The Players Championship Tied 6th Place Points Earned
Schauffele, McIlroy, Rahm Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Kim Juhyung 20th, Im Sungjae 35th, An Byeonghun 41st
Kim Si-woo has risen to 44th in the world rankings.
Siwoo Kim is walking on the green of the 18th hole in the 4th round of The Players Championship. [Ponte Vedra Beach, USA=Photo by Reuters and Yonhap News]
On the 17th (local time), he received 2.2058 points in the official weekly men's golf world rankings, jumping 9 spots from 53rd last week. Breaking into the top 50 in the world rankings comes a month after dropping from 46th to 51st following a tie for 44th place at the Genesis Invitational. On the same day, he earned points by finishing tied for 6th at the PGA Tour's "fifth major," The Players Championship (total prize money of 25 million dollars), held at TPC Sawgrass (par 72, 7,275 yards) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. This marks his first top 10 finish in eight tournaments this year.
Scottie Scheffler (USA), who achieved the first-ever consecutive win at The Players Championship, firmly held onto the No. 1 spot. Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Jon Rahm (Spain) maintained their 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele, who tied for 2nd at The Players Championship, each moved up one spot to 4th and 5th. Viktor Hovland (Norway) dropped two places to 6th. Among Koreans, Kim Joo-hyung ranks highest at 20th, followed by Im Sung-jae at 35th and An Byeong-hun at 41st.
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