8th Kim Juhyung, World Ranking Moves from 20th to 18th [Paris Olympics]

‘Top 10’ Breakthrough in Ranking Points Acquisition
Schauffele, Schofield, McIlroy Maintain 1st to 3rd Places
Fleetwood 11th, Matsuyama Positioned 12th

‘Young Gun’ Kim Joo-hyung rose to 18th in the world rankings.

Kim Juhyung is making a bunker shot on the 3rd hole of the final 4th round at the Paris Olympics. [Giancourt (France)=EPA·Yonhap News]

On the 4th (local time), in the officially announced weekly men's golf world rankings, he earned 3.43 points, climbing two spots from 20th last week. He performed well by finishing 8th (13-under 271) in the men's individual event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Golf held at Le Golf National Olympic Course (Par 71) in Gonesse, near Paris, France. After missing the cut at the last major, The Open, which caused his world ranking to drop into the 20s, he made up for it at the Olympics. Although the Olympic golf event did not offer prize money, it awarded world ranking points.

Gold medalist Scottie Scheffler (USA) solidified his hold on 1st place. Xander Schauffele (USA) and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) maintained 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Silver medalist Tommy Fleetwood (England) jumped three spots from 14th to 11th. Bronze medalist Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) held steady at 12th. Im Sung-jae, who did not participate in the Olympics, dropped one spot from 19th to 20th. An Byeong-hun, who tied for 24th at the Olympics, remained unchanged at 32nd.