Kim Joo-hyeong (20), who won the PGA Tour’s Shrein’s Children’s Open and achieved two career victories in two months, jumped to 15th in the world rankings.
In the weekly men’s golf world ranking announced on the 10th, Kim Joo-hyung rose from 21st last week to 15th.
It surpassed Im Seong-jae (24) in 20th place and ranks highest for a Korean player.
Kim Joo-hyung, who started at No. 131 in the world ranking this year, rose to the top 80 by taking first and second places on the Asian Professional Golf Tour, and rose to the top of the rankings at a high speed by jumping to 21st at the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship in August.
Im Seong-jae dropped one place from 19th to 20th, releasing the highest ranking of Korean players he had held for a long time.
While Lee Kyung-hoon (31) maintained 43rd place, Kim Si-woo (27) rose slightly from 79th to 73rd.
PGA Tour rookie Kim Seong-hyeon (24), who tied for fourth at the Schreiners Children’s Open, jumped from 168th to 131st.
Kim Young-soo (33), who won the KPGA Korean Tour Genesis Championship, which ended on the 9th, rose from 554th to 444th.
Scotty Schaeffler (USA) held the top spot, followed by Cameron Smith (Australia), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Patrick Cantlay (USA) and Jon Lam (Spain).
/yunhap news
