Henderson, who won the LPGA Opening Day, rose to 6th in the world rankings… Ko Jin-young presses down to the chin

Brooke Henderson, who won the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in the opening game of the LPGA Tour 2023 season, and Korea’s signature professional Jinyoung Ko. Photo courtesy of Getty Images_LPGA

[골프한국 하유선 기자] Brooke Henderson (Canada), who won the LPGA Tour 2023 season opening match, started her re-entry into the top 5 of the world rankings.

In the World Women’s Golf Ranking announced on the 24th (Korean time), Henderson earned 5.51 points, rising one notch from last week to 6th place.

As a result, Lexi Thompson (USA) fell one place to 7th in the world, and Jinyoung Ko (28), who maintained the 5th place with 5.75 points, might not avoid Henderson’s fierce pursuit.

Henderson’s personal best world ranking is 2nd in the world right following winning the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major tournament in 2016.

At the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (total prize money of $1.5 million), which ended on the 23rd (Korean time) at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (par 72) in Orlando, Florida, USA, Henderson recorded a final total of 16 under par 272, He made a 4-stroke win.

Six months following the major Evian Championship in July of last year, she achieved her 13th win on the LPGA Tour. It is a wire-to-wire victory that did not miss the single 1st place for all four days of this tournament.

Charlie Hull (England) and Maya Stark (Sweden), who tied for second place, both moved up the rankings. Hull rose 4 places to 13th in the world, and Stark jumped 9 places to 36th in the world.

Meanwhile, Lydia Ko (New Zealand) with a score of 7.68 maintained her first place in the world, while Nellie Corda (USA) with a score of 7.19 also maintained her second place. Lee Min-ji (Australia) is ranked third in the world, and Ataya Titikul (Thailand) is ranked fourth in the world.

Jinyoung Ko, who is ranked 5th in the world, is the highest among Korean players, Inji Jeon (29) is 8th in the world, Hyo-joo Kim (28) is 9th in the world, and Nasa Hataoka (Japan) is 10th in the world.

Park Min-ji (25), the highest ranker among “domestic” players, is ranked 16th in the world, down one notch.

Choi Hye-jin (24) was ranked 20th in the world, and Kim Se-young (30) was ranked 25th in the world.
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