Official Weekly Men's Golf World Rankings Announced
Schauffele, Schofley, McIlroy Occupy 1st to 3rd Places
Kim Juhyung 20th, Ahn Byunghun 32nd, Dunlap 41st
Im Sung-jae has risen to 18th place in the world rankings.
Im Sung-jae (left) shakes hands with An Byeong-hun, who played alongside him, after completing the 4th round of The Open. [Turnberry (Scotland) = AP·Yonhap News]
In the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 21st (local time), he earned 3.41 points, jumping six spots from 24th place last week. Im Sung-jae performed well by finishing tied for 7th place (1-under 283) at the 152nd Open Championship (total prize money $17 million), the "oldest major," held at Royal Troon Golf Club (par 71, 7,385 yards) in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. This is his best personal finish at the Open, surpassing last year's tied 20th place. He also secured a spot to participate in next year's Open, which is granted to the top 10 players (including ties).
Scottie Scheffler (USA) firmly maintained his No. 1 position in the world rankings. Xander Schauffele (USA), who won the Open, pushed Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who missed the cut, down to 3rd place and rose to 2nd. South Korea's Kim Joo-hyung is ranked 20th, and An Byeong-hun is 32nd. Nick Dunlap (USA), who won the PGA Tour Barracuda Championship (total prize money $4 million) held during the same period as the Open, jumped 30 spots from 71st last week to 41st.
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