Strong Performance with Tied 7th Place at JM Eagle LA Championship
Korda, Thitikul, and Lydia Ko Maintain Top 3
Yoo Haeran 12th, Yoon Ina 21st, Bang Shinsil 64th
Ko Jinyoung has risen to 11th place in the world rankings.
Ko Jinyoung is looking at the course on the 6th hole of the 4th round of the JM Eagle LA Championship. Los Angeles=AFP Photo by Yonhap News
On April 21 (local time), the weekly Women's World Golf Rankings were released, with Ko earning 4.01 points and jumping two spots from 13th place last week. She accumulated ranking points by finishing tied for 7th at the JM Eagle LA Championship (total prize money: $3.75 million) of the LPGA Tour, which concluded the previous day at El Caballero Country Club (par 72, 6,679 yards) in Los Angeles, California. This marks her third top-10 finish of the year. Ko Jinyoung will compete in the Chevron Championship (total prize money: $7.9 million), the first major of the season, starting April 24.
There were no changes at the top of the rankings. Nelly Korda (USA), Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand), Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Lilia Vu (USA), and Hannah Green (Australia) maintained their positions in the top five. Among Korean players, Yoo Hae Ran is ranked 12th, Kim Hyo Joo 13th, Yang Hee Young 16th, Yoon Ina 21st, Kim A Lim 28th, Lim Jin Hee 31st, Shin Ji Ae 34th, and Kim Sei Young 40th. Ingrid Lindblad (Sweden), the champion of the JM Eagle LA Championship, made a remarkable leap of 182 spots to rank 42nd. Bang Shinsil, who won the Nexen-Saintnine Masters on the domestic tour, climbed 10 places from 74th to 64th.
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