An Byeonghun, World Ranking 23rd... 'I am Korea's Strongest'

Wells Fargo Championship 3rd Place Ranking Points Earned
Scheffler, McIlroy Maintain 1st and 2nd, Schauffele 3rd
Kim Juhyung 26th, Im Sungjae 32nd, Kim Siwoo 41st

Byeonghun An has jumped to 23rd in the world rankings.

An Byeong-hun is checking the wind direction at the 3rd hole of the 4th round of the Wells Fargo Championship. [Charlotte (USA) = AP·Yonhap News]

In the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the afternoon of the 12th (local time), he received 2.9011 points, rising nine spots from 32nd place last week. This is the highest ranking among Korean players. He earned points by finishing 3rd at the Wells Fargo Championship (total prize money $20 million), a "premier event" on the PGA Tour, held at Quail Hollow Club (par 71, 7,558 yards) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, that morning. Following a tie for 4th place at last week's The CJ Byron Nelson, this marks two consecutive top-5 finishes.

Scottie Scheffler (USA), who has won four times this year, and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who recently secured two consecutive wins, maintained their 1st and 2nd positions. Xander Schauffele, the runner-up at the Wells Fargo Championship, pushed Wyndham Clark (both USA) down to 4th and rose to 3rd place. Jon Rahm (Spain) is 5th, Ludvig ?berg (Sweden) 6th, Viktor Hovland (Norway) 7th, Patrick Cantlay 8th, Max Homa 9th, and Brian Harman (all USA) 10th.

Kim Joo-hyung, who had held the title of "Korea's No. 1," dropped three spots to 26th. Im Sung-jae jumped from 38th last week to 32nd. Kim Si-woo also rose three spots to 41st. Kim Chan-woo, who won the newly established KPGA Classic on the Korean Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Tour the day before, improved his ranking from 699th to 405th.