[GLOBAL ECONOMIC TIMES] Hannah Green (Australia), who lifted the championship trophy at the BMW Ladies Championship (total prize money of $2.2 million), the only LPGA tour tournament held in Korea this season, reentered the top 5 in the world rankings.
Green earned 5.91 points in the World Women's Golf Rankings announced on the 22nd, rising from 8th last week to 5th.
In the tournament that ended on the 20th at Seowon Valley Country Club Seowon Hills Course (par 72) in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Hannah Green hit a final total of 19 under par 269 strokes, beating second place Celine Boutier (France, 18 under par 270 strokes) by one stroke. He won the prize money of $330,000 (about 452 million won).
This was her third win of the season, following the HSBC Women's World Championship in March of this year and the JM Eagle LA Championship in April, making her sixth win overall on the LPGA Tour.
In addition, Green, who tied for the lead in the first round and then achieved the Wire-to-Wire victory by maintaining sole first place, was named the first non-Korean or Korean-origin winner in the BMW Ladies Championship.
In the world rankings that reflect the performance of the BMW Ladies Championship, Korea's top ranker Ko Jin-young (29) fell one place to 6th, passing Hannah Green's 5th place. Ko Jin-young did not participate in this competition.
While Yoo Hae-ran (23) maintained his 9th place in the world, major champion Yang Hee-young (35) fell three places from 7th to 10th in the world, reversing their rankings. Yoo Hae-ran became Korea's second-in-command for the first time.
Kim Hyo-joo (29) moved up one place to 19th in the world.
In addition, there was no change in the world’s 1st to 4th places. Nelly Korda (USA), Lilia Bu (USA), Lydia Go (New Zealand), and Yin Luoning (China) took the lead in order.
As runner-up Boutier jumped three places to world number 7, Ayaka Furue (Japan) fell two places to world number 8.
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