Im Seong-jae rose to 18th in the world rankings, Patrick Reed jumped 33 places to 57th
Lim Seong-jae (25), who had the best performance of the season at the Farmers Insurance Open, rose to 18th in the world rankings, and Kim Joo-hyung (21) came down one notch to 14th.
In the world rankings of the 4th week of January, Lim Seong-jae was ranked 18th, up one notch from last week (19th). Last week, the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour Farmers Insurance Open held at Torrey Pines GC in San Diego, California, USA, tied for 4th, ranking in the first top 5 and second top 10 of the 2022-2023 season. Lim Seong-jae had risen to 16th in the past.
Kim Joo-hyung did not participate in the tournament last week, but Max Homa (USA) rose from 16th to 13th last week with the championship cup, so he fell one step to 14th. Homa stopped John Rahm (Spain) from winning 3 games in a row and won 2 wins in the season and 6 wins in his career, rising to the highest ranking in his career.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), No. 2 Scotty Scheffler (USA), No. 3 John Rahm, No. 4 Cameron Smith (Australia), No. 5 Patrick Cantley (USA), No. 6 Zander Chopley (USA) Colin Morikawa (USA), who kept his place and finished 3rd at the Farmers Insurance Open, swapped places with Will Jaratoris (USA) to become 7th.
Patrick Reed (USA), who finished runner-up after a fierce match with McIlroy at the DP World Tour Hero Dubai Desert Classic, jumped from 90th to 57th last week. Reed, who was ranked 36th before moving to LIV Golf sponsored by Saudi Arabia, failed to accumulate world ranking points in LIV Golf and was pushed to 90th. Reid will also participate in PIF Saudi International (total prize money of 5 million dollars), the Asian Tour season opener this week. 안전놀이터