Aaron Rai (England) has jumped to 22nd in the world rankings.
Aaron Rai is kissing the trophy immediately after winning the Wyndham Championship. [Greensboro, USA=AFP·Yonhap News]
In the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 12th (local time), he earned 3.18 points, soaring 26 spots from 48th last week. He accumulated points by winning the Wyndham Championship (total prize money $7.9 million), the final event of the PGA Tour regular season, held the previous day at Sedgefield Country Club (par 70) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, by 2 strokes with a score of 18-under 262. His FedEx Cup ranking also rose from 53rd to 25th.
2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist Scottie Scheffler (USA) continues to lead the world rankings at number 1. Xander Schauffele (USA) and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) remain in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. Among Koreans, Kim Joo-hyung is the highest ranked at 18th. Im Sung-jae is 20th, An Byeong-hun 35th, and Kim Si-woo is 56th.
The PGA Tour will hold the first round of the playoffs (PO), the FedEx St. Jude Championship (total prize money $20 million), starting from the 15th, where only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup rankings can participate. This will be followed by the second round of the playoffs, the BMW Championship (total prize money $20 million, top 50 in FedEx Cup) from the 22nd, and the final round, the Tour Championship (total prize money TBD, top 30 in FedEx Cup) from the 29th.
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