Henley Climbs Seven Spots with Arnold Palmer Invitational Victory
Scheffler, McIlroy, Schauffele Maintain Top 3
Morikawa 4th, Im Sungjae 22nd, Kim Joohyung 28th
Russell Henley (USA), the winner of the major tournament, jumped to 7th place in the world rankings.
Russell Henley is celebrating with the trophy immediately after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Orlando=AFP·Yonhap News
In the men's golf weekly world rankings announced on the 9th (local time), he received 5.076 points, rising 7 places from 14th last week. He surpassed his previous best ranking (12th). He earned points by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a PGA Tour signature event with a total prize money of $20 million, held at Bay Hill Golf and Lodge (par 72) in Orlando, Florida, USA. This was his 5th career victory, his first in 2 years and 4 months since winning the World Wide Technology Championship in November 2022. The winner's prize money was $4 million (approximately 5.8 billion KRW).
Scottie Scheffler (USA), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), and Xander Schauffele (USA) maintained the top 3 positions. Colin Morikawa (USA), the runner-up of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, rose one place to 4th. Im Sung-jae is 22nd, Kim Joo-hyung 28th, An Byeong-hun 32nd, and Kim Si-woo is 68th. Karl Phillips (Australia), the winner of the Puerto Rico Open, jumped 140 places from 246th last week to 106th.
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