score (70.1595 strokes).

Shin Ji-ae

Shin Ji-ae expressed her intention to participate in the Paris Olympics next year. She is 3rd among Korean players. Countries with 4 or more players ranked within the top 15 in the world rankings can send up to 4 players to the Olympics. If Shin Ji-ae ranks within the top 15 in the world rankings by June next year and is among the top 4 Korean players, she can compete on the Paris Olympic stage.

Lilia Vu (USA), Yin Ruoning (China), C?line Boutier (France), Nelly Korda (USA), and Minjee Lee (Australia) maintained their positions from 1st to 5th. Korea's Go Jin-young is 6th, Kim Hyo-joo 7th, Yoo Hae-ran 30th, Park Min-ji 32nd, Jeon In-ji 33rd, and Choi Hye-jin 34th. The 'domestic number 1' Lee Ye-won is 36th.