'Four Consecutive Wins in a Single Tournament' Park Minji Rises from World Ranking 57 to 41

Celltrion Queens Masters Points Victory
Korda, Boo, Boutier, Inruening Maintain 1st to 4th Place
Ko Jin-young 6th, Kim Hyo-joo 12th, Shin Ji-ae 22nd

Park Min-ji has jumped to 41st in the world rankings.

Park Minji is smiling while holding the trophy after achieving four consecutive wins at the Celltrion Queens Masters single tournament.
[Photo by KLPGA]

In the women's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 10th (local time), she received 2.19 points, jumping 16 spots from 57th place last week. She earned points by completing a 'wire-to-wire' victory at the Celltrion Queens Masters (total prize money 1.2 billion KRW) of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, which ended on the 9th at The Legend Course (par 72, 6,652 yards) of Seolhaewon in Yangyang, Gangwon Province. Since 2021, she has topped this tournament for four consecutive years, setting a remarkable record as the first player in KLPGA Tour history to win the same tournament four years in a row. She took home a total of 516 million KRW at once, including the winner's prize of 216 million KRW and a special reward of 300 million KRW prepared by the tournament organizers.

Nelly Korda (USA) continued to lead in first place with 6.55 points. Lilia Vu (USA), C?line Boutier (France), Lin Xiyu (China), and Hannah Green (Australia) held the 2nd to 4th positions. In Korea, Ko Jin-young rose one spot to 6th place, while Kim Hyo-joo dropped one spot to 12th. Shin Ji-ae ranked 22nd, Yang Hee-young 23rd, Lee Ye-won 28th, Yoo Hae-ran 29th, Lim Jin-hee 34th, and Kim Se-young was listed at 37th.